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Subcommittee advances House Bill 74 to require APA review of lottery commission rules for coin-operated amusement machines
Summary
House Regulated Industries Committee Chairman Alan Powell introduced House Bill 74 to the lottery oversight and gaming subcommittee and said the bill would require that coin-operated amusement machine (QAM) rulemaking under the Georgia Lottery Commission be governed by the Administrative Procedures Act.
House Regulated Industries Committee Chairman Alan Powell introduced House Bill 74 to the committee’s lottery oversight and gaming subcommittee and said the bill would require that rulemaking for the coin-operated amusement machine (QAM) sector under the Georgia Lottery Commission be conducted under the Administrative Procedures Act (APA).
"I bring to you today the first bill of the committee ... House Bill 74," Powell said, introducing the measure and telling members the bill corrects an inconsistency that left QAM rulemaking outside the APA in some parts of last year’s legislation.
Powell said the change consolidates earlier action on the industry and echoed work from last year’s session, noting that House Bill 353 had increased taxes on the QAM industry to fund pre-K. He said that, in practice, the Lottery Commission has broad authority over QAMs and that the bill simply ensures the public will have the APA’s standard opportunities to comment when the commission adopts or amends QAM rules.
Representative Derek McCollum moved that the subcommittee "do pass" on House Bill 74; the motion was seconded and adopted by voice vote. The chair announced the ayes had it. The subcommittee will place the bill on the committee calendar and forward it for further consideration.
Powell told members the measure is narrowly focused: it addresses administrative review and public notice for rule changes and is not intended as a vehicle for unrelated policy additions. He asked members for favorable consideration so the bill can proceed to the full committee.
The action means future Lottery Commission rulemaking specific to the QAM sector would be subject to the APA’s public-notice and hearing procedures if the bill becomes law. The subcommittee recorded the motion as a do-pass recommendation; explicit vote tallies were not recorded in the transcript.
The subcommittee said it expects the measure to appear on the committee calendar next week for further review.
