HOUSE BILL No. 5074


     September 23, 1997, Introduced by Rep. Hood and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs.


        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:

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

 2    operate a state lottery at the earliest feasible and practicable

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

 4    nues for the state consonant with the general welfare of the

 5    people.  The commissioner shall solicit bids from financially

 6    responsible vendors of data processing equipment and services for

 7    the operation of the lottery and may contract with the approval

 8    of the state administrative board.

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

10    an activity that utilizes the mechanical, physical, or mental




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 1    skills of the participant and that is traditionally regarded as a

 2    sporting event.

 3         (3) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT CONDUCT A LOTTERY, ALLOW LOT-

 4    TERY TICKETS TO BE SOLD, OR DRAW WINNING LOTTERY TICKETS ON

 5    SUNDAY.

 6         (4)  (3)  The commissioner may participate in joint enter-

 7    prises with other sovereignties so long as the commissioner

 8    determines that the joint enterprise is designed to produce the

 9    maximum amount of net revenues for the state consonant with the

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

11    ticipate in a joint enterprise agreement that provides that the

12    commissioner may discontinue participation in the agreement if he

13    or she determines it to be necessary.  The commissioner shall

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

15    joint enterprise agreement.

16         (5)  (4)  The commissioner shall submit a proposal to

17    develop a program for the education and treatment of compulsive

18    gamblers to the legislature within 6 months after the effective

19    date of this amendatory act.



















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