Bill Text: MI SB1003 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Gaming; lottery; sales of lottery tickets; prohibit sales over the internet. Amends sec. 9 of 1972 PA 239 (MCL 432.9).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-06 - Referred To Committee On Regulatory Reform [SB1003 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-SB1003-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 1003

 

 

March 6, 2012, Introduced by Senators GREEN, MARLEAU and JONES and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

 

 

     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:

 

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

 

operate a state lottery at the earliest feasible and practicable

 

time. The lottery shall produce the maximum amount of net revenues

 

for the this state consonant with the general welfare of the

 

people. The commissioner shall solicit bids from financially

 

responsible vendors of data processing equipment and services for

 

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

 

the state administrative board.

 

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

 

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

 

skills of the participant and that is traditionally regarded as a

 

sporting event.

 

     (3) The commissioner may participate in joint enterprises with

 

other sovereignties so long as if the commissioner determines that

 

the joint enterprise is designed to produce the maximum amount of

 

net revenues for the this state consonant with the general welfare

 

of the people. The commissioner shall only participate in a joint

 

enterprise agreement that provides that the commissioner may

 

discontinue participation in the agreement if he or she determines

 

it to be necessary. The commissioner shall report to the

 

legislature every 6 months on the progress of the joint enterprise

 

agreement.

 

     (4) The commissioner shall submit a proposal to develop a

 

program for the education and treatment of compulsive gamblers to

 

the legislature within 6 months after the effective date of this

 

amendatory act.

 

     (4) The commissioner shall not allow tickets or shares in the

 

state lottery to be sold over the internet.