Bill Text: NC H156 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Honest Lottery Act
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 40-16)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-04-15 - Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate [H156 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2013-H156-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
H 1
HOUSE BILL 156
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Short Title: Honest Lottery Act. |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Stam, L. Hall, Glazier, and Hardister (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site. |
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Referred to: |
Judiciary Subcommittee B, if favorable, Education, if favorable, Appropriations. |
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February 27, 2013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide for honesty in advertising and marketing of the north carolina state lottery.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 18C‑114(a)(2) reads as rewritten:
"§ 18C‑114. Powers and duties of the Commission.
(a) The Commission shall have the following powers and duties:
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(2) To prescribe the nature of lottery advertising which shall comply with the following:
a. All advertising shall include resources for
responsible gaminggambling information.
b. No advertising may intentionally target specific groups or economic classes.
c. No advertising may be misleading, unfair, deceptive, or present any lottery game as a means of relieving any person's financial or personal difficulties.
d. No advertising may have the primary purpose of inducing persons to participate in the Lottery.
e. Advertising which states a total of payments to be paid over a period of time shall state the present value of the prize.
f. Advertising which states the probability of winning a prize shall not omit the value of the lowest prize to be won.
g Advertising which states the odds of winning a prize must, at a minimum, disclose the odds of winning the prize with the largest value.
h. No advertising or sponsorship may take place in connection with any high school or collegiate sport or high school or collegiate sporting event."
SECTION 2. G.S. 18C‑130 reads as rewritten:
"§ 18C‑130. Types of lottery games; lottery games and lottery advertising; certain disclosures and information to be provided.
(a) The CommissionUnless the General Assembly
approves, the Commission may use only shall determine the types of
lottery games that were used by it on or before December 31, 2012. may
be used in the Lottery. Games may include instant lotteries, online games,
games played on computer terminals or other devices, and other games
traditional to a lottery or that have been conducted by any other state
government‑operated lottery.
(b) In lottery games using tickets, each ticket in a
particular game shall have printed on it a unique number distinguishing it from
every other ticket in that lottery game and an abbreviated form of the game‑play
rules, including resources for responsible gaming information. In lottery games
using tickets, each no ticket may have printed on it a depiction
of one or more cartoon characters. characters, whose primary appeal
is not to minors. In lottery games using tickets with preprinted winners,
the overall estimated odds of winning prizes shall be printed on each ticket.
No name or photograph of a current or former elected official shall appear on
the tickets of any lottery game.
(c) In games using electronic computer terminals or other devices to play lottery games, no coins or currency shall be dispensed to players from those electronic computer terminals or devices.
(d) No games shall be based on the outcome of a particular sporting event or on the results of a series of sporting events.
(e) Lottery advertising shall be tastefully designed
and presented in a manner to minimize the appeal of lottery games to minors.
The use of cartoon characters or of false, misleading, unfair, or
deceptive information in lottery advertising is prohibited. All advertising
promoting the sale of lottery tickets or shares for a particular game shall
include the actual or estimated overall odds of winning the game.
(f) The Commission shall make available on its Web
site a detailed tabulation of the estimated number of prizes of each
particular prize denomination that are expected to be awarded in each lottery
game or and the estimated odds of winning these prizes each
prize at the time that lottery game is offered for sale to the public.
(g) The Commission shall, in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services, develop and provide information to the public about gambling addiction and treatment.
(h) The University of North Carolina shall develop and make available to the Department of Public Instruction course and professional development materials explaining the probabilities and other mathematical features of a lottery game for inclusion as a component of high school courses in civics and mathematics. The University of North Carolina shall also make available those same materials to the Office of Non‑Public Education in the Department of Administration to be available to other schools.
(i) The University of North Carolina shall commission or perform research on patterns of:
(1) Lottery participation as to frequency, amounts spent, family income levels, and other socioeconomic factors.
(2) Lottery ticket sales locations in comparison to the frequency, amounts spent, family income levels, and other socioeconomic factors of the neighborhoods.
The University of North Carolina shall make such research available to the Legislative Research Commission."
SECTION 3. G.S. 18C‑132(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) If a lottery game uses a daily or less frequent drawing of winning numbers, a drawing among entries including second chance drawings where the value of the prize is five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more, or a drawing among finalists, all of the following conditions shall be met:
(1) The drawings shall be open to the public.
(2) The drawings shall be witnessed by an independent certified public accountant or by an auditor employed by a certified public accounting firm. No advertising or winning number announcement shall refer to the role of the accountant or auditor.
(3) Any equipment used in the drawings shall be inspected by the independent certified public accountant or auditor employed by a certified public accounting firm and an employee of the Commission both before and after the drawings.
(4) Audio and visual records of the drawings and inspections shall be made.
If a lottery game uses a drawing among entries for (i) a second chance drawing or (ii) any other promotion conducted by the lottery, where the value of the prize is less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) in value, the requirements of subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection do not apply."
SECTION 4. G.S. 18C‑172(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c) Purpose and Powers. – The Committee shall:
(1) Review whether expenditures of the net revenues of the Lottery have been in accordance with Article 7 of this Chapter, and study ways to ensure that net proceeds from the Lottery will not be used to supplant education funding but to provide additional funding for education.
(2) Receive and review reports submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to Chapter 18C of the General Statutes.
(2a) Study Lottery advertising and marketing for compliance with this Chapter.
(3) Study other Lottery matters as the Committee considers necessary to fulfill its mandate."
SECTION 5. Article 8 of Chapter 18C of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 18C‑174. Venue for civil actions.
Venue for any civil action under this Chapter, or for any civil action under Chapter 75C of the General Statutes for violation of this Chapter, shall be in Wake County."
SECTION 6. G.S. 18C‑162(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c) Unclaimed prize money shall be held separate and apart from the other revenues and allocated as follows:
(1) Fifty percent (50%) to enhance prizes under subdivision (a)(1) of this section.
(2) Fifty percent (50%) to the Education Lottery Lottery
Special Fund to be allocated in accordance with G.S. 18C‑164(c)."
SECTION 7. G.S. 18C‑164 reads as rewritten:
"§ 18C‑164. Transfer of net revenues.
(a) The funds remaining in the North Carolina State
Lottery Fund after receipt of all revenues to the Lottery Fund and after
accrual of all obligations of the Commission for prizes and expenses shall be
considered to be the net revenues of the North Carolina State Lottery Fund. The
net revenues of the North Carolina State Lottery Fund shall be transferred four
times a year to the Education Lottery Lottery Special Fund, which
shall be created in the State treasury.
(b) From the Education Lottery Lottery Special
Fund, the Commission shall transfer a sum equal to five percent (5%) of the
net revenue of the prior year to the Education Lottery Reserve Fund. A
special revenue fund for this purpose shall be established in the State
treasury to be known as the Education Lottery Reserve Fund, and that
fund shall be capped at fifty million dollars ($50,000,000). Monies in the Education
Lottery Reserve Fund may be appropriated only as provided in subsection (e)
of this section.
(c) The Commission shall distribute the remaining net
revenue of the Education Lottery Lottery Special Fund, as
follows, in the following manner:
(1) A sum equal to fifty percent (50%) to support reduction of class size in early grades to class size allotments not exceeding 1:18 in order to eliminate achievement gaps and to support academic prekindergarten programs for at‑risk four‑year‑olds who would otherwise not be served in a high‑quality education program in order to help those four‑year‑olds be prepared developmentally to succeed in school.
(2) A sum equal to forty percent (40%) to the Public School Building Capital Fund in accordance with G.S. 115C‑546.2.
(3) A sum equal to ten percent (10%) to the State Educational Assistance Authority to fund college and university scholarships in accordance with Article 35A of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes.
(d) Of the sums transferred under subsection (c) of
this section, the General Assembly shall appropriate the funds annually based
upon estimates of lottery net revenue to the Education Lottery Lottery
Special Fund provided by the Office of State Budget and Management and the
Fiscal Research Division of the North Carolina General Assembly.
(e) If the actual net revenues are less than the
appropriation for that given year, then the Governor may transfer from the Education
Lottery Reserve Fund an amount sufficient to equal the appropriation by the
General Assembly. If the monies available in the Education Lottery
Reserve Fund are insufficient to reach a full appropriation, the Governor shall
transfer monies in order of priority, to the following:
(1) To support academic prekindergarten programs for at‑risk four‑year‑olds who would otherwise not be served in a high‑quality education program in order to help those four‑year‑olds be prepared developmentally to succeed in school.
(2) To reduce class size.
(3) To provide financial aid for needy students to attend college.
(4) To the Public School Building Capital Fund to be spent in accordance with this section.
(f) If the actual net revenues exceed the amounts
appropriated in that fiscal year, the excess net revenues shall remain in the Education
LotteryLottery Special Fund, and then be transferred as follows:
(1) Fifty percent (50%) to the Public School Building Capital Fund to be spent in accordance with this section.
(2) Fifty percent (50%) to the State Educational Assistance Authority to be spent in accordance with this section."
SECTION 8. Chapter 18C of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 18C‑104. To be known only as the North Carolina State Lottery.
The North Carolina State Lottery shall be known in advertising only as the North Carolina State Lottery."
SECTION 9. G.S. 18C‑130(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) In lottery games using tickets, each ticket in
a particular game shall have printed on it a unique number distinguishing it
from every other ticket in that lottery game and an abbreviated form of the
game‑play rules, including resources for responsible gaming gambling
information. In lottery games using tickets, each ticket may have printed
on it a depiction of one or more cartoon characters, whose primary appeal is
not to minors. In lottery games using tickets with preprinted winners, the
overall estimated odds of winning prizes shall be printed on each ticket. No
name or photograph of a current or former elected official shall appear on the
tickets of any lottery game."
SECTION 10. G.S. 18C‑152(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c) For purposes of this subsection, the term "potential contractor" shall include the potential contractor and each of the persons applicable under subsection (b) of this section. At a minimum, the potential contractor required to disclose information for a thorough background investigation under G.S. 18C‑151 shall do all of the following:
(1) Disclose the potential contractor's name, phone number, and address.
(2) Disclose all the states and jurisdictions in which the potential contractor does business and the nature of the business for each state or jurisdiction.
(3) Disclose all the states and jurisdictions in which the potential contractor has contracts to supply gambling or gaming goods or services, including lottery goods and services, and the nature of the goods or services involved for each state or jurisdiction.
(4) Disclose all the states and jurisdictions in which
the potential contractor has applied for, has sought renewal of, has received,
has been denied, has pending, or has had revoked a lottery lottery,
gambling, or gaming license or permit of any kind or had fines or penalties
assessed on a license, permit, contract, or operation and the disposition of
such in each such state or jurisdiction. If any lottery lottery,
gambling, or gaming license, permit, or contract has been revoked or has
not been renewed or any lottery lottery, gambling, or gaming
license, permit, or application has been either denied or is pending and has
remained pending for more than six months, all of the facts and circumstances
underlying the failure to receive that license shall be disclosed.
(5) Disclose the details of any finding or plea, conviction, or adjudication of guilt in a state or federal court of the potential contractor for any felony or any other criminal offense other than a minor traffic violation.
(6) Disclose the details of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or corporate or individual purchase or takeover of another corporation, including bonded indebtedness, or any pending litigation of the potential contractor.
(6a) Disclose as to the potential contractor's demographic data for its employees broken down by the following categories: race, age, sex, and nationality. The potential contractor shall also disclose average compensation for each category of employees. The commission may specify age bands and nationality groupings for the disclosure report.
(7) If at least twenty‑five percent (25%) of twenty
percent (20%) of the cost of a potential contractor's contract is
subcontracted, the potential contractor shall disclose all of the information
required by this section for the subcontractor as if the subcontractor were
itself a potential contractor.
(8) Make any additional disclosures and information the Commission determines to be appropriate for the contract involved."
SECTION 11. This act becomes effective July 1, 2013. Section 5 of this act does not affect pending litigation.
