By: Davis S.B. No. 871
 
 
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.  Subsection (c), Section 466.027, 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
  amount the commission spends on its marketing and advertising
  budget to promote the game operated under this section shall be
  equivalent to the amount 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.