By: Fraser S.J.R. No. 39
(In the Senate - Filed March 3, 2015; March 9, 2015, read
first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and
Economic Development; April 1, 2015, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 3; April 1, 2015, sent to printer.)
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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
to permit professional sports team charitable foundations to
conduct charitable raffles.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 47, Article III, Texas Constitution, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d-1) to
read as follows:
(a) The Legislature shall pass laws prohibiting lotteries
and gift enterprises in this State other than those authorized by
Subsections (b), (d), (d-1), and (e) of this section.
(d-1) The legislature by general law may permit a
professional sports team charitable foundation to conduct
charitable raffles under the terms and conditions imposed by
general law. The law may authorize the charitable foundation to pay
with the raffle proceeds reasonable advertising, promotional, and
administrative expenses.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
legislature to permit professional sports team charitable
foundations to conduct charitable raffles."
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