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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the sale of charitable raffle tickets by certain |
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nonprofit wildlife conservation associations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2002.054, Occupations Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) The organization may not: |
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(1) directly or indirectly, by the use of paid |
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advertising, promote a raffle through a medium of mass |
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communication, including television, radio, or newspaper; |
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(2) promote or advertise a raffle statewide, other |
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than on the organization's Internet website or through a |
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publication or solicitation, including a newsletter, social media, |
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or electronic mail, provided only to previously identified |
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supporters of the organization; or |
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(3) sell or offer to sell tickets for a raffle |
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statewide, except as provided by Subsection (a-1). |
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(a-1) A nonprofit wildlife conservation association, |
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including each local chapter, affiliate, wildlife cooperative, or |
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unit, that for purposes of this chapter is a qualified nonprofit |
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organization eligible under Section 2002.003(e), may use the |
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organization's Internet website to sell or offer to sell tickets |
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for a raffle to previously identified supporters of the |
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organization. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |