Senate Bill 572 Summary

• Authorizes Oklahoma Lottery Commission to develop and administer a pilot program for charitable lottery tickets featuring three health care organizations, with up to 2.5 million tickets sold over twelve months.

• Exempts charitable lottery ticket program expenditures from the net proceeds requirement, allowing costs to be paid from operating expenses rather than reducing education funding allocations.

• Requires charitable organizations to be tax-exempt 501(c)(3) entities with physical presence in Oklahoma providing ongoing health care services, and mandates Board establish selection procedures by rule.

• Provides each selected charitable organization with one-third (1/3) of total revenue generated from charitable ticket sales, paid from Commission operating expenses.

• Authorizes Board to make charitable lottery ticket program permanent at end of pilot period, effective July 1, 2015.