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Amend HB 2197 on third reading by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 466.110, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 466.110. CERTAIN [PROHIBITED] ADVERTISEMENTS PROHIBITED. Notwithstanding any other law, the commission by rule shall prohibit advertisement of the lottery on television, radio, and the Internet. The legislature intends that all other advertisements or promotions sponsored by the commission or the division for the lottery not be of a nature that unduly influences any person to purchase a lottery ticket or number.