West Virginia Code
Article 22. State Lottery Act
§29-22-6. Lottery Director; Appointment; Qualifications; Oath and Bond; Salary

(a) There is hereby created the position of the lottery director whose duties include the management and administration of the state lottery office. The director shall be qualified by training and experience to direct the operations of the lottery, and shall be appointed, within ninety days of the effective date of this article, by the Governor and shall serve at the will and pleasure of the Governor. No person shall be appointed as lottery director who has been convicted of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude.
(b) The director serves on a full-time basis and may not be engaged in any other profession or occupation.
(c) The director:
(1) Shall have a good reputation, particularly as a person of honesty and integrity, and shall favorably pass a thorough background investigation prior to appointment;
(2) The director shall not hold political office in the government of the state either by election or appointment while serving as director;
(3) The director shall be a citizen of the United States and must become a resident of the state within ninety days of appointment;
(4) The director shall receive an annual salary as provided for by the Governor; and
(5) The director and his or her executive secretary are ineligible for civil service coverage as provided in section four, article six, chapter twenty-nine of this code.
(d) Before entering upon the discharge of the duties as director, the director shall take and subscribe to the oath of office prescribed in section 5, article IV of the Constitution of West Virginia and shall enter into a bond in the penal sum of $100,000 with a corporate surety authorized to engage in business in this state, conditioned upon the faithful discharge and performance of the duties of the office. The executed oath and bond shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers

Article 22. State Lottery Act

§29-22-1. Short Title

§29-22-2. Legislative Findings and Intent

§29-22-3. Definitions

§29-22-4. State Lottery Commission Created; Composition; Qualifications; Appointment; Terms of Office; Chairman's Removal; Vacancies; Compensation and Expenses; Quorum; Oath and Bond

§29-22-5. State Lottery Commission; Powers and Duties; Cooperation of Other Agencies

§29-22-6. Lottery Director; Appointment; Qualifications; Oath and Bond; Salary

§29-22-7. Divisions of the State Lottery Office

§29-22-8. Lottery Director; Powers and Duties; Deputy Directors; Hiring of Staff; Civil Service Coverage; Submission of Proposed Appropriations

§29-22-9. Initiation and Operation of Lottery; Restrictions; Prohibited Themes, Games, Machines, or Devices; Distinguishing Numbers; Winner Selection; Public Drawings; Witnessing of Results; Testing and Inspection of Equipment; Price of Tickets; Clai...

§29-22-9a. Veterans Instant Lottery Scratch-Off Game

§29-22-10. Licensed Lottery Sales Agents; Restrictions; Annual License and Fee; Factors; Application; Bond; Age; Nonassignable License; Organizations Qualified; Commissions; Display of License; Geographic Distribution; Monopoly Prohibited; Lottery Re...

§29-22-11. Prohibited Acts; Restrictions on Sales Agents and Retailers; Unauthorized Sales; Sales to Minors; Gifts to Minors; Prizes to Commission Officers and Staff Prohibited; Criminal Penalties for Prohibited Acts

§29-22-12. Crimes; Forgery, Counterfeiting, etc. of Lottery Tickets; Penalties

§29-22-13. Prohibited Acts; Conflict of Interest; Prohibited Gifts and Gratuities

§29-22-14. Administrative Violations of Articles; Hearing; Administrative Penalties

§29-22-15. Payment of Prizes to Minors

§29-22-15a. Option for Winners of Draw Games to Remain Anonymous

§29-22-16. Disposition of Unclaimed Prize Money

§29-22-17. Lottery Proceeds; Accounting Therefor; Deposit Into Account of State Treasurer; Reports; Funds to Be Held in Trust; Failure to Collect, Account or Deposit; Personal Liability

§29-22-18. State Lottery Fund; Appropriations and Deposits; Not Part of General Revenue; No Transfer of State Funds After Initial Appropriation; Use and Repayment of Initial Appropriation; Allocation of Fund for Prizes, Net Profit and Expenses; Surpl...

§29-22-18a. State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund

§29-22-18b. Definition of Term &Quot;state employees."

§29-22-18c. Increase in Allocation to Higher Education Improvement Fund From State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund

§29-22-18d. Increase in Allocation to West Virginia Infrastructure Fund From State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund

§29-22-18e. Increase in Allocation to State Park Improvement Fund From State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund to Permit the Issuance of Bonds for Improvements to Cacapon Resort State Park and Beech Fork State Park

§29-22-18f. Backup Pledge of Bonds Supported by the State Lottery Fund and the State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund; Payment of Bond Debt Service

§29-22-19. Post Audit of Accounts and Transactions of Office

§29-22-20. Monthly and Annual Reports

§29-22-21. Officials Who May Appear at Lottery Drawing

§29-22-23. Procurement; Disclosures by Vendors and Related Persons and Entities; Authorizing Background Investigation; Unenforceability of Contracts in Contravention of Section

§29-22-24. Disclosures by Vendors and Related Persons and Entities of Political Contributions

§29-22-25. Preemption of State Laws or Local Regulation

§29-22-27. Penalties for Criminal Violations

§29-22-27a. Payment of Prizes to the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement

§29-22-28. Severability

§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

§29-22-30. Methods of Payment for Lottery Prizes