Amend CSHB 2233 (House Committee Report) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION __. Subchapter B, Chapter 466, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 466.0145 to read as follows:
Sec. 466.0145. INTERNET TICKET SALES AND PRIZE REDEMPTION BY
COMMISSION. (a) The commission may establish a system and
procedures necessary to sale lottery tickets through an Internet
debit transaction in which a player, over the Internet, authorizes
payment for a ticket by using:
(1) an automatic teller machine card or debit card;
(2) a debit account;
(3) an account established with the commission; or
(4) some other system established by the commission
that provides a practical means for the player to purchase a ticket
over the Internet.
(b) The commission may provide for the redemption of lottery
prizes over the Internet for persons who have purchased tickets
under Subsection (a).
(c) Participation in a lottery under this section is not
considered to be playing a lottery game by telephone under Section
466.015(b).
SECTION __. Section 466.3052(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally
or knowingly sells a ticket and the person accepts anything other
than the following as payment for the ticket:
(1) United States currency;
(2) a negotiable instrument in the form of a check that
meets the requirements of Section 3.104, Business & Commerce Code;
(3) a debit made through a financial institution debit
card;
(4) a coupon or voucher issued by the commission for
purposes of purchasing a lottery ticket; [or]
(5) a mail order subscription on a mail order
subscription form authorized by the commission; or
(6) for an Internet transaction authorized under
Section 466.0145, a debit made to a debit account or an account
established with the commission or some other payment method
authorized for use with a system established by the commission
under that section.
SECTION __. Section 466.355(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) Money in the state lottery account may be used only for
the following purposes and shall be distributed as follows:
(1) the payment of prizes to the holders of winning
tickets;
(2) the payment of costs incurred in the operation and
administration of the lottery, including any fees received by a
lottery operator, provided that the costs incurred in a fiscal
biennium may not exceed an amount equal to 12 percent of the gross
revenue accruing from the sale of tickets in that biennium;
(3) the establishment of a pooled bond fund, lottery
prize reserve fund, unclaimed prize fund, and prize payment
account; and
(4) the balance, after creation of a reserve sufficient
to pay the amounts needed or estimated to be needed under
Subdivisions (1) through (3), to be transferred [to the foundation
school fund,] on or before the 15th day of each month as follows:
(A) five percent to the general revenue fund for
use only to fund economic development and job training in counties
that are adjacent to this state's border with the United Mexican
States and that have an unemployment rate that averaged more than 10
percent for the most recent two consecutive years for which
statistics are available; and
(B) the remainder to the foundation school fund.
SECTION __. Section 481.078, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) At least five percent of the money granted from the fund
must be awarded to recipients located in counties that are adjacent
to this state's border with the United Mexican States and that have
an unemployment rate that averaged more than 10 percent for the most
recent two consecutive years for which statistics are available.
SECTION __. Section 303.003(e), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(e) It is the intent of the legislature that, to the greatest
extent practicable, money from the skills development fund shall be
spent in all areas of this state, except that at least five percent
of the money must be spent in counties that are adjacent to this
state's border with the United Mexican States and that have an
unemployment rate that averaged more than 10 percent for the most
recent two consecutive years for which statistics are available.
SECTION __. Subchapter C, Chapter 57, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 57.0478 to read as follows:
Sec. 57.0478. GRANTS AND LOANS TO CERTAIN COUNTIES. At least
five percent of the money granted or loaned under this subchapter
must be distributed to counties that are adjacent to this state's
border with the United Mexican States and that have an unemployment
rate that averaged more than 10 percent for the most recent two
consecutive years for which statistics are available.
SECTION __. Section 57.051, Utilities Code, is repealed.