5641731 Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board, DC - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Repealing Instant Ticket Distribution Center Licenses

THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

LOTTERY AND CHARITABLE GAMES CONTROL BOARD

 

NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING

 

The Interim Executive Director of the District of Columbia Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board, pursuant to the authority set forth in Section 424a of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 790, Pub. L. 93-198; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.24(a), (2014 Repl.)), as amended by the 2005 District of Columbia Omnibus Authorization Act, approved October 16, 2006 (Pub. L. No. 109-356, 120 Stat. 2019; D.C. Official Code §§ 1-204.24a(c)(6) (2014 Repl.));  the Law to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Numbers Games, and Bingo and Raffles for Charitable Purposes in the District of Columbia, effective March 10, 1981 (D.C. Law 3-172; D.C. Official Code §§ 3-1306 (2012 Repl.)); the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority Order, issued September 21, 1996; the Office of the Chief Financial Officer Financial Management Control Order No. 96-22, issued November 18, 1996; and the Office of the Chief Financial Officer Financial Management Control Orders No. 97-15, issued May 15, 1997, and No. 96-16, issued September 24, 1996; and Office of the Chief Financial Officer Financial Management Control Order No. 15-11, issued April 14, 2015 (appointing Tracey Cohen Interim Executive Director of the District of Columbia Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board), hereby gives notice of the repeal of Section 208 (Instant Ticket Distribution Center Licenses) of Chapter  2 (Lottery Licenses) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).

 

The repeal is necessary to conform Chapter 2 with current Agency practice as the Agency’s new security and operating procedures and guidelines prevent it from issuing Instant Ticket Distribution Center Licenses. Currently, no licensee’s hold Instant Ticket Distribution Center Licenses, and the Agency does not intend to issue this type of license in the future.

 

A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was published in D.C. Register on July 24, 2015 at 62 DCR 10067.  Final action to adopt these rules took place on July 24, 2015. No comments were received, and no substantive changes were made to the rulemaking.  These rules will become effective upon publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.

 

Title 30 DCMR, LOTTERY AND CHARITABLE GAMES, is amended as follows:

 

Section 208, INSTANT TICKET DISTRIBUTION CENTER LICENSES, of Chapter 2, LOTTERY LICENSES, is repealed in its entirety and RESERVED.