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| 1 | 1 | 85R5934 DMS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Sanford H.B. No. 1900 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a prohibition on lottery advertisement and promotion in | |
| 8 | 8 | certain low income counties. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 466.110, Government Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 466.110. PROHIBITED ADVERTISEMENTS. (a) The | |
| 13 | 13 | legislature intends that advertisements or promotions sponsored by | |
| 14 | 14 | the commission or the division for the lottery not be of a nature | |
| 15 | 15 | that unduly influences any person to purchase a lottery ticket or | |
| 16 | 16 | number. | |
| 17 | 17 | (b) The commission or a lottery operator may not advertise | |
| 18 | 18 | or promote the lottery in a county with a per capita income at or | |
| 19 | 19 | below 150 percent of the federal poverty level. | |
| 20 | 20 | (c) A sales agent operating in a county described by | |
| 21 | 21 | Subsection (b) may advertise or promote the lottery within the | |
| 22 | 22 | sales agent's place of business. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |