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