CHAPTER 140
SENATE Substitute for HOUSE BILL No. 2400*
An Act concerning the Kansas lottery; establishing a
veterans benefit lottery game.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) Notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary,
the Kansas lottery commission shall establish an instant lottery
scratch-
off game designated as the veterans benefit game, which shall be
con-
ducted by the Kansas lottery. Tickets for the veterans benefit game
es-
tablished by this section shall be offered for sale only between
May 1
through November 30, 2003, and May 1 through November 30, 2004.
(b) The Kansas lottery commission shall
adopt rules and regulations
governing the establishment of the veterans benefit game pursuant
to
K.S.A. 74-8710, and amendments thereto, except that subsection (b)
of
K.S.A. 74-8710, and amendments thereto, shall not apply to the
veterans
benefit game established by this section.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of
K.S.A. 79-4801 et seq., and
K.S.A. 74-8711, and amendments thereto, all net profits, received
from
the sale of veterans benefit game lottery tickets, materials and
games, as
prescribed by rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subsection
(b)
of this section, shall be deposited in the state treasury and
credited, as
follows: (1) An amount equal to 50% of such net profits to the
national
guard assistance account of the state general fund of the state
board of
regents to be used for Kansas national guard educational assistance
act
scholarships pursuant to K.S.A. 74-32,145 et seq., and
amendments
thereto, and (2) an amount equal to 50% of such net profits to the
soldiers'
home fee fund and the veterans' home fee fund in an amount or
amounts
determined by the executive director of the Kansas commission on
vet-
erans affairs to be used for operating expenditures and capital
improve-
ments for the Kansas veterans' home, the Kansas soldiers' home and
the
state veterans cemetery system.
(d) The Kansas lottery commission shall
change the design or theme
of the veterans benefit game regularly so that the game remains
com-
petitive with the other instant lottery scratch-off games offered
by such
commission. The tickets for the instant lottery game authorized by
this
section shall clearly state that the profits derived from the game
shall be
used to benefit veterans and veterans issues in this state.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its
publication in the Kansas register.
Approved May 14, 2003.
Published in the Kansas Register May 22, 2003.
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