1-1     By:  Wilson (Senate Sponsor - Barrientos)              H.B. No. 703
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 1999;
 1-3     May 10, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;
 1-4     May 14, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 7,
 1-5     Nays 0; May 14, 1999, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the purchase and sale of lottery tickets.
 1-9           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10           SECTION 1.  Section 466.3052, Government Code, is amended to
1-11     read as follows:
1-12           Sec. 466.3052.  PURCHASE AND SALE OF TICKETS  [SALE OF TICKET
1-13     FOR FOOD STAMPS, CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD, OR BY TELEPHONE OR MAIL
1-14     ORDER].  (a) A person commits an offense if the person
1-15     intentionally or knowingly sells a ticket and [:]
1-16                 [(1)]  the person accepts anything other than the
1-17     following as payment for the ticket:
1-18                 (1)  United States currency;
1-19                 (2)  a negotiable instrument in the form of a check
1-20     that meets the requirements of Section 3.104, Business & Commerce
1-21     Code;
1-22                 (3)  a debit made through a financial institution debit
1-23     card;
1-24                 (4)  a coupon or voucher issued by the commission for
1-25     purposes of purchasing a lottery ticket; or
1-26                 (5)  a mail order subscription on a  mail order
1-27     subscription form authorized by the commission
1-28                       [(A)  a food stamp coupon issued under the food
1-29     stamp program administered under Chapter 33, Human Resources Code,
1-30     as payment; or]
1-31                       [(B)  a credit card or a debit card as a source
1-32     of payment;]
1-33                 [(2)  the sale is made over the telephone; or]
1-34                 [(3)  the sale is made by mail-order sales].
1-35           (b)  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
1-36           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-37           SECTION 3.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act to
1-38     Section 466.3052, Government Code, applies only to an offense
1-39     committed under that section on or after the effective date of this
1-40     Act.  For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
1-41     the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
1-42     before that date.
1-43           (b)  An offense committed under Section 466.3052, Government
1-44     Code, before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law
1-45     in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is
1-46     continued in effect for that purpose.
1-47           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-48     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-49     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-50     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-51     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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