FORTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

SECOND SESSION

February 14, 2006

HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENT number ___1__ to HOUSE BILL 81

Amendment sponsored by Representative

    1. On page 1, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following new sections:

    "Section 1. Section 6-24-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1995, Chapter 155, Section 1) is amended to read:

    "6-24-1. SHORT TITLE.--[Sections 1 through 34 of this

act] Chapter 6, Article 24 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "New Mexico Lottery Act"."

    Section 2. Section 6-24-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1995, Chapter 155, Section 4) is amended to read: 

    "6-24-4. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the New Mexico Lottery Act:

         A. "authority" means the New Mexico lottery authority;

         B. "board" means the board of directors of the authority;

         C. "chief executive officer" means the chief executive officer of the authority appointed by the board pursuant to the New Mexico Lottery Act;

         D. "lottery" means the New Mexico state lottery established and operated by the authority pursuant to the New Mexico Lottery Act;

         E. "lottery contractor" means a person with whom the authority has contracted for the purpose of providing goods or services for the lottery;

         F. "lottery game" means any variation of the following types of games, but does not include any video lottery game:

             (1) an instant win game in which disposable tickets contain certain preprinted winners that are determined by rubbing or scraping an area or areas on the tickets to match numbers, letters, symbols or configurations, or any combination thereof, as provided by the rules of the game; provided, an instant-win game may also provide for preliminary and grand prize drawings conducted pursuant to the rules of the game; and

             (2) an on-line lottery game in which a lottery game is hooked up to a central computer via a telecommunications system through which a player selects a specified group of numbers or symbols out of a predetermined range of numbers or symbols and purchases a ticket bearing the player-selected numbers or symbols for eligibility in a drawing regularly scheduled in accordance with game rules;

         G. "lottery retailer" means a person with whom the authority has contracted for the purpose of selling tickets in lottery games to the public;

         H. "lottery vendor" means any person who submits a bid, proposal or offer as part of a major procurement contract and any person who is awarded a major procurement contract;

         I. "major procurement contract" means a contract for the procurement of any lottery game product or service costing in excess of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000), including [but not limited to] major advertising contracts, annuity contracts, prize payment agreements, consulting services, equipment, tickets and other products and services unique to the lottery, but not including materials, supplies, equipment and services common to the ordinary operations of a corporation;

         J. "net revenues" means all lottery and nonlottery revenues received by the authority less payments for lottery prizes and operating expenses as provided in the New Mexico Lottery Act; [and]

         K. "tribal college" means any of the following institutions:

             (1) southwestern Indian polytechnic institute;

             (2) Crownpoint institute of technology;

             (3) institute of American Indian arts; and

             (4) the New Mexico campus of Dine college; and

         [K.] L. "person" means an individual or any other legal entity."".

    2. Renumber the succeeding sections accordingly.

    3. On page 2, line 2, after "college" insert "and the governing bodies of southwestern Indian polytechnic institute, Crownpoint institute of technology, the institute of American Indian arts and Dine college in New Mexico".

    4. On page 2, line 18, after "school" insert "or a bureau of Indian affairs school in New Mexico".

    5. On page 3, line 4, after "institutions" insert "or tribal colleges".

    6. On page 3, line 19, after "institution" insert "or tribal college".

    7. On page 3, line 22, after "institutions" insert "or tribal colleges".

    8. On page 4, line 14, after "institutions" insert "or tribal colleges".

    9. On page 4, line 20, after "institution" insert "and the governing body of each tribal college".

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