Missouri § 313.220 - Rules and regulations — procedure generally, this chapter — background checks may be required, when.
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§ 313.220. Rules and regulations — procedure generally, this chapter — background checks may be required, when.
1. The commission shall promulgate such rules and regulations governing the establishment and operation of a state lottery as it deems necessary and desirable to fully implement the mandate of the people expressed in the approval of the lottery amendment to Article III of the Missouri Constitution. Such rules and regulations shall be designed so that a lottery may be initiated at the earliest feasible and practicable time. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024.
2. The commission shall have the authority to require a fingerprint background check on any person seeking employment or employed by the commission, any person seeking contract with or contracted to the commission and any person seeking license from or licensed by the commission. The background check shall include a check of the Missouri criminal records repository and when the commission deems it necessary to perform a nationwide criminal history check, a check of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's criminal records file. Fingerprints shall be submitted to the Missouri criminal records repository as required. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 610.120, the commission shall have access to closed criminal history information when fingerprints are submitted. The commission shall not prohibit a person from participating in the sale of lottery tickets solely on the basis of the person being found guilty of any criminal offense; except that, the person shall not be eligible to be a licensed lottery game retailer under subsection 2 of section 313.260.
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(L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 5, A.L. 1988 S.B. 643, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3, A.L. 2003 S.B. 294, A.L. 2021 S.B. 26)
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Source: official Missouri text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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