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Committee gives conditional approval to lottery rule change, shifts SOC report to 'upon request'
Summary
A legislative committee granted conditional approval for changes to Administrative Rules governing the New Hampshire Lottery (item 25252), replacing an annual SOC report requirement with an 'upon request' submission after the agency agreed to clarified language. The motion passed by voice vote.
At a committee meeting, members gave conditional approval to a proposed change to Administrative Rules affecting the New Hampshire Lottery that replaces an annual reporting requirement with an 'upon request' trigger for a SOC report.
The change, tied to item 25252, was presented by Valerie King of the New Hampshire Lottery and Gaming Commission. King told the committee, "Upon request, they shall submit the most recent SOC report," describing the edit as intended to correct phrasing that had required annual submission.
The move to remove the item from the consent calendar and take it up for discussion came after the chair said operators raised concerns that a newly introduced mandatory reporting requirement would impose an undue recurring burden. The chair said the revised language makes the report a production-on-demand item—"it's upon request type of report, and it would probably happen during an audit," and noted that the agency would not force vendors to produce a report that does not exist.
Staff identified the rule at issue as 7212.03 and located the amendment in the packet's "annual reporting requirements" section. Committee members questioned whether some video lottery terminal vendors would have SOC reports to produce and whether an open-ended response timeframe could be problematic; the agency replied that some vendors may not have such a report and would not be required to create one if none exists.
After the verbal edits were agreed on in the meeting, the chair moved for conditional approval of the rule as edited; a committee member seconded. The committee voted by voice and approved the conditional approval.
Votes at a glance - Minutes approved by voice vote. - Consent calendar approved by voice vote after removing item 25252 for discussion (motion moved by Representative Land; seconded by Senator Reardon). - Waiver and postponement granted for Department of Agriculture item 25207 (motion by Representative Lebron; seconded by Representative Maguire); item postponed until next month. - Conditional approval granted for lottery rule item 25252, with the verbal edit requiring a SOC report 'upon request.'
The meeting adjourned after completion of scheduled business.
