The Federal Senate approved the project that allocates the proceeds from a lottery contest to the National Fund for Public Disasters, Protection and Civil Defense (Funcap).
The proposal approved by the Infrastructure Services Committee (CI) allocates the income from one competition per year to the Fund. In addition, the text defined on Tuesday (18) determines a four-year term for this measure. PL 2,688/2024 will now go for final analysis by the Economic Affairs Committee (CAE).
The text modifies the law that deals with the allocation of lottery revenue. Authored by Senator Fernando Dueire (MDB-PE), the proposal establishes that Caixa defines the contest.
According to the text, it is the lottery operating agent who is responsible for defining the date of the contest in which the income is destined to Funcap.
Lottery collection has a set deadline
According to the original version, the allocation of lottery revenue would be for an indefinite period. However, the rapporteur, Senator Fernando Farias (MDB-AL), changed it to a four-year period.
For him, the project has a laudable objective, since it increases the resources available for works and actions that help in the climate adaptation of Brazilian cities. Despite this, this is not a stable source of resources.
“We set a four-year deadline for allocating a lottery competition so that priority actions can be taken and the government has enough time to establish permanent sources of financing for Funcap,” he explained.
In his justification for the proposal, Fernando Dueire recalled that Funcap is a government instrument to carry out prevention actions in risk areas and to assist regions hit by disasters.
According to the senator, one example is the floods that occurred in Rio Grande do Sul in 2024. Given the efforts of the public authorities to minimize the consequences of intense climate events, the lack of financial resources is a limiting factor in these actions.
“The government has made efforts on several fronts, with the institution of public policies that aim to transform social and economic aspects,” he said.
“In addition to the challenge of transformation itself, the State faces the limits of the financial resources available to it, so initiatives that minimize the budgetary impact must be encouraged,” added Dueire.
