By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 397

(In the Senate - Filed January 29, 2015; February 2, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations; April 13, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 1; April 13, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 397 By: Rodríguez

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.

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