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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the amount of unclaimed lottery prize money to be |
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deposited in the fund for veterans' assistance. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 466.408(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) If a claim is not made for prize money on or before the |
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180th day after the date on which the winner was selected, the prize |
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money shall be used in the following order of priority: |
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(1) subject to legislative appropriation, not more |
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than $20 million in prize money each year may be deposited to the |
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Department of State Health Services state-owned multicategorical |
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teaching hospital account, which is an account in the general |
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revenue fund, or appropriated from that account to provide indigent |
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health care services as specified in Chapter 61, Health and Safety |
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Code; |
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(2) not more than $5 million in prize money each year |
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may be appropriated to the Health and Human Services Commission and |
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shall be used to support the provision of inpatient hospital |
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services in hospitals located in the 15 counties that comprise the |
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Texas-Mexico border area, with payment for those services to be not |
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less than the amount established under the Tax Equity and Fiscal |
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Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA) cost reimbursement methodology |
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for the hospital providing the services; |
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(3) in each state fiscal year, [the remaining amount,
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not to exceed] $5 million in prize money [in each state fiscal year
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less any amount deposited in the fund in that year attributable to
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the lottery game operated under Section 466.027,] shall be |
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deposited to the fund for veterans' assistance; and |
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(4) all prize money subject to this section and not |
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deposited or appropriated in accordance with Subdivision (1), (2), |
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or (3) shall be deposited to the credit of the foundation school |
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fund. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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466.408(b), Government Code, applies only to a prize for which the |
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winner is selected on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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prize for which the winner was selected before that date is governed |
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by the law as it existed immediately before the effective date of |
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this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |