Sec. 466.351. DELIVERY OF FUNDS

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), all revenue received from the sale of tickets and all money credited to the state lottery account from any other source shall be deposited in the state treasury through approved state depositories on the settlement day or days established by the director.

(b) The director may require sales agents to establish separate electronic funds transfer accounts for the purposes of depositing money from ticket sales, making payments to the division, and receiving payments from the division. The commission by rule shall establish the procedures for depositing money from ticket sales into electronic funds transfer accounts, as well as other procedures regarding the handling of money from ticket sales.

(c) The director may not permit a sales agent to make payments to the division or a lottery operator in cash.

(d) The director may provide for a sales agent to retain from the money received from the sale of tickets the amount of prizes paid by the agent or the agent's commission, if any, and may establish how often the agent will make settlement payments to the treasury.

(e) The director may provide for a sales agent to pay amounts received for the sale of tickets directly to an officer or employee of the division for immediate deposit in the state treasury.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 4.03(b), eff. Aug. 30, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 6.45, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.