South Carolina Code 59-150-240. Freedom of Information Act; investigative, supervisory, and reporting duties of the commission
(B) The commission shall perform full criminal background investigations before the execution of a lottery vendor contract.
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 59-150-240
- Commission: means the South Carolina Lottery Commission. See South Carolina Code 59-150-20
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Lottery retailer: means a person who sells lottery game tickets or shares on behalf of the South Carolina Lottery Commission pursuant to a contract. See South Carolina Code 59-150-20
- Lottery vendor: means a person who provides or proposes to provide goods or services to the South Carolina Lottery Commission pursuant to a procurement contract, but does not include an employee of the commission, a lottery retailer, or a state agency or instrumentality of the State. See South Carolina Code 59-150-20
- Share: means an intangible interest in a lottery ticket, by way of assignment, contractual participation, or other claim or right. See South Carolina Code 59-150-20
- Ticket: means tangible evidence issued by the South Carolina Lottery Commission to provide participation in a lottery game. See South Carolina Code 59-150-20
(C) The commission or its authorized agent shall:
(1) conduct criminal background investigations and credit investigations;
(2) supervise lottery game ticket or share validation and lottery drawings;
(3) inspect, at times determined solely by the commission, the facilities or operations of a lottery vendor or lottery retailer to determine the integrity of the lottery vendor’s product or compliance by the lottery retailer or lottery vendor with its contract;
(4) report suspected violations of this chapter to the appropriate investigative and prosecutorial agency having jurisdiction over the violation; and
(5) upon request, provide assistance to a solicitor, the Attorney General, or a law enforcement agency investigating a violation of this chapter.