1 1 2 3 TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS 4 BEFORE THE 5 TEXAS LOTTERY COMMISSION 6 AUSTIN, TEXAS 7 8 9 16 TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE § 10 §401.317 § 11 12 13 14 PUBLIC COMMENT HEARING 15 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 16 17 18 19 BE IT REMEMBERED THAT on Wednesday, the 7th 20 day of September 2011, the above-entitled public 21 comment hearing was held from 11:01 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., 22 at the Offices of the Texas Lottery Commission, 611 East 23 6th Street, Austin, Texas 78701, before KIMBERLY 24 KIPLIN, GENERAL COUNSEL. The following proceedings 25 were reported by Aloma J. Kennedy. 2 1 APPEARANCES 2 GENERAL COUNSEL: 3 Ms. Kimberly Kiplin 4 PRODUCTS MANAGER: Mr. Robert Tirloni 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 3 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 3 (11:01 a.m.) 4 MS. KIPLIN: Good morning. My name is 5 Kimberly Kiplin. I'm the General Counsel for the Texas 6 Lottery Commission. With me today is Robert Tirloni, 7 the Products Manager for the Texas Lottery Commission. 8 We are calling to order the public comment hearing on 9 the proposed amendments to 16 Texas Administrative Code, 10 Section 401.309 relating to Powerball -- 317. Pardon 11 me -- relating to Powerball on-line game rule. 12 The primary purpose of the proposed 13 amendments is to change the game matrix and the ticket 14 price. The Texas Lottery is proposing these amendments 15 in order to conform the Texas Lottery Powerball game 16 rule to the Multi-State Lottery Association Powerball 17 game rule. 18 The purpose of today's hearing is to 19 receive public comment on the proposed amendments to the 20 Powerball rule. The time is 11:01. Today is 21 September 7, 2011. We are at the Texas Lottery 22 Commission headquarters auditorium, 611 East 6th Street, 23 Austin, Texas. 24 I see nobody in the audience, other than 25 staff, here today to provide public comment on the 4 1 record, and I have no witness affirmation forms. Just 2 in the interest of receiving public comment, in case 3 somebody may have been caught up in traffic, we're going 4 to recess this hearing. We will recess this hearing 5 until 11:15 in order to give people an opportunity to 6 arrive. So at this time we will recess the hearing. 7 (Recess: 11:02 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.) 8 MS. KIPLIN: The time is 11:15. We 9 recessed the hearing from the 11:00 o'clock start to 10 allow people who may have had some difficulty in terms 11 of traffic or otherwise coming to the auditorium at the 12 Texas Lottery Commission headquarters to provide public 13 comment. 14 There is nobody in the auditorium, other 15 than staff, for the purpose of providing public comment. 16 I have no witness affirmation forms. The comment period 17 to provide written comment is still available, still 18 open for anybody who wishes to provide written comment, 19 and we welcome comment on the proposed amendments to the 20 Powerball rule. 21 But at this time we well adjourn the 22 public comment hearing. 23 Thank you. 24 (Public comment hearing adjourned at 25 11:15 a.m.) 5 1 C E R T I F I C A T E 2 STATE OF TEXAS ) 3 COUNTY OF TRAVIS ) 4 I, Aloma J. Kennedy, a Certified Shorthand 5 Reporter in and for the State of Texas, do hereby 6 certify that the above-mentioned matter occurred as 7 hereinbefore set out. 8 I FURTHER CERTIFY THAT the proceedings of 9 such were reported by me or under my supervision, later 10 reduced to typewritten form under my supervision and 11 control and that the foregoing pages are a full, true 12 and correct transcription of the original notes. 13 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my 14 hand and seal this 16th day of September 2011. 15 16 17 ________________________________ 18 Aloma J. Kennedy Certified Shorthand Reporter 19 CSR No. 494 - Expires 12/31/12 20 Firm Registration No. 276 Kennedy Reporting Service, Inc. 21 8140 North Mo-Pac Expressway Suite II-120 22 Austin, Texas 78759 23 24 25