The Senate Committee on Economic Affairs (CAE) meets this Tuesday, 12, to evaluate an agenda with six projects and one application. Among the projects is the bill (PL) 3.972/2019, which requires the identification of the Individual Taxpayer ID (CPF) of those who bet on Caixa Econômica Federal lotteries.
The author of the proposal is Senator Roberto Rocha (PSDB-MA). The senator understands that the measure may prevent lotteries from being used as a form of money laundering. “It is not new that lottery prizes have been used as an instrument for money laundering in Brazil”, argued the senator.
Rocha added: “This practice, which has already been the subject of a series of investigations by different authorities, has not yet been properly combated. We need to restrict that possibility.”
Lottery betting bill details
According to the project, the recognition of the gambler would become mandatory, as well as the identification of the winner. If the CPFs are different, the text determines that both will need to be identified and the drawer must present a justification for replacing the original player.
In these cases, both identification and justification must be sent to the Financial Activities Control Council (Coaf). According to Agência Senado, the rapporteur of the matter is Senator Rogério Carvalho (PT-SE). Carvalho defends the approval of the bill, but with some changes.
The decision of the Economic Affairs Commission will be final. If the text is approved by this committee, it can go straight to the Chamber of Deputies, if there is no recourse for a vote in the Senate Plenary.
Insurance
Another item to be analyzed in the CAE is the PL 4.007/2019, by Senator Mara Gabrilli (PSDB-SP) which forces operators of all types of insurance, including life insurance, to guarantee people with disabilities all services and products offered to other customers.
Therefore, the text modifies the Brazilian Law for the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (Law 13,146, of 2015) to prevent discriminatory treatment due to the contracting party’s disability at the time of purchasing the insurance. The proposal provides, when such discrimination occurs, a prison sentence of one to three years, plus a fine.
