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, Government Code, is amended by
3-7 amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
3-8 follows:
3-9 (d) If the [The] total amount of lottery prizes awarded by
3-10 [that] the commission [may award for all lottery games] in any
3-11 state fiscal year after the fiscal year ending August 31, 2000,
3-12 exceeds [may not exceed] an amount equal to 52 percent of the gross
3-13 revenue from the sale of tickets in that fiscal year [multiplied by
3-14 the percentage amount of lottery prizes awarded for all lottery
3-15 games in fiscal year 1997] as determined by the comptroller, the
3-16 advertising budget for the lottery in the next state fiscal year
3-17 may not exceed an amount equal to $40 million less $1 million for
3-18 each full percent by which the total amount of lottery prizes
3-19 awarded by the commission in the preceding fiscal year exceeds an
3-20 amount equal to 52 percent of the gross revenue from the sale of
3-21 tickets in that preceding fiscal year as determined by the
3-22 comptroller [minus an amount equal to five percent of gross lottery
3-23 revenue for the fiscal year in which the prizes are being awarded].
3-24 (e) If the total amount of the lottery prizes awarded by the
3-25 commission in the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2000, exceeds
3-26 an amount equal to 57 percent of the gross revenue from the sale of
3-27 tickets in that fiscal year as determined by the comptroller, the
4-1 advertising budget for the lottery in the state fiscal year ending
4-2 August 31, 2001, may not exceed an amount equal to $40 million less
4-3 $1 million for each full percent by which the total amount of
4-4 lottery prizes awarded by the commission in the fiscal year ending
4-5 August 31, 2000, exceeds an amount equal to 57 percent of the gross
4-6 revenue from the sale of tickets in that fiscal year as determined
4-7 by the comptroller. This subsection expires January 1, 2002.
4-8 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
4-9 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-10 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-11 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-12 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
4-13 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
4-14 passage, and it is so enacted.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 844 was passed by the House on April
15, 1999, by a non-record vote; that the House refused to concur in
Senate amendments to H.B. No. 844 on May 6, 1999, and requested the
appointment of a conference committee to consider the differences
between the two houses; and that the House adopted the conference
committee report on H.B. No. 844 on May 30, 1999, by the following
vote: Yeas 138, Nays 2, 3 present, not voting; and that the House
adopted H.C.R. No. 320 authorizing certain corrections in H.B. No.
844 on May 31, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 844 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 3, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
844 on May 30, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and
that the Senate adopted H.C.R. No. 320 authorizing certain
corrections in H.B. No. 844 on May 31, 1999, by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor