Transit shall be used solely for the purposes described under
subsection (a).
(d) Unclaimed prize money.--Unclaimed prize money on a
winning lottery ticket or share sold under this section shall be
retained by the secretary for payment to the person entitled
thereto for one year after the drawing in which the prize was
won. If no claim is made within such period, the prize money
shall be paid into the Economic Development Fund for Mass
Transit and used for purposes provided under this section.
Section 3. Sections 311, 313 and 314 of the act, amended
November 21, 1996 (P.L.741, No.134), are amended to read:
Section 311. Disposition of funds.
(a) State Lottery Fund.--[All] Except as provided in section
304.1, moneys received from the operation of the State lottery
shall be deposited in a State Lottery Fund which is hereby
created. Such moneys shall be used to the extent necessary for
the payment of lottery prizes but the amount so used shall not
be less than 40% of the amount of which tickets or shares have
been sold. All payments of lottery prizes and for expenses of
operation of the lottery shall be made as provided by law. All
moneys remaining after payment of prizes and operating expenses
shall remain in the State Lottery Fund and shall be allocated
for the purpose of providing property tax relief for the elderly
for taxes paid in 1971 and thereafter pursuant to the provisions
of [the act of March 11, 1971 (P.L.104, No.3), known as the
Senior Citizens Rebate and Assistance Act] Chapter 13 of the act
of June 27, 2006 (1st Sp.Sess., P.L.1873, No.1), known as the
Taxpayer Relief Act, and for the purpose of providing free or
reduced fare transit service for the elderly pursuant to Chapter
9 and the act of February 11, 1976 (P.L.14, No.10), known as the
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