SRC-SLL H.B. 703 76(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 703
By: Wilson (Barrientos)
Finance
5/11/1999
Engrossed


DIGEST 

Currently, the law prohibits the purchase of lottery tickets with food
stamps, credit or debit cards, and also prohibits the sale of lottery
tickets by telephone or mail order.  H.B. 703 permits purchase of lottery
tickets only by U.S. currency, checks, debit cards, vouchers or coupons
issued by the Texas Lottery Commission, and mail order subscriptions
authorized by the commission.  

PURPOSE

As proposed, H.B. 703  permits purchase of lottery tickets only by U.S.
currency, checks, debit cards, vouchers or coupons issued by the Texas
Lottery Commission, and mail order subscriptions authorized by the
commission. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 466.3052, Government Code, as follows:

Sec.  466.3052.  New heading: PURCHASE AND SALE OF TICKETS.  Provides that
a person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly sells
a ticket and the person accepts  as payment anything other than United
States currency, a negotiable instrument in the form of a check, a debit
made through a financial institution debit card, a coupon or voucher issued
by the Texas Lottery Commission (commission) for purposes of purchasing a
lottery ticket, or a mail order subscription on a mail order subscription
form authorized by the commission.  Deletes existing text regarding food
stamps, credit and debit cards, sales made over the phone, and mail order
sales. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 4.  Emergency clause.