1281-S2 AMH CHAB PAME 244

2SHB 1281 - H AMD 118

By Representative Chandler

WITHDRAWN 03/04/2015

    On page 3, after line 13, insert the following:

    "Sec. 4.  RCW 67.70.190 and 2013 2nd sp.s. c 4 s 987 are each amended to read as follows:

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, all rights to the prize shall be extinguished, and the prize shall be retained in the state lottery fund for further use as prizes, except that one-third of all unclaimed prize money shall be deposited in the ((economic development strategic reserve account created in RCW 43.330.250)) internet crimes against children account created in section 3 of this act.

((On July 1, 2009, June 30, 2010, and June 30, 2011, all unclaimed prize money retained in the state lottery account in excess of three million dollars, excluding amounts distributed to the economic development strategic reserve account, shall be transferred into the state general fund.

During the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium, the legislature may transfer to the education legacy trust account such amounts as reflect the excess fund balance in the state lottery account from unclaimed prizes.))"

Correct the title.

EFFECT:   Removes the provision directing one-third of the unclaimed lottery prize money to the Economic Development Strategic Reserve Account and redirects one-third of the unclaimed lottery prize money into the Internet Crimes Against Children Account.

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