99G.2  STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT.
 The general assembly finds and declares the following:
 1.  That net proceeds of lottery games conducted pursuant to this
 chapter should be transferred to the general fund of the state in
 support of a variety of programs and services.
 2.  That lottery games are an entrepreneurial enterprise and that
 the state should create a public instrumentality of the state in the
 form of a nonprofit authority known as the Iowa lottery authority
 with comprehensive and extensive powers to operate a state lottery in
 an entrepreneurial and businesslike manner and which is accountable
 to the governor, the general assembly, and the people of the state
 through a system of audits, reports, legislative oversight, and
 thorough financial disclosure as required by this chapter.
 3.  That lottery games shall be operated and managed in a manner
 that provides continuing entertainment to the public, maximizes
 revenues, and ensures that the lottery is operated with integrity and
 dignity and free from political influence.
         Section History: Recent Form

 2003 Acts, ch 178, §64, 121; 2003 Acts, ch 179, § 142