130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 948
H.P. 704 House of Representatives, March 8, 2021
An Act To Support Boys and Girls Clubs through Lottery Revenue
Reference to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative COLLINGS of Portland.
Cosponsored by Senator STEWART of Aroostook and
Representatives: HARNETT of Gardiner, WHITE of Waterville, Senator: LIBBY of
Androscoggin.
Printed on recycled paper
1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 Sec. 1. 8 MRSA §374, sub-§6 is enacted to read:
3 6. Boys and Girls Clubs lottery game. No later than January 30, 2022, the
4 commission shall develop and initiate a Boys and Girls Clubs lottery game designed to
5 raise funds for clubs in the State of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America or successor
6 organization. The commission shall provide the net proceeds of the game to the Treasurer
7 of State for deposit in a separate account. The funds must be used for the purposes
8 described in this subsection. The commission shall change the Boys and Girls Clubs game
9 ticket periodically throughout the year.
10 SUMMARY
11 This bill creates a lottery ticket to raise funds for clubs in the State of the Boys and
12 Girls Clubs of America organization.
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