North Carolina § 18C-163 - Expenses of the Lottery.

§ 18C-163. Expenses of the Lottery.

Expenses of the Lottery may include any of the following: The costs incurred in operating and administering the Commission, including initial start-up costs. The costs resulting from any contracts entered into for the purchase or lease of goods or services required by the Commission. A transfer of one million dollars ($1,000,000) annually to the Department of Health and Human Services for gambling addiction education and treatment programs. The costs of supplies, materials, tickets, independent studies and audits, data transmission, advertising, promotion, incentives, public relations, communications, bonding for lottery game retailers, printing, and distribution of tickets and shares. The costs of reimbursing other governmental entities for services provided to the Commission. The costs for any other goods and services needed to accomplish the purposes of this Chapter. Expenses of the lottery shall also include all of the following: A transfer of two million one hundred thousand dollars ($2,100,000) annually to the Department of Public Safety, Alcohol Law Enforcement Division, for gambling enforcement activities. Advertising costs. History (2005-344, s. 1; 2005-276, s. 31.1(s); 2015-241, s. 5.2(c); 2017-57, s. 5.3(b); 2019-203, s. 9(a).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2015-241, s. 5.2(e), provides: "The Lottery Commission shall adopt any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this section." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2015.'" Session Laws 2015-241, s. 33.4, provides: 'Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 33.6, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2017-57, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2017.'" Session Laws 2017-57, s. 39.6, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2005-276, s. 31.1(s), effective July 1, 2005, rewrote subdivision (3). Session Laws 2015-241, s. 5.2(c), effective July 1, 2015, added the subsection (a) designation and subsection (b). Session Laws 2017-57, s. 5.3(b), effective July 1, 2017, in subsection (b), inserted "all of the following: (1)" and "(2) Advertising costs." Session Laws 2019-203, s. 9(a), effective October 1, 2019, substituted "Division" for "Branch" in subdivision (b)(1).