Bill > H284

This bill proposes to change how money generated from lottery ticket sales is distributed to cities and towns. Currently, the law allows for the distribution of lottery funds, but this bill specifically mandates that the remaining balance of the lottery fund, after certain calculations by the comptroller (a state official responsible for managing government accounts), will be divided among cities and towns. This distribution will be directly proportional to the amount of revenue generated from lottery ticket sales within each specific city or town. The bill also removes language from another section of the General Laws that dealt with how revenues from the State Lottery Fund and the Arts Lottery Fund were allocated, indicating a shift towards the new distribution method outlined in the first section.