Date: 02/16/2006

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB06-1320

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer House Bill 06-1320 to the Committee of the WPASS


11:34 AM -- House Bill 06-1320 - Concerning the Promotion of the State Lottery

Representative Hefley, prime sponsor, explained that House Bill 06-1320, allows the director of the State Lottery Division to promote the lottery by establishing promotional drawings. A promotional drawing is defined to mean a prize promotion involving the conduct of giveaways through the use of free chances, for purposes of commercial advertisement of the lottery, the creation of goodwill, the promotion of new lottery products, or the collection of names. Representative Hefley said that the bill specifies that promotional drawings are not subject to regulation and are not to be deemed a lottery or game of chance.concerning the promotion of the lottery by the State Lottery Division Director.

The following person testified:

11:36 AM -- Mr. Tom Kitts, Colorado Lottery, testified in support of the legislation and responded to committee questions. Mr. Kitts discussed promotional tools that the lottery has used over the years and said that the bill would remove provisions in state law that require the state to have oversight over promotional drawings.
BILL:HB06-1320
TIME: 11:38:32 AM
MOVED:McCluskey
MOTION:Refer House Bill 06-1320 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a 11-1-1 vote.
SECONDED:Massey
VOTE
Benefield
Yes
Cloer
No
Crane
Yes
Frangas
Yes
Garcia
Yes
Harvey
Yes
Jahn
Yes
Kerr
Yes
Marshall
Excused
Massey
Yes
McCluskey
Yes
Judd
Yes
Vigil
Yes
Final YES: 11 NO: 1 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS