(a) The provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 are not applicable to any rule or regulation promulgated by the commission.
(b) Section 2889 of the Public Utilities Code shall not be applicable to any live, recorded, or recorded-interactive audio text access telephone service under contract to the commission, as of the effective date of the act adding this subdivision, that provides the public with lottery game draw results.
(c) The provisions of the Public Contract Code shall not apply to expenditures made by the lottery in furtherance of its duty to produce the maximum amount of net revenues.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 764, Sec. 8. Effective November 14, 2008. Note: This section was added on Nov. 6, 1984, by initiative Prop. 37.)