HOUSE BILL No. 5819


     May 23, 2000, Introduced by Reps. Koetje, Bradstreet, Gosselin, Voorhees, Birkholz, Kuipers, Garcia, Toy, Garza, Hardman,
Vander Roest and Jansen and referred to the Committee on Gaming and Casino Oversight.


        A bill to amend 1972 PA 239, entitled

   "McCauley-Traxler-Law-Bowman-McNeely lottery act,"

   by amending sections 29 and 39 (MCL 432.29 and 432.39).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 29.  A LOTTERY ticket or share shall not be sold OR

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      GIVEN to any person under the age of  18  21.  This does not

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      prohibit the purchase of a ticket or share for the purpose of

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      making a gift by a person 18 years of age or older to a person

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      less than age 18.  A licensee OR INDIVIDUAL who knowingly sells

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      or offers to sell a lottery ticket or share to a person under the

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      age of  18  21 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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           Sec. 39.  (1) If the person entitled to a prize or any win-

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      ning ticket is under the age of 18 years, and the prize is more

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      than $1,000.00, the commissioner shall direct payment of the

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      prize by transfer to the guardian of the minor of a check or


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      draft payable to the order of the guardian.  If less than

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      $1,000.00, the commissioner may direct payment of the prize to

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      the adult member of the minor's family who is legally responsible

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      for the care and custody of the minor.  The commissioner shall be

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      discharged of all further liability upon payment of a prize to a

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      minor pursuant to this section.

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           (2) IF THE PERSON ENTITLED TO A PRIZE OR ANY WINNING TICKET

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      IS NOT LESS THAN 18 BUT UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE, THE COMMISSIONER

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      SHALL DIRECT PAYMENT OF THE PRIZE TO BE HELD BY THE BUREAU UNTIL

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      THE PERSON REACHES 21 YEARS OF AGE.




































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