By: RodrÃguez S.B. No. 397
(In the Senate - Filed January 29, 2015; February 2, 2015,
read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs and
Military Installations; April 13, 2015, reported adversely, with
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6,
Nays 1; April 13, 2015, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 397 By: RodrÃguez
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, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (d-1) and (f) and amending Subsection (e) to
read as follows:
(d-1) The commission shall produce and place printed
point-of-sale advertising materials promoting the lottery game
operated under this section at each licensed location that provides
appropriate, lottery-dedicated space to display the materials.
(e) The commission shall include on the commission's
Internet website a dedicated page that:
(1) features the game operated under this section;
(2) provides information on the benefits provided to
veterans through funding from the game; and
(3) is accessible by a prominent link on the main page
of the commission's website.
(f) No organization that would otherwise be eligible to
receive funds from the state lottery account attributable to any
lottery game authorized by this section may receive any such funds
if it conducts illegal gambling or the illegal operation of
gambling devices as defined by Chapter 47, Penal Code, or allows
illegal gambling or the illegal operation of gambling devices to be
conducted on its property or in its facilities.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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