By: Davis S.B. No. 871
(In the Senate - Filed February 26, 2013; March 5, 2013,
read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs and
Military Installations; April 8, 2013, reported adversely, with
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:
Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 8, 2013, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 871 By: Van de Putte
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. Subsection (c), Section 466.027, 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
amount the commission spends on its marketing and advertising
budget to promote the game operated under this section shall be
equivalent to the amount 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.
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