00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 240                                                                          
01 "An Act establishing a state lottery."                                                                                  
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 05 is amended by adding a new chapter to read:                                                    
04                        Chapter 18.  State Lottery.                                                                    
05                        Article 1.  Administration.                                                                    
06            Sec. 05.18.010.  Creation of commission.  (a)  The Alaska State Lottery                                    
07       Commission is established for the purpose of generating revenue for the state.  The                               
08       commission is established in the Department of Revenue.  The commission consists of                               
09       five members appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the legislature.                               
10       One member shall be appointed from each of the four judicial districts of the state.                              
11       The fifth member shall be an at-large member.  Not more than three of the five                                    
12       members may be members of the same political party.  The governor shall appoint one                               
13       member to serve as chair of the commission.                                                                       
14            (b)  Members serve staggered terms of five years.  A member may be                                           
15       reappointed but may not serve for more than 10 years.                                                             
01            (c)  A member of the commission does not receive a salary for service on the                                 
02       commission but is entitled to per diem and travel expenses authorized for members of                              
03       boards and commissions under AS 39.20.180.                                                                        
04            (d)  A member of the commission may not have a pecuniary interest in a                                       
05       contract or agreement entered into by the commission.                                                             
06            (e)  A person may not serve as a member of the commission if that person                                     
07                 (1)  has been convicted of                                                                              
08                      (A)  a felony; or                                                                                  
09                      (B)  an offense under this chapter, AS 11.66.200 - 11.66.280, or a                                 
10            comparable provision of municipal, state, or federal law;                                                    
11                 (2)  holds a license, permit, or registration under AS 05.15; or                                        
12                 (3)  is an elected official of the state or of a political subdivision of the                           
13       state.                                                                                                            
14            (f)  A person may not serve as a member of the commission until the                                          
15       investigation required under AS 18.65.080(b) is completed.                                                        
16            (g)  Three members of the commission constitute a quorum for the transaction of                              
17       business.                                                                                                         
18            (h)  The governor may remove a member for cause, including incompetence, ne-                                 
19       glect of duty, or misconduct in office.  A member being removed for cause shall be given                          
20       a copy of the charges and afforded an opportunity to publicly present a defense in person                         
21       or by counsel upon not less than 10 days' notice.  If a member is removed for cause, the                          
22       governor shall file with the lieutenant governor a complete statement of all charges made                         
23       against the member and the governor's findings based on the charges, together with a                              
24       complete record of the proceedings.                                                                               
25            (i)  The governor may immediately suspend a member for a violation of law or                                 
26       for misconduct in office pending removal from office under (a) of this section.                                   
27            Sec. 05.18.020.  Meetings.  (a)  The commission shall meet at least quarterly at                           
28       the call of the chair, at the request of a majority of the members, or at a regularly                             
29       scheduled time set by the commission.                                                                             
30            (b)  An action of the commission is not binding unless taken at a meeting                                    
31       where three or more of the members are present and vote in favor of the action.                                   
01            Sec. 05.18.030.  Duties and powers of commission.  The commission shall                                    
02                 (1)  enter into contracts and agreements necessary to carry out the                                     
03       provisions of this chapter;                                                                                       
04                 (2)  adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this                                    
05       chapter;                                                                                                          
06                 (3)  determine policy direction for the operation and administration of                                 
07       the lottery;                                                                                                      
08                 (4)  report to the governor and the legislature each year, including a full                             
09       and complete statement of lottery revenue, prize disbursement, and other expenses,                                
10       and recommendations for changes in this chapter;                                                                  
11                 (5)  report to the governor and the legislature as frequently as the                                    
12       commission determines necessary on conclusions from the analysis of the reaction of                               
13       state residents to the lottery, and on matters that require changes in the law to prevent                         
14       violations or evasions of this chapter or to correct undesirable conditions in connection                         
15       with the operation or administration of the lottery;                                                              
16                 (6)  monitor the operation of the lottery throughout the state;                                         
17                 (7)  study and investigate the operation and administration of the lottery                              
18       laws of other states and of federal laws that affect the lottery; and                                             
19                 (8)  conduct two lotteries each year with one winner at each lottery; the                               
20       winner of the lottery shall receive 50 percent of the ticket sales for that lottery less the                      
21       expenses of the lottery not to exceed five percent of the total sales; the remaining                              
22       revenues from the ticket sales shall be deposited in the general fund.                                            
23            Sec. 05.18.040.  Regulations.  The commission shall adopt regulations under                                
24       AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) to establish                                                              
25                 (1)  the manner of conducting the lotteries identified under                                            
26       AS 05.18.030(8), and the calculation and awarding of prizes;                                                      
27                 (2)  the procedures for contracting with persons to be agents;                                          
28                 (3)  the manner and amount of compensation to be paid agents;                                           
29                 (4)  other matters necessary or desirable to carry out this chapter, to                                 
30       operate the lottery efficiently and economically, and to make the purchase of lottery                             
31       tickets and the distribution of prizes convenient.                                                                
01            Sec. 05.18.050.  Executive director and employees.  (a)  The commission                                    
02       shall employ an executive director who is qualified by training and experience to                                 
03       conduct the day-to-day work of the commission.  The director may not engage in                                    
04       another profession or occupation.                                                                                 
05            (b)  Subject to the approval of the commission, the director may appoint                                     
06       deputies required to carry out the functions and duties of the commission.  The                                   
07       director may appoint professional, technical, and clerical employees necessary to                                 
08       perform the duties of the commission.                                                                             
09            (c)  The director and other employees of the commission are in the exempt                                    
10       service under AS 39.25.110.                                                                                       
11            (d)  The commission may not employ a person who has been convicted,                                          
12       including conviction based on a guilty plea or plea of nolo contendere, of an offense                             
13       that disqualifies a person from being a member of the commission.                                                 
14            Sec. 05.18.060.  Duties of director.  The director shall                                                   
15                 (1)  supervise the operation and administration of the lottery;                                         
16                 (2)  act as secretary to the commission;                                                                
17                 (3)  contract with agents to sell lottery tickets;                                                      
18                 (4)  meet at least quarterly with the commission on the operation and                                   
19       administration of the lottery;                                                                                    
20                 (5)  make available for inspection by the commission, upon request, all                                 
21       books, records, files, and other information and documents of the commission;                                     
22                 (6)  advise the commission and make recommendations to improve the                                      
23       operation and administration of the lottery;                                                                      
24                 (7)  suspend or revoke a contract issued under this chapter for a                                       
25       violation of this chapter or the regulations adopted under this chapter;                                          
26                 (8)  subject to the approval of the commission, enter into contracts for                                
27       the operation and administration of the lottery, except that agent contracts are not                              
28       subject to the approval of the commission; and                                                                    
29                 (9)  provide each six months to the commission a full and complete                                      
30       statement of the lottery revenue, prize disbursements, and other expenses for the                                 
31       preceding period.                                                                                                 
01            Sec. 05.18.070.  Subpoenas.  (a)  The director or the commission may                                       
02       subpoena witnesses and documents in a matter over which the commission has                                        
03       jurisdiction, control, or supervision.  The director or the commission may administer                             
04       oaths and affirmations to persons whose testimony is required.                                                    
05            (b)  If a person fails to obey a subpoena, or if a person refuses to answer a                                
06       relevant question or to exhibit a document when ordered to do so by the director or the                           
07       commission, the director or the commission may apply to the superior court for an                                 
08       order directing the person to comply with the subpoena or the order.  The court may                               
09       order the person to comply.                                                                                       
10                    Article 2.  Lottery Retail Sales Agents.                                                           
11            Sec.  05.18.100.  Lottery retail sales agents.  (a)  The director may contract                             
12       with persons on behalf of the commission to be lottery retail sales agents.                                       
13            (b)  A lottery retail sales agent may                                                                        
14                 (1)  sell lottery tickets;                                                                              
15                 (2)  hire employees to perform the services under (1) of this subsection.                               
16            (c)  An agent shall supervise each employee of the agent in the employee's                                   
17       performance of the services under (b)(1) of this section.                                                         
18            Sec. 05.18.110.  Qualifications for agent contracts.  (a)  A person who                                    
19       wishes to contract with the commission to be an agent shall apply on a form provided                              
20       by the commission.  The director shall charge the applicant a fee to cover the costs of                           
21       processing the application and checking the background of the applicant.                                          
22            (b)  Before contracting with an applicant to be an agent, the director shall                                 
23       consider                                                                                                          
24                 (1)  the financial responsibility and security of the applicant and the                                 
25       applicant's business or activity;                                                                                 
26                 (2)  the accessibility of the applicant's place of business or activity to                              
27       the public;                                                                                                       
28                 (3)  the ability of the applicant to promote the retail sale of lottery                                 
29       tickets;                                                                                                          
30                 (4)  the sufficiency of existing agent contracts to serve the public                                    
31       convenience;                                                                                                      
01                 (5)  the volume of expected sales; and                                                                  
02                 (6)  other factors the director determines are relevant.                                                
03            (c)  The director may not contract with an applicant to be an agent if the                                   
04       applicant                                                                                                         
05                 (1)  would be engaged in business exclusively as an agent;                                              
06                 (2)  is an individual under 18 years of age; or                                                         
07                 (3)  has been convicted of a felony or a gambling or gaming                                             
08       misdemeanor, including conviction based on a guilty plea or plea of nolo contendere.                              
09            Sec. 05.18.120.  Duration of agent contracts.  The director may contract with                              
10       an agent for a term of not more than two years, but may renew the contract.                                       
11            Sec. 05.18.130.  Revocation or suspension of agent contracts.  (a) The                                     
12       director shall suspend or cancel the contract of an agent who violates AS 05.18.320.                              
13            (b)  The director may suspend or cancel the contract of an agent who violates a                              
14       regulation adopted under this chapter or a provision of this chapter other than                                   
15       AS 05.18.320.                                                                                                     
16            (c)  The director shall conduct proceedings to suspend or cancel an agent                                    
17       contract under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).                                                           
18            Sec. 05.18.140.  Compensation of agents.  (a)  The director shall establish the                            
19       levels of compensation for agents.  The director may establish bonus or incentive                                 
20       awards.                                                                                                           
21            (b)  When establishing the compensation for agents, the director shall consider                              
22                 (1)  the time and the cost of overhead necessary to make the lottery                                    
23       tickets available at convenient times and for sufficient hours to accommodate the                                 
24       public;                                                                                                           
25                 (2)  the time necessary for an agent to keep adequate records of the                                    
26       sales of lottery tickets and to prepare the deposits and reports required under                                   
27       AS 05.18.150;                                                                                                     
28                 (3)  other criteria the director considers relevant.                                                    
29            Sec. 05.18.150.  Deposit of receipts and reports.  (a)  Each agent shall                                   
30       deposit to the credit of the state in a bank designated by the director all money                                 
31       received by the agent from the sale of lottery tickets.                                                           
01            (b)  Each agent shall file with the director on a form provided by the                                       
02       commission weekly reports of the receipts and transactions in the sale of lottery                                 
03       tickets.                                                                                                          
04            (c)  The director shall impose a service charge on an agent if the payor bank                                
05       dishonors                                                                                                         
06                 (1)  a check that is deposited to the credit of the state by the agent; or                              
07                 (2)  an electronic transfer of funds to the state lottery account from the                              
08       account of the agent for money received from the sale of lottery tickets.                                         
09            (d)  The director may charge an agent interest on money that is not paid to the                              
10       state within 10 days after the due date and may impose an additional service charge in                            
11       an amount to cover administrative costs if the debt is referred for collection.                                   
12            (e)  The amount, including any interest or service charge, owed to the                                       
13       commission by an agent is a lien on the property of the agent at the time that the                                
14       commission files a claim of lien in the recorder's office of the recording district of the                        
15       principal place of business of the agent.                                                                         
16            Sec. 05.18.160.  Bond.  (a)  Each applicant for an agent contract shall, at the                            
17       time of application under AS 05.18.110, file with the commission and maintain during                              
18       the term of an agent contract a bond running to the state with a corporate surety                                 
19       qualified to do business in the state.  The amount of the bond shall be determined by                             
20       the commission.                                                                                                   
21            (b)  The bond required by this section remains in effect until cancelled by                                  
22       action of the surety, the principal, or the commission.                                                           
23            (c)  The state or another person may not bring an action on the bond more than                               
24       three years after its cancellation.                                                                               
25                            Article 3.  Prizes.                                                                        
26            Sec. 05.18.200.  Assignment of prizes.  A person may not assign a right to a                               
27       prize.  However, a prize may be paid to a person other than the prize winner under a                              
28       court order or to the estate of a deceased prize winner.  The state is discharged of all                          
29       further liability when a prize has been paid under this section.                                                  
30            Sec.  05.18.210.  Payment of prizes to persons under 18 years.  (a)  If a                                  
31       person entitled to a prize is under 18 years of age, the director may deliver the prize by                        
01       depositing the amount of the prize in a bank to the credit of an adult member of the                              
02       minor's family, or a guardian of the minor, as custodian for the minor.  The person                               
03       named as custodian shall have the same duties and powers as a person designated as a                              
04       custodian under AS 13.46.                                                                                         
05            (b)  The state is discharged of all further liability after payment of a prize to a                          
06       minor under this section.                                                                                         
07            (c)  In this section,                                                                                        
08                 (1)  "bank" has the meaning given in AS 45.14.105;                                                      
09                 (2)  "guardian" has the meaning given in AS 13.06.050;                                                  
10                 (3)  "member of the minor's family" has the meaning given in                                            
11       AS 13.46.990.                                                                                                     
12            Sec. 05.18.220.  Unclaimed prize money.  The director shall retain unclaimed                               
13       prize money for the person entitled to it for one year after the prize is awarded.  If the                        
14       winner does not claim the prize money within the year, the commission shall return                                
15       the money and accrued interest to the state lottery fund.                                                         
16                     Article 4.  Miscellaneous Provisions.                                                             
17            Sec. 05.18.300.  State lottery fund and appropriations.  There is created in                               
18       the general fund the state lottery fund.  The state lottery fund consists of all revenue                          
19       received from the sale of lottery tickets and all other money credited or transferred to                          
20       the fund from another fund or source.                                                                             
21            Sec. 05.18.310.  Audit.  The commission shall have an audit of the books and                               
22       accounts of the commission performed at least once in each year by certified public                               
23       accountants.  The commission may have special audits performed at any time on its                                 
24       own motion or at the request of the director.  The commission shall file a copy of each                           
25       audit with the commissioner of revenue and the legislature.                                                       
26            Sec. 05.18.320.  Prohibited acts.  (a)  A person may not                                                   
27                 (1)  knowingly act as an agent or sell a lottery ticket unless the person                               
28       has a contract with the commission to be an agent, or is an employee of an agent and                              
29       sells lottery tickets under the supervision of the agent;                                                         
30                 (2)  knowingly sell a lottery ticket at a price greater than that fixed by                              
31       the commission;                                                                                                   
01                 (3)  knowingly sell or offer to sell a lottery ticket to a person under 18                              
02       years of age;                                                                                                     
03                 (4)  knowingly present a counterfeit or altered lottery ticket for                                      
04       payment or transfer a counterfeit or altered lottery ticket to another person to present                          
05       for payment;                                                                                                      
06                 (5)  with intent to defraud, falsely make, alter, forge, utter, pass or                                 
07       counterfeit a lottery ticket; or                                                                                  
08                 (6)  impersonate a lottery representative.                                                              
09            (b)  A lottery retail sales agent, the governor, or an officer, employee, or                                 
10       contractor of the commission or the Office of the Governor may not purchase a lottery                             
11       ticket or receive a lottery prize.                                                                                
12            (c)  An agent may not knowingly withhold funds owed to the lottery.                                          
13            (d)  This section does not prohibit a person from giving a lottery ticket to                                 
14       another person of any age.                                                                                        
15            (e)  In this section, "knowingly" has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900.                                     
16            Sec. 05.18.330.  Assignment of contracts.  A person that enters into a contract                            
17       under this chapter may not assign the contract without the approval of the commission.                            
18            Sec. 05.18.340.  Penalty.  A person that violates AS 05.18.150 - 05.18.200,                                
19       05.18.320, or 05.18.330 is guilty of a class C felony.                                                            
20            Sec. 05.18.350.  Statement of odds.  Each lottery ticket must indicate the odds                            
21       of winning a prize in the particular lottery game represented by the lottery ticket.                              
22            Sec. 05.18.360.  Applicability of other laws.  Other laws regarding the sale of                            
23       lottery tickets or the administration of a lottery do not apply to the sale of lottery                            
24       tickets under this chapter.                                                                                       
25                       Article 5.  General Provisions.                                                                 
26            Sec. 05.18.900.  Definitions.  In this chapter, unless the context requires                                
27       otherwise,                                                                                                        
28                 (1)  "agent" means a person who has contracted with the commission to                                   
29       be a lottery retail sales agent under this chapter;                                                               
30                 (2)  "agent contract" means a contract under AS 05.18.100 between the                                   
31       state and a person for the person to be an agent;                                                                 
01                 (3)  "commission" means the Alaska State Lottery Commission;                                            
02                 (4)  "director" means the executive director of the commission;                                         
03                 (5)  "lottery" or "state lottery" means the lottery established and                                     
04       operated under this chapter;                                                                                      
05                 (6)  "lottery ticket" means a ticket, receipt, card, or other item, received                            
06       by a person from an agent or an employee of an agent as evidence of participation in                              
07       the lottery;                                                                                                      
08                 (7)  "operation and administration" includes accounting, sales,                                         
09       promotion, and security;                                                                                          
10                 (8)  "person" has the meaning given in AS 01.10.060 and also includes                                   
11       an estate, receiver, trustee, assignee, referee, or other person acting in a fiduciary or                         
12       representative capacity, whether appointed by a court or otherwise, and a department,                             
13       commission, agency, or instrumentality of the state, including a municipality and an                              
14       agency or instrumentality of a municipality.                                                                      
15    * Sec. 2.  AS 11.66.280(2) is amended to read:                                                                     
16                 (2)  "gambling" means that a person stakes or risks something of value                                  
17       upon the outcome of a contest of chance or a future contingent event not under the                                
18       person's control or influence, upon an agreement or understanding that that person or                             
19       someone else will receive something of value in the event of a certain outcome;                                   
20       "gambling" does not include                                                                                       
21                      (A)  bona fide business transactions valid under the law of                                        
22            contracts for the purchase or sale at a future date of securities or commodities                             
23            and agreements to compensate for loss caused by the happening of chance,                                     
24            including contracts of indemnity or guaranty and life, health, or accident                                   
25            insurance; [OR]                                                                                              
26                      (B)  playing an amusement device that                                                              
27                           (i)  confers only an immediate right of replay not                                            
28                 exchangeable for something of value other than the privilege of                                         
29                 immediate replay; and                                                                                   
30                           (ii)  does not contain a method or device by which the                                        
31                 privilege of immediate replay may be cancelled or revoked;                                              
01                      (C)  an activity authorized by the Department of Revenue under                                     
02            AS 05.15 or AS 05.18;                                                                                    
03    * Sec. 3.  AS 18.65.080 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
04            (b)  The Department of Public Safety shall investigate and ascertain whether a                               
05       person appointed by the governor to serve as a member of the Alaska Gaming                                        
06       Commission has been convicted of a crime set out in AS 05.18.010(e).                                              
07    * Sec. 4.  AS 39.25.110(11) is amended to read:                                                                    
08                 (11)  the officers and employees of the following boards, commissions,                                  
09       and authorities:                                                                                                  
10                      (A)  [REPEALED                                                                                     
11                      (B)]  Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation;                                                           
12                      (B) [(C)]  Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority;                                 
13                      (C) [(D)]  Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission;                                       
14                      (D) [(E)]  Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education;                                       
15                      (E) [(F)]  Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation;                                           
16                      (F)  Alaska State Lottery Commission;                                                          
17    * Sec. 5.  AS 39.50.200(b) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                           
18                 (57)  Alaska State Lottery Commission (AS 05.18).