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.