154A.060 Conduct and administration of lottery games -- Powers and duties of
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corporation -- Authorized contracts -- Withholding lottery prize money for
child support arrearages and default on higher education loans.
(1)The corporation shall conduct and administer lottery games which will result in
maximization of revenues to the Commonwealth of Kentucky while at the same
time provide entertainment to its citizens. It shall be the duty of the corporation, its
employees, and the members of the board to provide for the effective operation of
lottery games which insure the integrity of the lottery and maintain the dignity of
the Commonwealth and the general welfare of its citizens. The corporation, in
pursuit of the attainment of the objectives and the purposes of this chapter, may:
(a)Sue and be sued in its corporate name;
(b)Adopt a corporate seal and a symbol;
(c)Hold copyrights, trademarks, and service marks, and enforce its rights with
respect thereto;
(d)Appoint agents upon which process may be served;
(e)Enter into written agreements with one
(1)or more other states for the
operation, marketing, and promotion of a joint lottery or joint lottery games;
(f)Acquire real property and make improvements thereon. These acquisitions
shall be reported to the Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee for its
review and determination in accordance with KRS 45.750 to 45.810; and
(g)Make, execute, and effectuate any and all agreements or contracts, including:
1. Contracts for the purchase of such goods and services as are necessary
for the operation and promotion of the state lottery. Proposed purchases
of major items of equipment estimated to cost one hundred thousand
dollars ($100,000) or more and proposed purchases of items of
equipment where the estimated contract price for all the items of
equipment taken together is four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) or
more shall be reported to the Capital Projects and Bond Oversight
Committee for its review and determination in accordance with the
provisions of KRS 45.750 to 45.810. A contract shall not be artificially
divided to cause an estimated contract price to fall below the four
hundred thousand dollar ($400,000) threshold. Contracts for personal
service shall be reviewed in accordance with KRS 45A.690 to 45A.725;
and
2. Contracts to incur debt in its own name and enter into financing
agreements with the Commonwealth, its own agencies, or with a
commercial bank, excluding the authority to issue bonds.
(2)The corporation shall:
(a)Supervise and administer the lottery in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter and the administrative regulations adopted by the board;
(b)Submit monthly and annual reports to the Governor, the President of the
Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives containing financial
statements which include but are not limited to disclosure of gross revenues,
expenses, and net proceeds for the period;
(c)Adopt by administrative regulation a system of continuous internal audits;
(d)Maintain weekly or more frequent records of lottery transactions, including
distribution of tickets to lottery retailers, revenues received, claims for prizes,
prizes paid, and all other financial transactions of the corporation;
(e)Adopt by administrative regulation a code of ethics for officers and
employees of the corporation to carry out the standards of conduct established
by the provisions of this chapter;
(f)Include capital projects, as defined in KRS 45.750(1)(f), which exceed the
thresholds set forth in KRS 154A.060(1)(g)1. in the budget unit request
submitted by the corporation to the Finance and Administration Cabinet
pursuant to KRS 48.050. In the budget unit request submitted by the
corporation, a contingency item for acquisition of the on-line central system,
all related equipment, and any other equipment owned by vendors of the
corporation relating to computer-generated lottery games from the
corporation's vendors shall be stated separately from all other equipment.
Further, if the identification of specific projects requiring the acquisition of
equipment in the nature of computer systems, communications equipment and
related peripheral devices, and operating system software cannot be
ascertained with absolute certainty at the time the corporation is required to
submit its budget unit request, the corporation shall be entitled to submit a
general request for the equipment without individually identifying specific
projects, together with a maximum amount to be allocated for the equipment,
in the budget unit request;
(g)The Kentucky Lottery Corporation and the Office of the Attorney General
shall develop a system to allow the Kentucky Lottery Corporation to receive a
list of delinquent child support obligors from the Office of the Attorney
General on a monthly basis. The Kentucky Lottery Corporation shall withhold
delinquent amounts from prizes of winners that appear on the list. This system
shall be timely and shall not create an unavoidable delay in the payment of a
lottery prize; and
(h)The Kentucky Lottery Corporation and the authority shall develop a system to
allow the Kentucky Lottery Corporation to receive on a periodic basis a list of
persons declared in default of repayment obligations under financial
assistance programs in KRS Chapters 164 and 164A. The Kentucky Lottery
Corporation shall withhold from a person's prize winnings the amount of the
defaulted loan and shall transfer the amount to the authority to credit the
account of the person in default. Any amount remaining after the deduction of
the loan amount shall be paid to the person.