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WV Code § 29-22-24 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22. State Lottery Act|§29-22-24. Disclosures by Vendors and Related Persons and Entities of Political Contributions

(a) For purposes of this section:"Vendor" means any person required to make any disclosure under the provisions of section twenty-three of this article."Major procurement" has the same meaning as set out in section twenty-three of this article.(b) Prior to the submission of the initial bid or proposal, and on or before July 1, of each year thereafter, a vendor who is submitting an initial bid or proposal to, or who has submitted such within the preceding twelve months to, or who has a current contract with, the state Lottery Commission or any state agency, board or commission or political subdivision, for any major procurement, shall file with the Secretary of State a detailed itemized disclosure statement, subscribed and sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths, setting forth each contribution to any local, state or federal political candidate or political committee in this state, made in the preceding three years, or a statement that no such contributions have been made.
WV Code § 29-22-25 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22. State Lottery Act|§29-22-25. Preemption of State Laws or Local Regulation

(a) No state or local law or regulation providing any penalty, disability, restriction, regulation or prohibition for the manufacture, transportation, storage, distribution, advertising, possession or sale of any lottery tickets or materials or for the operation of any lottery shall apply to authorized operations by or for the state lottery or commission.(b) The provisions of this article preempt all regulations, rules, ordinances and laws of any county or municipality in conflict herewith: Provided, That nothing herein shall invalidate any zoning law, or Sunday closing law under article ten, chapter sixty-one of this code.(c) Nothing in this article shall be deemed to permit the operation of any lottery otherwise prohibited by the laws of this state, not owned and operated by this state and permitted by this article.
WV Code § 29-22-27 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22. State Lottery Act|§29-22-27. Penalties for Criminal Violations

(a) Any person violating any of the provisions of this article, except sections eleven and twelve of this article, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, for the first offense, shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than $500, or imprisoned in the county jail not more than one year, or both fined and imprisoned.(b) Any person violating any of the provisions of this article, except sections eleven and twelve of this article, shall, for the second offense, be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000, or be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than one year, or both fined and imprisoned.
WV Code § 29-22-27a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22. State Lottery Act|§29-22-27a. Payment of Prizes to the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement

(a) Upon notification by the Bureau for Child Support enforcement that a person who is entitled to all or part of a lottery prize is delinquent in the payment of child support or spousal support, the director shall forward to the Bureau for Child Support enforcement the prize or portion to be distributed directly from the state lottery office that is available to be applied to the delinquent support payment.(b) The director shall enter into a written agreement with the Bureau for Child Support enforcement for the purpose of establishing a procedure for the collection of prizes as set forth in subsection (a) of this section. The director shall include in the agreement a method by which the Bureau for Child Support enforcement will receive the names of lottery winners as expeditiously as possible.
WV Code § 29-22-28 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22. State Lottery Act|§29-22-28. Severability

If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this article, and to this end the provisions of this article are declared to be severable.
WV Code § 29-22-29 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22. State Lottery Act|§29-22-29. Moneys Transferred or Allocated to Nongovernmental Entities Are State Moneys and Have Been So in the Past; Right to Audit State Moneys Transferred to Nongovernmental Entities

(a) Moneys transferred by the commission under provisions of this article and articles twenty-two-a, twenty-two-b, twenty-two-c and twenty-five of this chapter to nongovernmental recipients, are state moneys and have been state moneys in prior fiscal periods.(b) All nongovernmental entities that have received state moneys as described in subsection (a) of this section are subject to audit by the commission. An audit provided for by this section may be conducted by employees or agents of the commission. An audit provided for by this section may also be conducted by the Legislative Auditor.
WV Code § 29-22-30 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22. State Lottery Act|§29-22-30. Methods of Payment for Lottery Prizes

Notwithstanding any provision of this article or any rule to the contrary, the lottery shall pay a prize to a claimant by check, electronic funds transfer or any other method of payment acceptable to the Federal Reserve System.
WV Code § 29-22A-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22A. Racetrack Video Lottery|§29-22A-1. Short Title

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Racetrack Video Lottery Act."
WV Code § 29-22A-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22A. Racetrack Video Lottery|§29-22A-4. Video Lottery Games Authorized

The state Lottery Commission is authorized to implement and operate video lottery games at pari-mutuel racing facilities in this state in accordance with the provisions of this article and the applicable provisions of article twenty-two of this chapter. The provisions of article twenty-two of this chapter apply to this article, except in the event of conflict or inconsistency between any of the provisions of this article and the provisions of article twenty-two of this chapter. In that event, the provisions of this article shall supersede any conflicting or inconsistent provisions contained in article twenty-two of this chapter.
WV Code § 29-22A-10a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22A. Racetrack Video Lottery|§29-22A-10a. Lottery Commission Income to Be Deposited in State Lottery Fund

Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one, subsection (c), section ten of this article, beginning on July 1, 1995 and continuing thereafter, the net terminal income received by the commission shall be paid into the state Lottery Fund created by section eighteen, article twenty-two of this chapter, to be appropriated by the Legislature: Provided, That income deposited pursuant to this section shall not be subject to the provisions of subsections (b), (c), (d) or (e), section eighteen, article twenty-two of this chapter.
WV Code § 29-22A-10c (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22A. Racetrack Video Lottery|§29-22A-10c. Surcharge; Capital Reinvestment Fund

(a) For all fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2001, there shall be imposed a surcharge of ten percent against the excess of total net terminal income generated from a licensed racetrack for that fiscal year over total net terminal income from that licensed racetrack for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001.(b) A Capital Reinvestment Fund is hereby created within the Lottery Fund. Forty-two percent of the surcharge amount attributable to each racetrack shall be retained by the commission and deposited into a separate Capital Reinvestment Account for that licensed racetrack. For each dollar expended by a licensed racetrack for capital improvements at the racetrack, at the location of any amenity associated with the licensed racetrack's destination resort facility operations, or at adjacent facilities owned by the licensee, having a useful life of three or more years and placed in service after April 1, 2001, the licensed racetrack shall receive $1 in recoupment from its Capital Reinvestment Fund Account: Provided, That in the case of thoroughbred horse tracks, four cents of every dollar in recoupment shall be reserved into a separate account, which shall only be spent on capital improvements and upgrading to facilities used for the housing and care of horses, facilities located inside the perimeter of the racing surface, including the surface thereof, facilities used for housing persons responsible for the care of horses, and that any such capital improvements and upgrading shall be subject to recoupment under this section only if they have been approved by the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association acting on behalf of the horsemen: Provided, however, That in the case of greyhound race tracks, four cents of every dollar in recoupment shall be spent on capital improvements and upgrading in the kennel area or other areas at the track. If a licensed racetrack's unrecouped capital improvements exceed its capital reinvestment fund account at the end of any fiscal year, the excess improvements may be carried forward to fifteen subsequent fiscal years.(c) Fifty-eight percent of the surcharge amount plus any moneys remaining in a racetrack's Capital Reinvestment Fund Account at the end of any fiscal year shall be deposited in the State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund created in section eighteen-a, article twenty-two of this chapter.
WV Code § 29-22A-10f (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22A. Racetrack Video Lottery|§29-22A-10f. Changes in Distribution of Surcharge

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of subsection (b), section ten-c of this article to the contrary, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and each fiscal year thereafter, each distribution made pursuant to section ten-c of this article shall be reduced by ten percent.(b) The total amount of reductions resulting from subsection (a) of this section shall be paid into the State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund created in section eighteen-a, article twenty-two of this chapter.
WV Code § 29-22A-10g (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22A. Racetrack Video Lottery|§29-22A-10g. Redirection of Certain Amounts From Net Terminal Revenue

(a) The Governor may, by Executive Order, redirect seventy-five percent of the deposits of revenues derived from net terminal income imposed under this article, for any period commencing after June 30, 2017, and ending before July 1, 2018, to the General Revenue Fund, instead of to the funds otherwise mandated in this article, in article two-d, chapter twenty-three of this code or in any other provision of this code, until certification of the Governor to the Legislature that an independent actuary has determined that the unfunded liability of the Old Fund, as defined in chapter twenty-three of this code, has been paid or provided for in its entirety.(b) The Governor is authorized to redirect deposits of revenues, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, notwithstanding the following provisions of code:(1) Paragraph (B), subdivision (9), subsection (c), section ten of this article;(2) Paragraph (B), subdivision (9), subsection (a), section ten-b of this article; (3) Subdivision (1), subsection (g), section ten-d of this article; (4) Subdivision (1), subsection (f), section ten-e of this article; or(5) Any other provision of this code to the contrary.
WV Code § 29-22A-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22A. Racetrack Video Lottery|§29-22A-12. Number and Location of Video Lottery Terminals Security

(a) A racetrack which has been licensed to conduct video lottery games has the right to install and operate up to four hundred video lottery terminals at a licensed racetrack. A licensed racetrack may apply to the commission for authorization to install and operate more than four hundred video lottery terminals. If the commission determines that the installation of additional machines is in the best interest of the licensed racetrack, the Lottery Commission and the citizens of this state, the commission may grant permission to install and operate additional machines.(b) All video lottery terminals in licensed racetracks shall be physically located as follows:(1) The video lottery location shall be continuously monitored through the use of a closed circuit television system capable of recording activity for a continuous 24-hour period. All video tapes shall be retained for a period of at least thirty days;(2) Access to video lottery terminal locations shall be restricted to persons legally entitled by age to play video lottery games;(3) The licensed racetrack shall submit for commission approval a floor plan of the area or areas where video lottery terminals are to be operated showing terminal locations and security camera mount locations;(4) No video lottery terminal may be relocated without prior approval from the commission; and(5) Operational video lottery terminals may only be located in the building or structure in which the grandstand area of the racetrack is located and in the area of the building or structure where pari-mutuel wagering is permitted under the provisions of article twenty-three, chapter nineteen of this code: Provided, That if the commission, before November 1, 1993, has authorized any racetrack to operate video lottery terminals and offer video lottery games in a location which would not conform to the requirements of this subdivision, the racetrack may continue to use video lottery terminals registered with and approved by the commission at that nonconforming location and to offer the games and any variations or composites of the games as may be approved by the commission.(c) A licensee shall allow video lottery games to be played only on days when live racing is being conducted at the racetrack and/or on televised racing days: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to any racetrack authorized by the commissioner prior to November 1, 1993, to operate video lottery terminals and conduct video lottery games.(d) Security personnel shall be present during all hours of operation at each video lottery terminal location. Each license holder shall employ the number of security personnel the commission determines is necessary to provide for safe and approved operation of the video lottery facilities and the safety and well-being of the players.
WV Code § 29-22A-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22A. Racetrack Video Lottery|§29-22A-13. Payment of Credits; No State Liability; Method of Payment; Restrictions on Payment of Credits; Redeemed Tickets Required to Be Defaced; Liability for Video Lottery Terminal Malfunction

(a) No payment for credits awarded on a video lottery terminal may be made unless the ticket meets the following requirements:(1) The ticket is fully legible and printed on paper approved by the commission and the ticket contains all information required by this article;(2) The ticket is not mutilated, altered, unreadable or tampered with in any manner;(3) The ticket is not counterfeit, in whole or in part; and(4) The ticket is presented by a person authorized to play video lottery pursuant to this article.(b) Each licensed racetrack shall designate validation managers and employees authorized to redeem tickets and to sell and redeem tokens during the business hours of operation. Credits shall be immediately paid in cash, by check, by annuitized payments over time or in the form of a noncash prize, when a player presents a valid ticket for payment. (c) Licensed racetracks shall not redeem tickets for credits awarded on video lottery terminals which are not located on its premises. A ticket must be presented for payment no later than ten days after the date the ticket is printed. The commission is not liable for the payment of any video lottery ticket credits.(d) All tickets redeemed by a licensed racetrack shall be defaced in a manner which prevents any subsequent presentment and payment.(e) The commission is not responsible for any video lottery terminal malfunction which causes a credit to be wrongfully awarded or denied to players. The licensed racetrack is solely responsible for any wrongful award or denial of credits.
WV Code § 29-22A-17 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22A. Racetrack Video Lottery|§29-22A-17. Disagreement as to Duties of Racing Commission and Lottery Commission

In the event of a disagreement between the Racing Commission and the Lottery Commission with regard to their respective duties or responsibilities in carrying out the purposes of this article, such disagreement shall be resolved by the secretary of the Department of Tax and Revenue in a manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, article twenty-two-a of this chapter and article twenty-three, chapter nineteen of this code.
WV Code § 29-22A-18 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22A. Racetrack Video Lottery|§29-22A-18. Severability

If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this article, and to this end the provisions of this article are declared to be severable.
WV Code § 29-22B-101 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22B. Limited Video Lottery|§29-22B-101. Short Title

§29-22B-101. Short title.This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Limited Video Lottery Act."
WV Code § 29-22B-102 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22B. Limited Video Lottery|§29-22B-102. Authorization for Limited Video Lottery; Regulation by Lottery Commission

Limited video lottery is hereby authorized and may be operated and maintained subject to the provisions of this article. The limited video lottery authorized by this article, being a lottery, is subject to regulation by the West Virginia Lottery Commission.
WV Code § 29-22B-103 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22B. Limited Video Lottery|§29-22B-103. Exceptions

(a) Nothing in this article shall be construed in any way to modify, amend, or otherwise affect the validity of any provisions regulating charitable bingo and raffles as set forth in articles 47-20-1, et seq., and 47-21-1, et seq., of this code.(b) Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to modify, amend, or otherwise affect the validity of any provisions regulating racetrack video lottery as set forth in article 22A of this chapter.
WV Code § 29-22B-201 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22B. Limited Video Lottery|§29-22B-201. Legislative Finding; Constitutional Authority; Limited Video Lottery Is a Lottery

§29-22B-201. Legislative finding; Constitutional authority; limited video lottery is a lottery.The Legislature finds and declares that:(1) The Constitution grants to the Legislature the authority to establish, by general law, lotteries which are regulated, controlled, owned and operated by the State of West Virginia; and(2) The limited video lottery authorized by this article is a "lottery" as that term is commonly understood and as that term is used in the West Virginia Constitution, article 6, section 36. The limited video lottery authorized as video lottery games in this article is a system of lottery games that utilize advanced computer technology.
WV Code § 29-22B-202 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22B. Limited Video Lottery|§29-22B-202. Legislative Finding; State Ownership of Video Lottery Through Outright Ownership or Possession of a Proprietary Interest in Computer Hardware and Software

The Legislature further finds and declares that:(1) The state can control, own and operate a video lottery by possessing a proprietary interest in the main logic boards, all erasable, programmable read-only memory chips used in any video lottery equipment or games, and software consisting of computer programs, documentation and other related materials necessary for the video lottery system to be operated;(2) The state may possess a proprietary interest in video lottery game software, for purposes of this article, through outright ownership or through an exclusive product license agreement with a manufacturer whereby (A) the manufacturer retains copyrighted ownership of the software, (B) the product license granted to the state is nontransferable, and (C) the agreement authorizes the state to run the software program, solely for its own use, on the state's central equipment unit and electronic video terminals networked to the central equipment unit; and(3) The state can control and regulate a video lottery if the state (A) restricts licensure to a limited number of video lottery terminals at qualified locations, (B) extends strict and exclusive state regulation to all persons, locations, practices and associations related to the operation of licensed limited video lottery facilities, and (C) provides comprehensive law-enforcement supervision of limited video lottery activities.
WV Code § 29-22B-203 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22B. Limited Video Lottery|§29-22B-203. Legislative Finding; License to Participate in Limited Video Lottery Is a Privilege

The Legislature further finds and declares that:(1) A person seeking a license or other affirmative Lottery Commission approval has no right to a license or to the granting of the approval sought. Any license issued or other commission approval granted pursuant to the provisions of this article is a revocable privilege;(2) The licensing, control and regulation of limited video lottery by the state does not create (A) any property right in a license issued pursuant to this article, (B) any right to transfer or encumber a license, (C) any vested right in a license, or (D) the accrual of any value to the privilege of participation in any limited video lottery activity; and(3) That the privilege of participation in limited video lottery operations is conditioned upon (A) the proper and continuing individual qualification of an applicant or licensee, and (B) the discharge of the affirmative responsibility of each licensee to provide the regulatory and investigatory authorities with any assistance and information necessary to assure that the policies declared by this article are achieved.
WV Code § 29-22B-301 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22B. Limited Video Lottery|§29-22B-301. Applicability of Definitions

§29-22B-301. Applicability of definitions.For the purposes of this article, the words or terms defined in this part 3, and any variation of those words or terms required by the context, have the meanings ascribed to them in this part 3. These definitions are applicable unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context.
WV Code § 29-22B-302 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22B. Limited Video Lottery|§29-22B-302. Applicant Defined

Applicant means a person applying for a license required by this article for lawful participation in limited video lottery.