By: Davis S.B. No. 871
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the marketing and advertising of the veterans'
assistance lottery game.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 466.027(c), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) The commission shall market and advertise the lottery
game operated under this section in a manner intended to inform the
public that the game tickets are available for purchase and that the
game proceeds are used to fund veterans programs in this state. The
commission shall spend an equivalent amount of its marketing and
advertising budget to promote the game operated under this section
as the commission spends to promote any other instant-ticket
lottery game operated under this chapter. The game tickets must
clearly state that the game proceeds are used to benefit the
veterans in this state. The Texas Veterans Commission may make
recommendations to the Texas Lottery Commission relating to the
marketing and advertising of the game.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.