83R12418 YDB-F
 
  By: Collier H.B. No. 2489
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the marketing and advertising of the veterans'
  assistance lottery game.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 466.027(c), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  The commission shall market and advertise the lottery
  game operated under this section in a manner intended to inform the
  public that the game tickets are available for purchase and that the
  game proceeds are used to fund veterans programs in this state. The
  commission shall spend an equivalent amount of its marketing and
  advertising budget to promote the game operated under this section
  as the commission spends to promote any other instant-ticket
  lottery game operated under this chapter.  The game tickets must
  clearly state that the game proceeds are used to benefit the
  veterans in this state.  The Texas Veterans Commission may make
  recommendations to the Texas Lottery Commission relating to the
  marketing and advertising of the game.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.