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One of thi' significant mvlations that emerged from budget consideration teas the shell jranw* thi' General Assembly has h»vn playing with Virginia's lottery proceeds Although in Virginia's voters enacted a Consul ulional measure to protict lottery funds lor educauon. the General Assembly has not secured these funds to prevent their diversion to other areas of thi' budget l introduced a bill to create a special Ijotterv Proceeds Fund in order to ensure compliance with the Constitution and to prevent inscrutable diversions of lottery' funds in years like this when it may be tempting to use those funds for other purposes Without this measure, I am concerned that the budget may violate the terms of our Constitution As of this writing, no action has been taken on thi' Lottery I'roceeds Fund lull
By the Ume this column is printed, negotiators may have agreed to a budget, although
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