By: Kuempel (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 874
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2017;
May 9, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 12, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 12, 2017, sent to printer.)
Click here to see the committee vote
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a charitable raffle ticket awarded as a bingo prize.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2001.420, Occupations Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Notwithstanding any other law, a licensed authorized
organization may offer and award as a bingo prize under this chapter
a ticket for a charitable raffle conducted under Chapter 2002. The
bingo prize amount is the cost to purchase the ticket to enter the
charitable raffle for purposes of this chapter.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
* * * * *