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99G.7 DUTIES OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
1. The chief executive officer of the authority shall direct and
supervise all administrative and technical activities in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter and with the administrative
rules, policies, and procedures adopted by the board. The chief
executive officer shall do all of the following:
a. Facilitate the initiation and supervise and administer the
operation of the lottery games.
b. Employ an executive vice president, who shall act as chief
executive officer in the absence of the chief executive officer, and
employ and direct other such personnel as deemed necessary.
c. Contract with and compensate such persons and firms as
deemed necessary for the operation of the lottery.
d. Promote or provide for promotion of the lottery and any
functions related to the authority.
e. Prepare a budget for the approval of the board.
f. Require bond from such retailers and vendors in such
amounts as required by the board.
g. Report semiannually to the legislative government
oversight committees regarding the operations of the authority.
h. Report quarterly and annually to the board, the governor,
the auditor of state, and the general assembly a full and complete
statement of lottery revenues and expenses for the preceding quarter,
and with respect to the annual report, for the preceding year, and
transfer proceeds to the general fund within thirty days following
the end of the quarter.
i. Perform other duties generally associated with a chief
executive officer of an authority of an entrepreneurial nature.
2. The chief executive officer shall conduct an ongoing study of
the operation and administration of lottery laws similar to this
chapter in other states or countries, of available literature on the
subject, of federal laws and regulations which may affect the
operation of the lottery and of the reaction of citizens of this
state to existing or proposed features of lottery games with a view
toward implementing improvements that will tend to serve the purposes
of this chapter.
3. The chief executive officer may for good cause suspend,
revoke, or refuse to renew any contract entered into in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter or the administrative rules,
policies, and procedures of the board.
4. The chief executive officer or the chief executive officer's
designee may conduct hearings and administer oaths to persons for the
purpose of assuring the security or integrity of lottery operations
or to determine the qualifications of or compliance by vendors and
retailers. Section History: Recent Form
2003 Acts, ch 178, §69, 121; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §142
