Georgia Code, Title 50, Chapter 27, Article 1 - General Provisions
- § 50-27-1 - Short Title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Lottery for Education Act."
- § 50-27-2 - Legislative Findings and Declarations
It is found and declared by the General Assembly: (1) That net proceeds of lottery games conducted pursuant to this chapter shall be used...
- § 50-27-3 - Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Administrative expenses" means operating expenses, excluding amounts set aside for prizes, regardless of whether such prizes...
- § 50-27-4 - Georgia Lottery Corporation Created; Venue
There is created a body corporate and politic to be known as the Georgia Lottery Corporation which shall be deemed to be an instrumentality...
- § 50-27-5 - Membership of Board of Directors; Appointment; Terms; Filling of Vacancies; Conflict of Interests; Reimbursement for Expenses; Officers; Quorum
(a) The corporation shall be governed by a board of directors composed of seven members to be appointed by the Governor. Members shall be...
- § 50-27-6 - Lottery Retailer Advisory Board
(a) The chairperson of the board of directors shall appoint a Lottery Retailer Advisory Board to be composed of ten lottery retailers representing the...
- § 50-27-7 - General Duties of Board of Directors
The board of directors shall provide the chief executive officer with private-sector perspectives of a large marketing enterprise. The board shall: (1) Approve, disapprove,...
- § 50-27-8 - Appointment of Chief Executive Officer; Compensation
The board of directors shall appoint and shall provide for the compensation of a chief executive officer who shall be an employee of the...
- § 50-27-9 - General Powers of Corporation
(a) The corporation shall have any and all powers necessary or convenient to its usefulness in carrying out and effectuating the purposes and provisions...
- § 50-27-10 - Adoption by Board of Procedures Regulating Conduct of Lottery Games
The board may adopt regulations, policies, and procedures regulating the conduct of lottery games in general, including, but not limited to, regulations, policies, and...
- § 50-27-11 - Duties of Chief Executive Officer
(a) The chief executive officer of the corporation shall direct and supervise all administrative and technical activities in accordance with the provisions of this...
- § 50-27-12 - Employees; Compensation; Restrictions; Background Investigations; Bonding
(a) The corporation shall establish and maintain a personnel program for its employees and fix the compensation and terms of compensation of its employees,...
- § 50-27-13 - Disposition of Lottery Proceeds; Budget Report by Governor; Appropriations by General Assembly; Shortfall Reserve Subaccount
(a)(1) All lottery proceeds shall be the property of the corporation. (2) From its lottery proceeds the corporation shall pay the operating expenses of...
- § 50-27-14 - Participation by Minority Businesses
It is the intent of the General Assembly that the corporation encourage participation by minority businesses. Accordingly, the board of directors shall adopt a...
- § 50-27-15 - Investigation of Vendors; Disclosure Requirements; Restrictions on Entry Into Procurement Contracts
(a) The corporation shall investigate the financial responsibility, security, and integrity of any lottery system vendor who is a finalist in submitting a bid,...
- § 50-27-16 - Bonding Requirements for Vendors; Qualifications of Vendors; Competitive Bid Requirement
(a)(1) Each vendor shall, at the execution of the contract with the corporation, post a performance bond or letter of credit from a bank...
- § 50-27-17 - State-Wide Network of Retailers; Commissions; Certificate of Authority; Qualifications of Retailers; Fees for Outlets; Review of Activities; Gifts or Gratuities
(a) The General Assembly recognizes that to conduct a successful lottery, the corporation must develop and maintain a state-wide network of lottery retailers that...
- § 50-27-18 - Retailer Contracts Not Transferable or Assignable; Restriction on Contracts and Sales
(a) No lottery retailer contract shall be transferable or assignable. No lottery retailer shall contract with any person for lottery goods or services except...
- § 50-27-19 - Fidelity Fund for Retailers; Assessments
(a) The corporation may establish a fidelity fund separate from all other funds and shall assess each retailer a one-time fee not to exceed...
- § 50-27-20 - Cancellation, Suspension, Revocation, or Termination of Retail Contracts
(a) Any retail contract executed by the corporation pursuant to this chapter shall specify the reasons for which a contract may be canceled, suspended,...
- § 50-27-21 - Preservation of Lottery Proceeds by Retailers; Accounting Procedures; Preference Accorded Proceeds of Insolvent Retailers
(a) All proceeds from the sale of the lottery tickets or shares shall constitute a trust fund until paid to the corporation either directly...
- § 50-27-22 - Computation of Rental Payments of Retailers
If a lottery retailer's rental payments for the business premises are contractually computed, in whole or in part, on the basis of a percentage...
- § 50-27-23 - Restrictions on Sale of Tickets or Shares; Price; Gifts and Promotions
(a) No person shall sell a ticket or share at a price other than established by the corporation unless authorized in writing by the...
- § 50-27-24 - Prize Proceeds Subject to State Income Tax; Attachments, Garnishments, or Executions; Validation of Winning Tickets; Prohibited Purchases; Money-Dispensing Machines; Unclaimed Prize Money
(a) Proceeds of any lottery prize shall be subject to the Georgia state income tax.(b) Except as otherwise provided in Article 2 of this...
- § 50-27-24.1 - Payment of Prize to Person Other Than Winner; Assignment of Prize Rights; Hearing; Findings Justifying Approval of Voluntary Assignment; Other Requirements
(a) Under an appropriate judicial order, any prize or any portion of a prize or any right of any person to a prize awarded...
- § 50-27-25 - Confidentiality of Information; Investigations; Supervision and Inspections; Reports of Suspected Violations; Assistance in Investigation of Violations
(a) Except as authorized in this chapter, the corporation is subject to the provisions of Article 4 of Chapter 18 of this title and...
- § 50-27-26 - Sales to Minors; Penalty; Affirmative Defense
Any person who knowingly sells a lottery ticket or share to a person under 18 years of age or permits a person under 18...
- § 50-27-27 - Penalty for Falsely Making, Altering, Forging, Uttering, Passing, or Counterfeiting Ticket; Penalty for Attempting to Influence Winning of Prize
(a) Any person who, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, alters, forges, utters, passes, or counterfeits a state lottery ticket shall be punished by...
- § 50-27-28 - Penalty for Making False Statements or False Entries in Books or Records
No person shall knowingly or intentionally make a material false statement in any application for a license or proposal to conduct lottery activities or...
- § 50-27-29 - Agreements With Agencies of Other Jurisdictions; Restriction on Release of Records, Documents, and Information
(a) The corporation may enter into intelligence sharing, reciprocal use, or restricted use agreements with the federal government, law enforcement agencies, lottery regulation agencies,...
- § 50-27-30 - Bidding Requirements and Procedures for Contracts
(a) The corporation shall enter into its contracts for major procurements after competitive bidding. The requirement for competitive bidding does not apply in the...
- § 50-27-31 - Appeals From Actions of Board
(a) Any retailer, vendor, or applicant for a retailer or vendor contract aggrieved by an action of the board may appeal that decision to...
- § 50-27-32 - Corporation Authorized to Borrow Money; Validation of Debt; Restriction on Use of Money in State General Fund; Purchase or Release of Goods and Services
(a) The corporation may borrow, or accept and expend, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, such moneys as may be received from...
- § 50-27-33 - Reports by Corporation; Audits; Budget; Fiscal Year
To ensure the financial integrity of the lottery, the corporation through its board of directors shall: (1) Submit quarterly and annual reports to the...
- § 50-27-34 - Legislative Oversight Committee
(a) There is created as a joint committee of the General Assembly, the Georgia Lottery Corporation Legislative Oversight Committee, to be composed of the...
Last modified: October 14, 2016