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TDLR prepares for lottery and bingo transfer; agency budget and staffing to grow sharply
Summary
TDLR leaders outlined transition plans to absorb the Texas Lottery Commission’s operations and staff, and staff presented a new biennial operating budget projecting major increases in agency budget and full-time equivalents.
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation is preparing to absorb the state’s lottery and charitable-bingo programs and will expand sharply in staff and budget, agency leaders told the commission.
Transition scale and timeline: Transition director Glenn Neil told commissioners that absorbing the Texas Lottery Commission (TLC) will increase TDLR from roughly a $140 million agency with about 615 FTEs to an approximately $800 million agency with about 1, 148 FTEs (a roughly 50% increase in FTE and a multiple increase in budget). Staff said the September 1 cutover is the operational milestone for payroll and personnel transfers; systems and full IT integration will extend beyond that date.
Work groups and priorities: Neil…
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