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.