Article XV, § 4f — Percentage of lottery revenues to be expended for benefit of veterans

(1) Effective July 1, 2017, 1.5 percent of the net proceeds from the State Lottery shall be deposited, from the fund created by the Legislative Assembly under paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section 4 of this Article, in a veterans' services fund created by the Legislative Assembly. The Legislative Assembly may appropriate other moneys or revenue to the veterans' services fund. (2) The moneys in the veterans' services fund may be used only to provide services for the benefit of veterans. Such services may include, without limitation: (a) Assistance for veterans with reintegration, employment, education benefits and tuition, housing, physical and mental health care and addiction treatment programs; (b) Assistance for veterans, spouses of veterans or dependents of veterans in accessing state and federal benefits; and (c) Funding services provided by county veterans' service officers, campus veterans' service officers or nonprofit or tribal veterans' service officers. (3) As used in this section, "veteran" means a resident of the State of Oregon who served in the Armed Forces of the United States.