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| 1 | 1 | By: Davis S.B. No. 871 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Collier, Turner of Tarrant, Farias, Smith) | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the marketing and advertising of the veterans' | |
| 8 | 8 | assistance lottery game. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 466.027, Government | |
| 11 | 11 | Code, is amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (c) The commission shall market and advertise the lottery | |
| 13 | 13 | game operated under this section in a manner intended to inform the | |
| 14 | 14 | public that the game tickets are available for purchase and that the | |
| 15 | 15 | game proceeds are used to fund veterans programs in this state. The | |
| 16 | 16 | amount the commission spends on its marketing and advertising | |
| 17 | 17 | budget to promote the game operated under this section shall be | |
| 18 | 18 | equivalent to the amount the commission spends to promote any other | |
| 19 | 19 | instant-ticket lottery game operated under this chapter. The game | |
| 20 | 20 | tickets must clearly state that the game proceeds are used to | |
| 21 | 21 | benefit the veterans in this state. The Texas Veterans Commission | |
| 22 | 22 | may make recommendations to the Texas Lottery Commission relating | |
| 23 | 23 | to the marketing and advertising of the game. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |