The law provides that the Executive Branch is responsible for operating the public lottery service directly or indirectly, through concession, permission or authorization.
The rule also determines that the net revenue from the sale of lottery products will be allocated, as a priority, to the areas of education, health, social assistance, culture and leisure, sports and urban infrastructure.
In the justification for the law, Cláudio Sorocaba states that the objective is to create a new source of revenue for priority areas of public service. The author emphasizes that the initiative is in line with the decision of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) which, in 2020, recognized the competence of states and municipalities to operate lottery services, as long as the modalities provided for in federal legislation are observed.
Law No. 13,126 was enacted by the president of the City Council, councilman Luis Santos (Republicans), and posted in the atrium of the House of Laws, in accordance with the provisions of § 8 of Art. 46 of the Organic Law of the Municipality of Sorocaba, and § 4 of Art. 176 of Resolution No. 322, of September 18, 2007 (Internal Regulations).
It will be up to the city of Sorocaba to define the manner in which the lottery will be tendered to the private sector.
Source: GMB
