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H.B. No. 1401
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1401 was passed by the House on April
10, 2003, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1401 was passed by the Senate on May
28, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor