| 1 | 1 | | 81R1072 YDB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 210 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to certain prohibited lottery games. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 466.024, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 10 | 10 | | adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a-1) The commission or a lottery operator may not establish |
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| 12 | 12 | | or operate a scratch-off or other instant game for which the price |
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| 13 | 13 | | of a ticket is greater than $25. |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 2. On or after the effective date of this Act, a |
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| 15 | 15 | | sales agent may not offer for sale a scratch-off or other instant |
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| 16 | 16 | | lottery game ticket at a price greater than the maximum ticket price |
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| 17 | 17 | | authorized by Section 466.024(a-1), Government Code, as added by |
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| 18 | 18 | | this Act, for an instant lottery game established before the |
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| 19 | 19 | | effective date of this Act. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 3. Notwithstanding Section 466.024(a-1), |
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| 21 | 21 | | Government Code, as added by this Act, the Texas Lottery Commission |
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| 22 | 22 | | or a sales agent may, on or after the effective date of this Act, pay |
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| 23 | 23 | | prizes in the manner otherwise provided by law for winning tickets |
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| 24 | 24 | | in a scratch-off or other instant lottery game for which the ticket |
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| 25 | 25 | | price was greater than the maximum ticket price authorized by |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 466.024(a-1) and for which the ticket was sold before the |
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| 27 | 27 | | effective date of this Act. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2010. |
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