99G.35 - SECURITY.
99G.35 SECURITY.
1. The authority's chief security officer and investigators shall
be qualified by training and experience in law enforcement to perform
their respective duties in support of the activities of the security
office. The chief security officer and investigators shall not have
sworn peace officer status. The lottery security office shall
perform all of the following activities in support of the authority
mission:
a. Supervise ticket or share validation and lottery drawings,
provided that the authority may enter into cooperative agreements
with multijurisdictional lottery administrators for shared security
services at drawings and game show events involving more than one
participating lottery.
b. Inspect at times determined solely by the authority the
facilities of any vendor or lottery retailer in order to determine
the integrity of the vendor's product or the operations of the
retailer in order to determine whether the vendor or the retailer is
in compliance with its contract.
c. Report any suspected violations of this chapter to the
appropriate county attorney or the attorney general and to any law
enforcement agencies having jurisdiction over the violation.
d. Upon request, provide assistance to any county attorney,
the attorney general, the department of public safety, or any other
law enforcement agency.
e. Upon request, provide assistance to retailers in meeting
their licensing contract requirements and in detecting retailer
employee theft.
f. Monitor authority operations for compliance with internal
security requirements.
g. Provide physical security at the authority's central
operations facilities.
h. Conduct on-press product production surveillance, testing,
and quality approval for printed scratch and pull-tab tickets.
i. Coordinate employee and retailer background investigations
conducted by the department of public safety, division of criminal
investigation.
2. The authority may enter into intelligence-sharing, reciprocal
use, or restricted use agreements with the federal government, law
enforcement agencies, lottery regulation agencies, and gaming
enforcement agencies of other jurisdictions which provide for and
regulate the use of information provided and received pursuant to the
agreement.
3. Records, documents, and information in the possession of the
authority received pursuant to an intelligence-sharing, reciprocal
use, or restricted use agreement entered into by the authority with a
federal department or agency, any law enforcement agency, or the
lottery regulation or gaming enforcement agency of any jurisdiction
shall be considered investigative records of a law enforcement agency
and are not subject to chapter 22 and shall not be released under any
condition without the permission of the person or agency providing
the record or information. Section History: Recent Form
2003 Acts, ch 178, §88, 121; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §142
Referred to in § 99G.34