79R5191 MSE-D

By:  Wentworth                                                    S.B. No. 1289



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to authorizing a state university to conduct a one-time 
lottery.   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 466, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 466.257 to read as follows:
	Sec. 466.257.  LOTTERY CONDUCTED BY STATE UNIVERSITY.  (a)  
In this section, "general academic teaching institution" has the 
meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.
	(b)  A general academic teaching institution may operate a 
one-time lottery for the purposes of raising revenue to support the 
institution and awarding one or more motor vehicles as prizes.  A 
lottery conducted under this section is a state lottery authorized 
by Section 47(e), Article III, Texas Constitution.  Except as 
otherwise provided by this section, the other provisions of this 
chapter applicable to a lottery game conducted by the commission 
apply to a lottery conducted under this section.
	(c)  Notwithstanding the other provisions of this chapter, 
the governing board of a general academic teaching institution 
operating a lottery under this section may:
		(1)  accept the donation of a motor vehicle for a prize 
to be awarded;
		(2)  set the price of each ticket;                                     
		(3)  determine the number and types of locations at 
which a ticket may be sold;
		(4)  establish the method to be used in selling a 
ticket;            
		(5)  determine the means of advertising to be used for 
the lottery; and
		(6)  prescribe the time and place at which the winning 
tickets in the lottery will be selected.
	(d)  The commission shall provide technical assistance to a 
general academic teaching institution operating a lottery under 
this section so that activities conducted by the institution comply 
with the applicable requirements of this chapter.
	(e)  All revenue received from the sale of lottery tickets 
under this section shall be retained by the institution conducting 
the lottery, other than amounts the governing board pays to the 
commission or another person for services provided in connection 
with the lottery.  The revenue retained by the institution shall be 
treated as institutional funds of the institution and may be used 
for any public purpose of the institution.
	(f)  This section expires September 1, 2006.                            
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.