BILL NUMBER: SB 817	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 9, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 8, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Governmental Organization (Senators
Wright (Chair), Berryhill, Calderon, Cannella, Correa, De León,
Galgiani, Hernandez, Lieu, Nielsen, and Padilla)

                        MARCH 14, 2013

   An act to amend Section 8880.30 of the Government Code, relating
to the California State Lottery, and declaring the urgency thereof,
to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 817, Committee on Governmental Organization. California State
Lottery: drawings.
   The California State Lottery Act of 1984, an initiative measure,
authorizes the California State Lottery and provides for its
operation and administration by the California State Lottery
Commission and the Director of the California State Lottery, with
certain limitations. The act requires that, except for computer
automated drawings, drawings shall be witnessed by an independent
lottery contractor, and that any equipment used in the drawings be
inspected by the independent lottery contractor and an employee of
the lottery both before and after the drawings.
   This bill would permit the independent lottery contractor to
witness drawings in person or via live audio and video feed, and the
equipment used in the drawings to be inspected in person or via live
audio and video feed by the independent lottery contractor and an
employee of the Lottery both before and after the drawings.
   The California State Lottery Act of 1984 provides that none of its
provisions may be changed except to further its purpose by a bill
passed by a 2/3 vote of each house of the Legislature and signed by
the Governor.
   This bill would declare that its provisions further the purposes
of the act.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 8880.30 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   8880.30.  The commission shall promulgate regulations that specify
the method for determining winners in each lottery game, provided:
   (a) A lottery game may be based on the results of a horse race
with the consent of the association conducting the race and the
California Horse Racing Board. Any compensation received by an
association for the use of its races to determine the winners of a
lottery game shall be divided equally between commissions and purses.

   (b) If a lottery game utilizes a drawing of winning numbers, a
drawing among entries, or a drawing among finalists, the drawings
shall always be open to the public. No manual or physical selection
in the drawings shall be conducted by any employee of the Lottery.
Except for computer automated drawings, drawings shall be witnessed
in person or via live audio and video feed by an independent lottery
contractor having qualifications established by the commission. Any
equipment used in the drawings shall be inspected in person or via
live audio and video feed by the independent lottery contractor and
an employee of the Lottery both before and after the drawings. The
drawings and the inspections shall be both audio and video recorded.
   (c) It is the intent of this chapter that the commission may use
any of a variety of existing or future methods or technologies in
determining winners.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that this act furthers
the purpose of the California State Lottery Act of 1984, enacted by
Proposition 37 at the November 6, 1984, general election.
  SEC. 3.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to adequately regulate the lawful conduct of out-of-state
lottery games that the state currently participates in, and the
conduct of additional lottery games the state anticipates, in the
near future, to participate in, it is necessary that this act take
effect immediately.