BILL ANALYSIS
SB 831
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Date of Hearing: July 8, 2006
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
Joe Coto, Chairman
SB 831 (Committee on G.O.) - As Amended: May 5, 2009
SENATE VOTE : 36-0
SUBJECT : California State Lottery: multistate lottery.
SUMMARY : Reinstates a provision of the California State
Lottery Act that was inadvertently chaptered-out by AB
1654 (Assembly Budget Committee), Chapter 764, Statutes of 2008.
This bill gives a player up to one year to claim prize money
for a jackpot or grand prize won in a multistate lottery game
(Mega Millions). The bill contains an urgency statute.
EXISTING LAW :
1)Authorizes, pursuant to the California State Lottery Act
approved by the voters on November 6, 1984, the operation of
the California State Lottery.
2)Gives a player the right to claim prize money for 180 days
after a lottery drawing
3)Provides that none of the provisions of the Lottery Act may be
changed, except by a bill that furthers the purpose of the
Lottery Act, and the bill is passed by a two-thirds vote of
each house of the Legislature and signed by the Governor.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown.
COMMENTS :
AB 1251 (Tran), Chapter 8, Statutes of 2008, modified the
Lottery Act to bring it into compliance with a Superior Court
writ that required the Lottery Commission to align the
redemption period in state law with the redemption period for
Mega Millions super jackpot awards. AB 1251 did so, allowing
California winners of Mega Millions super jackpots to redeem
grand prize winning tickets within one year, rather than 180
days as previously required by law.
However, when the Legislature passed and the Governor signed AB
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1654 into law last year, the legislative remedy for the Mega
Millions redemption period was inadvertently left out of the
bill. This bill corrects that oversight and brings state law
into compliance with judicial order.
Prior/Related Legislation : AB 1164 (Tran), 2009-2010
Legislative Session. Makes numerous technical changes in the
California codes that have been recommended by the Legislative
Counsel's Office. Pending in the Senate Rules Committee.
AB 1654 (Budget), Chapter 764, Statutes of 2008. Makes a number
of technical and statutory changes to the Lottery Act necessary
to implement the 2008-09 Budget Act. Inadvertently struck
language allowing winning tickets for a jackpot or grand prize
won in a multistate lottery game to be redeemed within one year.
SB 1084 (Budget), 2007-2008 Legislative Session. Identical to
AB 1654, Chapter 764, Statutes of 2008. Held on the Assembly
Floor.
AB 1251 (Tran), Chapter 8, Statutes of 2008. Allows winning
tickets for a jackpot or grand prize won in a multistate lottery
game to be redeemed within one year.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by : Eric Johnson / G. O. / (916) 319-2531