Bill Text: MO HB1237 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the Lottery Commission to promulgate rules establishing criteria to allow a licensee who has been convicted of a class C or class D felony to sell lottery tickets

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-24 - Withdrawn (H) [HB1237 Detail]

Download: Missouri-2012-HB1237-Introduced.html

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1237

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES NANCE (Sponsor) AND BROWN (50) (Co-sponsor).

4195L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To repeal section 313.255, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the sale of lottery tickets.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Section 313.255, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 313.255, to read as follows:

            313.255. 1. The director shall issue, suspend, revoke, and renew licenses for lottery game retailers pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the commission. Such rules shall specify that at least ten percent of all licenses awarded to lottery game retailers in constitutional charter cities not within a county and constitutional charter cities with a population of at least four hundred fifty thousand not located wholly within a county of the first class with a charter form of government shall be awarded to minority-owned and -controlled business enterprises. Licensing rules and regulations shall include requirements relating to the financial responsibility of the licensee, the accessibility of the licensee's place of business or activity to the public, the sufficiency of existing licenses to serve the public interest, the volume of expected sales, the security and efficient operation of the lottery, and other matters necessary to protect the public interest and trust in the lottery and to further the sales of lottery tickets or shares. Lottery game retailers shall be selected without regard to political affiliation.

            2. The commission may sell lottery tickets at its office and at special events.

            3. The commission shall require every retailer to post a bond, a bonding fee or a letter of credit in such amount as may be required by the commission, and upon licensure shall prominently display his license, or a copy thereof, as provided in the rules and regulations of the commission.

            4. All licenses for lottery game retailers shall specify the place such sales shall take place.

            5. A lottery game retailer license shall not be assignable or transferable.

            6. A license shall be revoked upon a finding that the licensee:

            (1) Has knowingly provided false or misleading information to the commission or its employees;

            (2) (a) Has been convicted of any class A or class B felony; or

            (b) Has been convicted of any class C or class D felony and the licensee does not meet the criteria established by rule of the commission under this paragraph. The commission shall promulgate rules establishing the criteria to allow a licensee who has been convicted of a class C or class D felony to sell lottery tickets; or

            (3) Has endangered the security of the lottery.

            7. A license may be suspended, revoked, or not renewed for any of the following causes:

            (1) A change of business location;

            (2) An insufficient sales volume;

            (3) A delinquency in remitting money owed to the lottery; or

            (4) Any violation of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this section by the commission.

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