SECTION 1. Section 31 of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 3, after the words “any member or employee of the commission" the following words:- except as authorized by the director for investigative purposes,

SECTION 2. Section 27A of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 31 through 33, the words “in a newspaper of general circulation in the area including the municipality where said Keno licensee will operate” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- on the commission’s website

SECTION 3. Section 26 of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “, provided, however that no person shall be assigned more than one license to sell lottery tickets or shares”.

SECTION 4. Section 27 of said chapter 10, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the sentence “No federal employee and no state, county or municipal employee, or member of the immediate family, as defined in section one of chapter two hundred sixty-eight A, shall sell or be issued a license to sell lottery tickets.” and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- No member or employee of the commission or any person residing in the same household in the principal place of abode of any member or employee of the commission, or legal entity that includes such a person as an officer, director, member, partner, owner, investor or an individual that has a financial interest in the entity unless said interest is in a publicly traded company by ownership of shares of less than ten percent of all issued stock, shall be issued a license to sell lottery tickets.

SECTION 5. Section 26 of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- The state treasurer shall, subject to the approval of the governor, appoint a director of the state lottery, hereinafter called the director, who shall serve at the pleasure of the state treasurer, shall devote his entire time and attention to the duties of his office and to such official duties specified by the state treasurer, and shall receive such salary as the commission may determine.