Section 284:31 - [Effective 9/24/2024] Unclaimed Ticket MoneyI. Every person, association, or corporation conducting a race or race meet, whether live racing, simulcast racing, or historic horse racing hereunder shall pay to the state treasurer all moneys collected during the previous year of pari-mutuel pool tickets and vouchers which have not been redeemed. Such moneys shall become a part of the special fund established in RSA 284:21-j. The state treasurer shall pay the amount due on any ticket or voucher to the holder thereof from funds not otherwise appropriated upon an order from the lottery commission. Pari-mutuel tickets and vouchers which remain unclaimed after 12 months shall not be paid. On or before July 1 of every year, said person, association or corporation shall submit to the treasurer a check for any unclaimed money during the previous fiscal year, along with a gaming operator's written report for the previous fiscal year's unclaimed money, which shall itemize both the unclaimed tickets and vouchers and the unclaimed amounts therefrom. A copy of the report shall be forwarded to the lottery commission. For the first biennial year after the effective date of this section, the report shall cover both years of the previous biennium.Amended by 2024, 297:1, eff. 9/24/2024.Amended by 2021 , 66: 9, eff. 6/8/2021.Amended by 2015 , 276: 127, eff. 7/1/2015.Amended by 2013 , 264: 7, eff. 11/21/2013.Amended by 2011 , 259: 1, eff. 9/11/2011.1935, 27:17. RL 171:19. RSA 284:31. 1957, 165:1. 1969, 42:1. 1971, 7:1. 1976, 52:3. 1990, 259:2. 1991, 4:13. 1992, 185:2. 2011, 259 : 1 . 2013, 264 : 7 . 2015, 276 : 127 , eff. July 1, 2015. 2021, 66 : 9 , eff. June 8, 2021.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.