The proposal stems from a decision of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) according to which the Union is obliged to immediately transfer to the states and the Federal District, 50% of the resources of the National Public Security Fund (FNSP) from revenues from official lotteries.
These funds are classified by law as mandatory transfer.
The resources necessary to open the credit referred to in art. 1st result from:
I - financial surplus determined in the balance sheet for the year 2019, from revenue of forecasting contests, in the amount of R$ 502,585,581.00 (95,623,300); and
II - cancellation of the budgetary allocation in the amount of R$ 304,179,655.00 (57,874,100).
The proposal must now be analyzed by the Mixed Congressional Budget Committee (CMO) of the National Congress, which has not yet been installed in this legislative session. Then it will continue for discussion and voting by deputies and senators in a joint session of Congress.
Last week, the Joint Act 2/20, of the House of Representatives and Senate Tables, regulated the remote deliberation, by Congress, of proposals for budgetary laws while the state of public calamity lasts due to the pandemic of the new coronavirus, but only for texts related to combating the effects of COVID-19 and at the request of at least 3/5 of the party leaders of each House.
Source: Agência Câmara de Notícias
