HB 346 - Lottery for education; method of payment for tickets

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Current Status

01/09/06 - Senate Recommitted

First Reader Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 27 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to the Georgia Lottery for Education, so as to provide for methods of payment of lottery tickets; to authorize the establishment of a financial account; to provide for the deposit of funds into individual accounts by members of the public; to provide for methods of deposit; to provide that no funds deposited shall be refunded; to provide for abandoned accounts; to authorize and direct the board of trustees to devise a method pursuant to which a person who is eligible to purchase a Georgia lottery ticket may purchase a share in a lottery game by means of a public or private computer terminal or other electronic means; to provide for periodic progress reports; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Votes

Electronically Recorded Votes
Date Time Vote No Yeas Nays NV Exc Description
03/10/05 01:29 PM House Vote #178 098 048 029 005 PASS

Status History

Bill History
Date Action
02/08/2005 House First Readers
02/09/2005 House Second Readers
02/25/2005 House Committee Favorably Reported
03/10/2005 House Third Readers
03/10/2005 House Passed/Adopted
03/11/2005 Senate Read and Referred
03/17/2005 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
03/21/2005 Senate Read Second Time
01/09/2006 Senate Recommitted