1479 AAS 4/15/93

HB 1479 - S Amd   000598

    BySenator Rinehart

                                                   ADOPTED 4/15/93

    On page 2, line 29, after "tickets," insert "unredeemed Washington state lottery tickets,"

HB 1479 - S Amd   000599

    BySenator Rinehart

                                                   ADOPTED 4/15/93

    On page 4, beginning on line 7, after "exception of" strike "unredeemed Washington state lottery tickets and" and insert "((unredeemed Washington state lottery tickets and))"

HB 1479 - S Amd   000600

    BySenator Rinehart

                                                   ADOPTED 4/15/93

    On page 12, after line 16, insert the following:

    "Sec. 11.  RCW 67.70.190 and 1988 c 289 s 802 are each amended to read as follows:

    (((1))) Unclaimed prizes shall be retained in the state lottery account for the person entitled thereto for one hundred eighty days after the drawing in which the prize is won, or after the official end of the game for instant prizes.  If no claim is made for the prize within this time, ((the prize shall be retained in the state lottery fund for further use as prizes, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, and all rights to the prize shall be extinguished.

    (2) During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1989, moneys from unclaimed prizes shall be used as follows:

    (a) Fifty percent of the moneys, not exceeding one million dollars, shall be deposited quarterly in the general fund.

    (b) The remainder of the moneys shall be retained in the state lottery account for further use as prizes)) the prize shall be presumed abandoned and reported and remitted to the department of revenue under chapter 63.29 RCW.

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 12.  A new section is added to chapter 63.29 RCW to read as follows:

    Unredeemed Washington state lottery tickets shall be presumed abandoned if the prizes or tickets remain unclaimed one hundred eighty days after the prize or ticket became payable or distributable."

HB 1479 - S Amd

    BySenator Rinehart

                                                   ADOPTED 4/15/93

    On page 1, beginning on line 2 of the title, after "act;" strike "and" and on line 3, after "63.29.180," strike "and 63.29.220" and insert "63.29.220, and 67.70.190; and adding a new section to chapter 63.29 RCW"

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