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House Bill 2197 |
House Author: Anchia |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
Senate Sponsor: Huffman |
House Bill 2197 amends the Government Code and Occupations Code relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Lottery Commission. The bill continues the commission until September 1, 2025, and establishes the Legislative Committee to Review the Texas Lottery and Texas Lottery Commission. In addition to adding and amending certain across-the-board sunset provisions, the bill increases the size of the commission from three to five members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.
House Bill 2197 requires the commission to develop a comprehensive business plan to guide the commission's major initiatives, sets out provisions relating to the plan, and sets out provisions relating to the procurement authority of the commission. The bill specifies as a first priority, rather than a subsequent priority, that unclaimed prize money, in addition to being deposited, may be appropriated from the Department of State Health Services state-owned multicategorical teaching hospital account to provide indigent health care services as specified in the Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act. The bill requires all unclaimed prize money not deposited or appropriated in accordance with provisions relating to the allocation of unclaimed lottery prizes to be deposited to the credit of the foundation school fund, rather than the general revenue fund, and removes a provision authorizing such prize money to be appropriated for any purpose as determined by the legislature.
House Bill 2197 revises certain measures of the commission's bingo regulatory scheme, including provisions relating to the use of criminal history record information, standard bingo license renewal, the enforcement of bingo regulation, bingo licensing fees, and bingo inspections and audits.