By:  McReynolds                                                   H.B. No. 1813



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the conduct of a raffle by a qualified nonprofit 
organization.  
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 2002.052, Occupations Code, is amended 
by adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows:
	(d)  Before selling or offering to sell tickets for a raffle, 
a qualified organization shall set a date on which the organization 
will award the prize or prizes in a raffle. The organization must 
award the prize or prizes on that date unless the organization 
becomes unable to award the prize or prizes on that date.
	(e)  A qualified organization that is unable to award a prize 
or prizes on that date set under Subsection (d) may set another date 
not later than 30 days from the date originally set on which the 
organization will award the prize or prizes.
	(f)  If the prize or prizes are not awarded within the 30 days 
as required by Subsection (e) the organization must refund or offer 
to refund the amount paid by each person who purchased a ticket for 
the raffle.
	SECTION 2.  Section 2002.055, Occupations Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 2002.055.  TICKET DISCLOSURES.  The following 
information must be printed on each raffle ticket sold or offered 
for sale:
		(1)  the name of the organization conducting the 
raffle;                    
		(2)  the address of the organization or of a named 
officer of the organization;
		(3)  the ticket price;  [and]                                
		(4)  a general description of each prize having a value 
of more than $10 to be awarded in the raffle; and
		(5)  the date on which the raffle prize or prizes will 
be awarded.   
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies only to a raffle for which tickets are initially sold or 
offered for sale on or after that date.  A raffle for which tickets 
are sold or offered for sale before the effective date of this Act 
is covered by the law in effect immediately before the effective 
date, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.