H.B. No. 874
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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 874 was passed by the House on May 3,
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 874 was passed by the Senate on May
19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor