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CONSENT
Bill No: SB 939
Author: Senate Governmental Organization Committee
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMM. : 11-0, 5/10/11
AYES: Wright, Anderson, Berryhill, Cannella, Corbett, De
Le�n, Evans, Hernandez, Padilla, Strickland, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Calderon, Yee
SUBJECT : California State Lottery
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill makes several technical and
nonsubstantive corrections to the California State Lottery
Act.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1. Proposition 37 was passed by the electorate in 1984,
enacting the California State Lottery Act, which
provides for the operation and administration of the
state lottery by the California State Lottery Commission
and the Director of the California State Lottery, with
certain limitations.
2. Specifies that not less than 87 percent of the total
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annual revenues from the sale of state lottery tickets
or shares shall be returned to the public in the form of
prizes and net revenues to benefit public education, and
that no more than 13 percent of those revenues be used
for expenses of the lottery.
3. Provides that at least 34 percent of Lottery revenues
must go to public education.
4. Provides that all unclaimed prize money reverts to the
benefit of public education, and that all of the
interest earned on funds deposited into the State
Lottery Fund shall be allocated to the benefit of public
education.
5. Requires 50 percent of the total annual lottery revenues
be returned to the public in the form of prizes, and
that 34 percent of those revenues shall be used to
benefit public education.
6. States that, to the extent that expenses of the lottery
are less than 13 percent of the total annual revenues,
any surplus funds shall be allocated to the benefit of
public education.
7. Declares that none of the provisions of the State
Lottery Act may be changed, except for amendments that
further its purpose, and by a bill passed by two-thirds
vote of each house of the Legislature, and signed by the
Governor.
This bill enacts several technical and nonsubstantive
corrections to the California State Lottery Act.
Comments
This is a Committee bill, advanced for the purpose of code
maintenance, eliminating improper cross-references and
obsolete language contained in the Lottery Act.
Prior Legislation
AB 142 (Hayashi), Chapter 13, Statutes of 2010, made
several reforms to the Lottery Act of 1984 including
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authorizing the increase of prize pay-outs so as to
encourage greater Lottery sales, to benefit public schools.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
PQ:mw 5/10/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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