HOUSE
       Amended 2nd Reading
                        May 7, 2012Second Regular Session
              Sixty-eighth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                  ENGROSSED
               This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted
             on Second Reading in the House of Introduction
 LLS NO. 12-0959.01 Esther van Mourik x4215HOUSE BILL 12-1359
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Vaad,
 
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Jahn,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 Senate Committees
 
 
 Finance
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning the prohibition of internet lottery.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            The bill prohibits the Colorado lottery commission from
       authorizing an internet lottery in which tickets, games, or shares are sold
       to a person by means of the internet, telephone, or other electronic device
       without physical presence of the person at a licensed lottery sales agent's
       place of business.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-35-201, amend
       (5); and add (4.5) as follows:
            24-35-201.  Definitions. As used in this part 2, unless the context
       otherwise requires:
            (4.5)  "Internet lottery" means any lottery authorized
       and described in the federal memorandum opinion for the
       assistant attorney general, criminal division, dated September
       20, 2011, in the Opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel in Volume
       35.
            (5)  "Lottery" means any and all lotteries created and operated
       pursuant to this part 2, including, without limitation, the game commonly
       known as lotto, in which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated
       numbers conforming to numbers selected at random, electronically or
       otherwise, by or at the direction of the commission, and any multistate
       lottery or game that is authorized by a multistate agreement to which the
       division is party. All references in this article to "the lottery" shall be
       construed to include any or all lotteries within the meaning of this
       subsection (5). "Lottery" shall not include a promotional drawing as
       defined in subsection (8) of this section. "Lottery" shall not include
       internet lottery as defined in subsection (4.5) of this section.
            SECTION 2.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-35-208, add (4)
       as follows:
            24-35-208.  Commission - powers and duties - rules. (4)  The
       commission shall not promulgate rules pursuant to subsection
       (1) of this section authorizing internet lottery as defined in
       section 24-35-201 (4.5).
            SECTION 3.  Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
       determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
       preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.