SWB S.B. 581 75(R)BILL ANALYSIS WAYS & MEANS S.B. 581 By: Ratliff (Junell) 5-15-97 Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND Currently, 15 percent of the gross revenue accruing from the sale of lottery tickets is provided for administrative costs. Of this amount 5 percent is allocated to the retailers who actually sell the lottery tickets and 7 percent is used for administrative costs. The remaining 3 percent is transferred to the unobligated portion of the general revenue fund. PURPOSE The bill lowers the maximum for lottery operation and administration from 15 percent to 12 percent of gross revenue from lottery ticket sales. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1.Amends Section 466.355(b), Government Code (State Lottery Account), to authorize money in the state lottery account to be used for costs incurred in the operation and administration of the lottery, provided that the costs may not exceed an amount equal to 12 percent, rather than 15 percent, of gross revenue accruing from the sales of tickets in that biennium. SECTION 2.Effective date: September 1, 1997. SECTION 3.Emergency clause.