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  By: Haggerty H.B. No. 3974
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the structure and operations of the lottery commission.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 467.021, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
       Sec. 467.021.  MEMBERSHIP.  (a)  The commission is composed
of five [three] members appointed by the governor with the advice
and consent of the senate.
       SECTION 2.  Section 466.003, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
       (c)  Contractual agreements authorized by Section 466.014(b)
must be approved by four-fifths of the membership of the
commission.
       SECTION 3.  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, 2007.