BILL ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 3093

By: Guillen

Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Committee Report (Substituted)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Currently, a qualified nonprofit organization may conduct raffles for fundraising purposes, including a raffle offering a prize of real estate, otherwise known as residential dwellings or dream homes. Noting that there is not a maximum value limit for real estate that is donated for raffle purposes, interested parties assert the need to raise the current cap on the value of a residential dwelling that may be raffled if the dwelling is purchased or any consideration is given for the dwelling. C.S.H.B. 3093 seeks to address this issue.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 3093 amends the Occupations Code to raise the cap from $250,000 to $2 million on the value of a residential dwelling offered or awarded as a prize at a charitable raffle that is purchased by a qualified organization conducting the raffle or for which the organization provides any consideration.

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2015.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE

C.S.H.B. 3093 differs from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways by conforming to certain bill drafting conventions.