Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023)
Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105)
Subtitle 4 - MISCELLANEOUS REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-110-101 — 23-119-105)
Chapter 115 - ARKANSAS SCHOLARSHIP LOTTERY ACT (§§ 23-115-101 — 23-115-1102)
Subchapter 4 - OPERATION OF LOTTERY (§§ 23-115-401 — 23-115-411)
Section 23-115-404 - Confidential information - Definition

• (a)
  • (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Office of the Arkansas Lottery shall comply with the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.
  • (2) The following records or information shall be treated as confidential and are exempt from public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.:
    • (A) Information pertaining to the security of lottery games and lottery operations, including without limitation:
      • (i) Security measures, systems, or procedures; and
      • (ii) Security reports; and
    • (B) Any records exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.
  • (3)
    • (A) Except as provided under subdivision (a)(3)(B) of this section, if a lottery winner who wins more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) requests that his or her records or information filed with the Office of the Arkansas Lottery remain confidential, the records or information filed with the Office of the Arkansas Lottery shall be treated as confidential and are exempt from public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.
    • (B)
      • (i) However, the records or information of a lottery winner shall remain confidential under subdivision (a)(3)(A) of this section for only six (6) months if the lottery winner is an elected official or an individual who is related in the second degree of consanguinity to an elected official.
      • (ii) As used in subdivision (a)(3)(B)(i) of this section, "elected official" means a person who holds an elected office of a governmental body, whether elected or appointed to the office.
    • (C) Records or information filed with the Office of the Arkansas Lottery and treated as confidential under subdivision (a)(3)(A) of this section shall become public after three (3) years.

• (b) Arkansas Legislative Audit shall have full access to the records of the Office of the Arkansas Lottery.

Amended by Act 2021, No. 889,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.

Amended by Act 2015, No. 218,§ 25, eff. 2/26/2015.

Acts 2009, No. 605, § 1; 2009, No. 606, § 1; 2009, No. 1405, § 37.