By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 397
 
  (Blanco)
 
   
 
 
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, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (d-1) and (f) and amending Subsection (e) to
  read as follows:
         (d-1)  The commission shall produce and place printed
  point-of-sale advertising materials promoting the lottery game
  operated under this section at each licensed location that provides
  appropriate, lottery-dedicated space to display the materials.
         (e)  The commission shall include on the commission's
  Internet website a dedicated page that:
               (1)  features the game operated under this section;
               (2)  provides information on the benefits provided to
  veterans through funding from the game; and
               (3)  is accessible by a prominent link on the main page
  of the commission's website. 
         (f)  No organization that would otherwise be eligible to
  receive funds from the state lottery account attributable to any
  lottery game authorized by this section may receive any such funds
  if it conducts illegal gambling or the illegal operation of
  gambling devices as defined by Chapter 47, Penal Code, or allows
  illegal gambling or the illegal operation of gambling devices to be
  conducted on its property or in its facilities.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.