78R4619 EMT-D


By:  Goolsby                                                      H.B. No. 1401



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the implementation of Amber Alert or another system for 
publicly disseminating emergency information about abducted 
children by the Texas Lottery Commission.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 466, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 466.026 to read as follows:
	Sec. 466.026.  AMBER ALERT. On receipt of notice by the 
Department of Public Safety that the Statewide Texas Amber Alert 
Network has been activated, the commission shall disseminate Amber 
Alert information at its retail locations through the lottery 
operator system.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.