HB 2061 West Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Relating to the transfer of certain revenues derived from lottery activities

HB 2061 modifies how lottery revenues from racetrack video games are distributed in West Virginia. It redirects all funds that would have gone to specific programs (like racetracks and workers' compensation debt reduction) into the State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund, effectively stopping those payments starting in 2014. The bill also allows the Governor to temporarily redirect half of these lottery revenues to the General Revenue Fund during severe budget shortfalls (over $100 million) until the state's workers' compensation debt is fully covered. This directly affects how state funds are allocated from lottery activities, shifting money away from targeted programs toward a central lottery fund.
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Feb 2025
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Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Last action Feb 17, 2025
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Feb 17, 2025
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Feb 12, 2025
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Feb 12, 2025
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