Section 9-120 - Distribution of State Lottery Fund. - Maryland Statutes

§ 9-120. Distribution of State Lottery Fund.
 

(a)  In general.- The Comptroller shall distribute the State Lottery Fund to pay: 

(1) on a pro rata basis for the daily and nondaily State lottery games, the expenses of administering and operating the State lottery, as authorized under this subtitle and the State budget; and 

(2) then, except as provided in § 10-113.1 of the Family Law Article and § 11-618 of the Criminal Procedure Article, the holder of each winning ticket or share. 

(b)  Maryland Stadium Facilities Fund's share; State's share.-  

(1) Promptly after the 1st day of each month, the Comptroller shall pay: 

(i) into the Maryland Stadium Facilities Fund the money that remains in the State Lottery Fund from the proceeds of the sports lotteries conducted for the benefit of the Maryland Stadium Authority, after the distribution under subsection (a) of this section; and 

(ii) into the General Fund of the State the money that remains in the State Lottery Fund from the proceeds of all other lotteries after the distribution under subsection (a) of this section. 

(2) The money paid into the General Fund under this subsection is available in the fiscal year in which the money accumulates in the State Lottery Fund. 

(c)  Apportionment.- The regulations of the Agency shall apportion the money in the State Lottery Fund. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 88D, §§ 7, 20; 1984, ch. 284, § 1; 1987, chs. 124, 315; 1994, ch. 475; 1996, ch. 585, § 18; 1997, ch. 14, § 20; 2001, ch. 35.]