H.B. No. 457
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to restrictions on the promotion and operation of
  charitable raffles.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 2002.054(a) and (b), Occupations Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The organization may not:
               (1)  directly or indirectly, by the use of paid
  advertising, promote a raffle through a medium of mass
  communication, including television, radio, or newspaper;
               (2)  promote or advertise a raffle statewide, other
  than on the organization's Internet website or through a
  publication or solicitation, including a newsletter, social media,
  or electronic mail, provided only to previously identified
  supporters of the organization; or
               (3)  sell or offer to sell tickets for a raffle
  statewide.
         (b)  Except as provided by this subsection, the [The]
  organization may not compensate a person directly or indirectly for
  organizing or conducting a raffle or for selling or offering to sell
  tickets to a raffle.  A member of the organization who is employed
  by the organization may organize and conduct a raffle, but the
  member's work organizing or conducting a raffle may not be more than
  a de minimis portion of the member's employment with the
  organization.
         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, 2011.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 457 was passed by the House on March
  30, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 4, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 457 was passed by the Senate on May
  10, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0
  .
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor