This section bars the corporation, its directors and officers, and certain vendors from political activity and related influence, restricts vendor-related payments and post-employment dealings, forbids names of insiders on lottery materials, and assigns enforcement to a state ethics agency.
§9072. Prohibitions; restrictions upon political activities of officers and certain vendors; subsequent employment by vendors A. The corporation, members of the board of directors, officers of the corporation, and any vendor of computer services to the corporation shall not directly or indirectly organize, participate in, contribute to, endorse, campaign for or against, support, or oppose any proposition, a political action committee, elected official, or a candidate for public office, or ask or solicit another person to do any of those acts. B. No person who receives goods, services, monies, or rights having monetary value in excess of fifty dollars pursuant to any contract with the corporation, and no agent, officer, employee, shareholder, or partner of such person, shall pay money or service, or other thing of value, to or for the benefit of any agent, or officer, or employee of the corporation, or to any person having the authority to appoint or to confirm the appointment of any agent, officer, and employee of the corporation on account of, in consideration for, or to induce the corporation to enter into any contract or make such appointment or selection. C. No former member of the board or officer of the corporation, or a corporation or other entity owned in whole or in part by a former board member or corporation officer, shall solicit or accept employment or enter into a contract for compensation of any kind with a vendor of the corporation within two years after termination of service with the corporation. D. The name of any individual who is a board member or an officer or an employee of the corporation shall not appear upon any lottery ticket, lottery game, lottery form, or paper used in playing any lottery game. E. Violation of any provision of this Section by a member of the board or an officer of the corporation shall constitute cause for removal from office or dismissal from employment. F. The provisions of Subsections A and E of this Section shall not apply to ex officio members of the board of directors. G. The state agency responsible for the administration and enforcement of ethics laws for public employees shall administer and enforce the provisions of this Section. The procedures and penalties provided for in the Code of Governmental Ethics shall apply to the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this Section. Acts 1990, No. 1045, §1, eff. Nov. 7, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 685, §1; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.