AI-assisted research summary: The department must carry out security duties for lottery operations, may make certain agreements and inspections, and must not release covered records without permission.
1. The department’s investigators that support the division may include staff qualified by training and experience in law enforcement to perform their respective duties in support of the activities of the security office to the extent necessary to perform the duties. Staff that have training and experience in law enforcement shall not have sworn peace officer status. The department shall perform security duties including all of the following activities: a. Supervise ticket or share validation and lottery drawings, provided that the department 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 department 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 one or more of the following, as determined by the department: (1) The appropriate county attorney. (2) The attorney general. (3) Any law enforcement agency 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 division operations for compliance with internal security requirements. g. Ensure physical security at the central operations facilities used by the department for purposes of this chapter. 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 department may enter into intelligence-sharing, reciprocal use, or restricted use agreements for purposes of this chapter 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 department received under this chapter pursuant to an intelligence-sharing, reciprocal use, or restricted use agreement entered into by the department 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. 2003 Acts, ch 178, §88, 121; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §142; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2341; 2024 Acts, ch 1182, §110; 2025 Acts, ch 12, §12, 13 Referred to in §99G.34 Subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1 amended Subsection 1, paragraphs c and g amended