70th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--1999 Regular Session

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LC 3699

                        Senate Bill 1132

Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT


                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Creates Joint Interim Gambling and Lottery Task Force to study
direct and indirect economic and social costs of state lottery.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to state lottery.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) There is created a Joint Interim Gambling
and Lottery Task Force comprised of 15 members appointed as
follows:
  (a) The President of the Senate shall appoint five members from
among members of the Senate;
  (b) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint
five members from among the members of the House of
Representatives; and
  (c) The Governor shall appoint five members, of whom one shall
be a staff member of the office of the Governor, one shall be an
official from the Oregon State Lottery Commission and one shall
be a representative from the gaming industry.
  (2) The task force shall be broad-based and fairly represent
all the geographical areas of this state.
  (3)(a) The task force shall study and make legislative
recommendations on the direct and indirect social and economic
costs of the Oregon State Lottery.
  (b) For the purposes of this subsection, 'social and economic
costs' shall include but need not be limited to:
  (A) The relationship between pathological gambling and
legalized gambling;
  (B) The costs and resources utilized to treat pathological
gambling;
  (C) The content and effect of advertising of state lottery
games;
  (D) The effect of political contributions, including
contributions from the gaming industry, on the electoral and
political process;
  (E) The allocation of revenues from the state lottery; and
  (F) The economic effect of diversion of income from purchases
of real goods and services to purchases of state lottery tickets.
  (4) The task force is subject to the provisions of ORS 171.605
to 171.635 and has the authority contained in ORS 171.505 and
171.510. Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 171.206, the task
force may file its written report at any time within 30 days
after its final meeting, or at such later time as the appointing
authorities may designate.
  (5) A work plan consisting of the list of subjects described in
subsection (3) of this section for study by the task force and
the duration of the study shall be developed by the appointing
authorities, in consultation with the task force chairperson. The
work plan developed for the task force shall be filed with the
Legislative Administrator.
  (6) The task force shall use the services of permanent
legislative staff to the greatest extent practicable.
  (7) Members of the Legislative Assembly shall be entitled to
mileage expenses and a per diem allowance as authorized by ORS
171.072 (4) from funds appropriated to the Legislative Assembly.
Other members of the task force are entitled to compensation and
expenses under ORS 292.495. Claims for expenses incurred in
performing functions of the task force shall be paid out of funds
available for that purpose.
  (8) All agencies, departments and officers of this state are
directed to assist the task force in the performance of its
functions and to furnish such information and advice as the
members of the task force consider necessary to perform their
functions.
  (9) The task force may accept contributions of funds and
assistance from the United States Government or its agencies, or
from any other source, public or private, and agree to conditions
thereon not inconsistent with the purposes of the task force. All
such funds are to be used to aid in financing the functions of
the task force and shall be deposited in the General Fund of the
State Treasury to the credit of separate accounts for the task
force and shall be disbursed for the purpose for which
contributed in the same manner as funds appropriated for the task
force.
  (10) Official action by the task force shall require the
approval of a majority of the members. All legislation
recommended by official action of the task force must indicate
that it is introduced at the request of the task force. Such
legislation shall be prepared in time for presession numbering
and presession filing pursuant to ORS 171.130, for presentation
to the regular session of the Seventy-first Legislative
Assembly. + }
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