HF 669

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to environment; allocating a portion of unclaimed lottery prize money to
the environment and natural resources trust fund; amending Minnesota Statutes
2006, section 349A.08, subdivision 5.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 349A.08, subdivision 5, is amended to
read:

Subd. 5.

Payment; unclaimed prizes.

A prize in the state lottery must be claimed
by the winner within one year of the date of the drawing at which the prize was awarded
or the last day sales were authorized for a game where a prize was determined in a manner
other than by means of a drawing. If a valid claim is not made for a prize payable directly
by the lottery by the end of this period, the prize money is considered unclaimed and the
winner of the prize shall have no further claim to the prize. A prize won by a person
who purchased the winning ticket in violation of section 349A.12, subdivision 1, or won
by a person ineligible to be awarded a prize under subdivision 7 must be treated as an
unclaimed prize under this section. The director must transfer all unclaimed prize money
at the end of each fiscal year from the lottery cash flow account new text begin as follows: new text end

new text begin (1) 60 percent new text end to the general fund new text begin ; and
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new text begin (2) 40 percent to the environment and natural resources trust fund new text end .