PEC 142/15 is an initiative of Deputy Fausto Pinato (PP-SP) and originally provided for the extension of existing contracts before the 1988 Constitution if the contract was for an indefinite period.
The proposal was approved in the form of a substitute for the special commission, prepared by Deputy Darci de Matos (PSD-SC). According to the text, the measure indistinctly benefits lottery agents that operate under the permission regime or that were only accredited. In the first case, there are those who won bids organized by Caixa.
The second group comprises 6,310 lottery shops with contracts prior to the 1988 Constitution, which did not go through a bidding process. They are natural or legal persons who only received accreditation to act as resellers of lottery tickets – at the time this was allowed.
A 2015 law considered these contracts valid without prior bidding, and even extended them for a period of 20 years. However, this law has been questioned by the Attorney General's Office (PGR), which filed a lawsuit with the Federal Supreme Court (STF).
The PEC was designed to provide legal certainty to lottery retailers, who have since faced a discussion about permission in the Federal Supreme Court (STF). In 2015, contracts without prior bidding were considered valid by law, which also extended the permission for another 20 years. The legislation, however, has been questioned by the Attorney General's Office (PGR).
Initially, the text approved by the committee provided for a 50-year extension and established that lottery retailers should exclusively sell other products offered by Caixa. However, in plenary agreement, the deputies approved two PSD highlights and removed these points from the PEC.
Source: Chamber News Agency
