By Wilson                                              H.B. No. 703
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the purchase and sale of lottery tickets.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 466.3052, Government Code, is amended to
 1-5     read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 466.3052.  PURCHASE AND SALE OF TICKETS  [SALE OF TICKET
 1-7     FOR FOOD STAMPS, CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD, OR BY TELEPHONE OR MAIL
 1-8     ORDER].  (a) A person commits an offense if the person
 1-9     intentionally or knowingly sells a ticket and [:]
1-10                 [(1)]  the person accepts anything other than the
1-11     following as payment for the ticket:
1-12                 (1)  United States currency;
1-13                 (2)  a negotiable instrument in the form of a check
1-14     that meets the requirements of Section 3.104, Business & Commerce
1-15     Code;
1-16                 (3)  a debit made through a financial institution debit
1-17     card;
1-18                 (4)  a coupon or voucher issued by the commission for
1-19     purposes of purchasing a lottery ticket; or
1-20                 (5)  a mail order subscription on a  mail order
1-21     subscription form authorized by the commission
1-22                       [(A)  a food stamp coupon issued under the food
1-23     stamp program administered under Chapter 33, Human Resources Code,
1-24     as payment; or]
 2-1                       [(B)  a credit card or a debit card as a source
 2-2     of payment;]
 2-3                 [(2)  the sale is made over the telephone; or]
 2-4                 [(3)  the sale is made by mail-order sales].
 2-5           (b)  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
 2-6           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
 2-7           SECTION 3.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act to
 2-8     Section 466.3052, Government Code, applies only to an offense
 2-9     committed under that section on or after the effective date of this
2-10     Act.  For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
2-11     the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
2-12     before that date.
2-13           (b)  An offense committed under Section 466.3052, Government
2-14     Code, before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law
2-15     in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is
2-16     continued in effect for that purpose.
2-17           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
2-18     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-19     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-20     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-21     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.