1-1 By: Wilson (Senate Sponsor - Armbrister) H.B. No. 844
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 16, 1999;
1-3 April 19, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Finance; April 27, 1999, reported adversely, with favorable
1-5 Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
1-6 April 27, 1999, sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 844 By: Truan
1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-9 AN ACT
1-10 relating to the total amount of state lottery prizes that may be
1-11 awarded in a fiscal year.
1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13 SECTION 1. Section 466.015(c), Government Code, is amended
1-14 to read as follows:
1-15 (c) The commission may adopt rules governing the
1-16 establishment and operation of the lottery, including rules
1-17 governing:
1-18 (1) the type of lottery games to be conducted;
1-19 (2) the price of each ticket;
1-20 (3) the number of winning tickets and amount of the
1-21 prize paid on each winning ticket[, except that the total amount of
1-22 prizes awarded under this chapter may not exceed the amount
1-23 described in Subsection (d)];
1-24 (4) the frequency of the drawing or selection of a
1-25 winning ticket;
1-26 (5) the number and types of locations at which a
1-27 ticket may be sold;
1-28 (6) the method to be used in selling a ticket;
1-29 (7) the use of vending machines or electronic or
1-30 mechanical devices of any kind, other than machines or devices that
1-31 dispense currency or coins as prizes;
1-32 (8) the manner of paying a prize to the holder of a
1-33 winning ticket;
1-34 (9) the investigation of possible violations of this
1-35 chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter;
1-36 (10) the means of advertising to be used for the
1-37 lottery;
1-38 (11) the qualifications of vendors of lottery services
1-39 or equipment;
1-40 (12) the confidentiality of information relating to
1-41 the operation of the lottery, including:
1-42 (A) trade secrets;
1-43 (B) security measures, systems, or procedures;
1-44 (C) security reports;
1-45 (D) bids or other information regarding the
1-46 commission's contracts, if disclosure of the information would
1-47 impair the commission's ability to contract for facilities, goods,
1-48 or services on terms favorable to the commission;
1-49 (E) personnel information unrelated to
1-50 compensation, duties, qualifications, or responsibilities; and
1-51 (F) information obtained by commission security
1-52 officers or investigators;
1-53 (13) the development and availability of a model
1-54 agreement governing the division of a prize among multiple
1-55 purchasers of a winning ticket purchased through a group purchase
1-56 or pooling arrangement;
1-57 (14) the criteria to be used in evaluating bids for
1-58 contracts for lottery facilities, goods, and services; or
1-59 (15) any other matter necessary or desirable as
1-60 determined by the commission, to promote and ensure:
1-61 (A) the integrity, security, honesty, and
1-62 fairness of the operation and administration of the lottery; and
1-63 (B) the convenience of players and holders of
1-64 winning tickets.
2-1 SECTION 2. Section 466.015(d), Government Code, is amended
2-2 to read as follows:
2-3 (d) The commission shall decrease its spending from its
2-4 advertising budget of $40 million for each fiscal year by $1
2-5 million for each one percent increase over Fiscal Year 1999 average
2-6 prize payout. [The total amount of lottery prizes that the
2-7 commission may award for all lottery games in any fiscal year may
2-8 not exceed an amount equal to the gross revenue from the sale of
2-9 tickets in that fiscal year multiplied by the percentage amount of
2-10 lottery prizes awarded for all lottery games in fiscal year 1997 as
2-11 determined by the comptroller minus an amount equal to five percent
2-12 of gross lottery revenue for the fiscal year in which the prizes
2-13 are being awarded.]
2-14 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-15 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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