Amend CSHB 3540 (House Committee Report) by striking ARTICLE
6 of the bill (page 19, lines 17 through 21) and substituting the
following:
ARTICLE 6. INTERNET LOTTERY TICKET SALES AND PRIZE REDEMPTION
SECTION 6.01. 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 sell 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 6.02. 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.