HOUSE BILL No. 6376


     September 24, 2002, Introduced by Reps. Vander Veen, Hager, Voorhees, Birkholz, Cameron Brown, Van Woerkom, Gosselin,
Kuipers, Middaugh and Jansen and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.


        A bill to amend 1972 PA 239, entitled

   "McCauley-Traxler-Law-Bowman-McNeely lottery act,"

   by amending section 9 (MCL 432.9), as amended by 1996 PA 167.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             Sec. 9.  (1) The commissioner shall initiate, establish, and

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        operate a state lottery at the earliest feasible and practicable

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        time.  The lottery shall produce the maximum amount of net reve-

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        nues for the state consonant with the general welfare of the

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        people.  The commissioner shall solicit bids from financially

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        responsible vendors of data processing equipment and services for

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        the operation of the lottery and may contract with the approval

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        of the state administrative board.

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             (2) The commissioner shall not conduct a lottery based upon

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        an activity that utilizes the mechanical, physical, or mental




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        skills of the participant and that is traditionally regarded as a

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        sporting event.

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             (3) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT DRAW WINNING LOTTERY TICKETS

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        ON A SUNDAY.

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             (4) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT CONDUCT A LOTTERY GAME IN

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        WHICH THE PRICE FOR A TICKET IS LESS THAN $1.00.

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             (5) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT ALLOW LOTTERY TICKETS TO BE

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        SOLD THROUGH VENDING MACHINES.

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             (6)  (3)  The commissioner may participate in joint enter-

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        prises with other sovereignties  so long as  IF the commissioner

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        determines that the joint enterprise is designed to produce the

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        maximum amount of net revenues for the state consonant with the

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        general welfare of the people.  The commissioner shall only par-

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        ticipate in a joint enterprise agreement that provides that the

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        commissioner may discontinue participation in the agreement if he

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        or she determines it to be necessary.  The commissioner shall

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        report to the legislature every 6 months on the progress of the

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        joint enterprise agreement.

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              (4) The commissioner shall submit a proposal to develop a

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        program for the education and treatment of compulsive gamblers to

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        the legislature within 6 months after the effective date of this

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        amendatory act.

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             (7) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "VENDING MACHINE" MEANS A

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        SELF-SERVICE DEVICE OFFERED FOR PUBLIC USE THAT DISPENSES A LOT-

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        TERY TICKET DIRECTLY TO A PURCHASER.







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