By Wilson                                              H.B. No. 844
         76R3248 GJH-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the total amount of state lottery prizes that may be
 1-3     awarded in a fiscal year.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 466.015(c), Government Code, is amended
 1-6     to read as follows:
 1-7           (c)  The commission may adopt rules governing the
 1-8     establishment and operation of the lottery, including rules
 1-9     governing:
1-10                 (1)  the type of lottery games to be conducted;
1-11                 (2)  the price of each ticket;
1-12                 (3)  the number of winning tickets and amount of the
1-13     prize paid on each winning ticket[, except that the total amount of
1-14     prizes awarded under this chapter may not exceed the amount
1-15     described in Subsection (d)];
1-16                 (4)  the frequency of the drawing or selection of a
1-17     winning ticket;
1-18                 (5)  the number and types of locations at which a
1-19     ticket may be sold;
1-20                 (6)  the method to be used in selling a ticket;
1-21                 (7)  the use of vending machines or electronic or
1-22     mechanical devices of any kind, other than machines or devices that
1-23     dispense currency or coins as prizes;
1-24                 (8)  the manner of paying a prize to the holder of a
 2-1     winning ticket;
 2-2                 (9)  the investigation of possible violations of this
 2-3     chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter;
 2-4                 (10)  the means of advertising to be used for the
 2-5     lottery;
 2-6                 (11)  the qualifications of vendors of lottery services
 2-7     or equipment;
 2-8                 (12)  the confidentiality of information relating to
 2-9     the operation of the lottery, including:
2-10                       (A)  trade secrets;
2-11                       (B)  security measures, systems, or procedures;
2-12                       (C)  security reports;
2-13                       (D)  bids or other information regarding the
2-14     commission's contracts, if disclosure of the information would
2-15     impair the commission's ability to contract for facilities, goods,
2-16     or services on terms favorable to the commission;
2-17                       (E)  personnel information unrelated to
2-18     compensation, duties, qualifications, or responsibilities; and
2-19                       (F)  information obtained by commission security
2-20     officers or investigators;
2-21                 (13)  the development and availability of a model
2-22     agreement governing the division of a prize among multiple
2-23     purchasers of a winning ticket purchased through a group purchase
2-24     or pooling arrangement;
2-25                 (14)  the criteria to be used in evaluating bids for
2-26     contracts for lottery facilities, goods, and services; or
2-27                 (15)  any other matter necessary or desirable as
 3-1     determined by the commission, to promote and ensure:
 3-2                       (A)  the integrity, security, honesty, and
 3-3     fairness of the operation and administration of the lottery; and
 3-4                       (B)  the convenience of players and holders of
 3-5     winning tickets.
 3-6           SECTION 2.  Section 466.015(d), Government Code, is repealed.
 3-7           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
 3-8           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
 3-9     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-10     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-11     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-12     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.