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