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      Sec. 12-818. Funding for chronic gamblers treatment and rehabilitation account. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, the Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall transfer the sum of eight hundred seventy-five thousand dollars of the revenue received from the sale of lottery tickets to the chronic gamblers treatment and rehabilitation account created pursuant to section 17a-713. For each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2001, to June 30, 2006, inclusive, the Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall transfer the sum of one million two hundred thousand dollars of the revenue received from the sale of lottery tickets to the chronic gamblers treatment and rehabilitation account created pursuant to section 17a-713. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall transfer one million five hundred thousand dollars of the revenue received from the sale of lottery tickets to the chronic gamblers treatment rehabilitation account created pursuant to section 17a-713.

      (P.A. 96-212, S. 19(b), 32; P.A. 98-250, S. 10, 39; P.A. 99-173, S. 58, 65; P.A. 06-188, S. 39.)

      History: P.A. 96-212 effective July 1, 1996 (Revisor's note: Subsec. (a) of section 19 of the act concerning duties of Division of Special Revenue was codified as Sec. 12-563a, while Subsec. (b) concerning duties of Connecticut Lottery Corporation was codified as Sec. 12-818); P.A. 98-250 increased the amount transferred from $250,000 to $500,000 for the 1999 fiscal year and each year thereafter, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-173 deleted former provisions and added new funding provisions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 06-188 increased the amount transferred from $1,200,000 to $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective July 1, 2006.

      See Sec. 12-563a re preparation of informational material re chronic gambling programs by Division of Special Revenue.

      See Sec. 17a-713 re programs for chronic gamblers operated by Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.