Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 1813 amends the Occupations Code to require a qualified nonprofit organization conducting a raffle, before selling or offering to sell tickets for the raffle, to set a specific date on which the organization will award the prize or prizes and to print that date on each raffle ticket. The bill requires the organization to award the prize or prizes on the specified date unless it becomes unable to do so, in which case the organization may set another date not later than 30 days from the original date. If the prize or prizes are not awarded within the 30 days, the organization must refund or offer to refund the amount paid by each person who purchased a ticket.