Iowa Code
Chapter 99G - IOWA LOTTERY AUTHORITY
Section 99G.2 - Statement of purpose and intent.

99G.2 Statement of purpose and intent.
The general assembly finds and declares the following:
1. That net proceeds of lottery games conducted pursuant to this chapter should be transferred to the general fund of the state in support of a variety of programs and services.
2. That lottery games are an entrepreneurial enterprise and that the state should create a public instrumentality of the state in the form of a nonprofit authority known as the Iowa lottery authority with comprehensive and extensive powers to operate a state lottery in an entrepreneurial and businesslike manner and which is accountable to the governor, the general assembly, and the people of the state through a system of audits, reports, legislative oversight, and thorough financial disclosure as required by this chapter.
3. That lottery games shall be operated and managed in a manner that provides continuing entertainment to the public, maximizes revenues, and ensures that the lottery is operated with integrity and dignity and free from political influence.
2003 Acts, ch 178, §64, 121; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §142

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