By: Fraser S.J.R. No. 39

(In the Senate - Filed March 3, 2015; March 9, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development; April 1, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 3; April 1, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to permit professional sports team charitable foundations to conduct charitable raffles.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 47, Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:

(a) The Legislature shall pass laws prohibiting lotteries and gift enterprises in this State other than those authorized by Subsections (b), (d), (d-1), and (e) of this section.

(d-1) The legislature by general law may permit a professional sports team charitable foundation to conduct charitable raffles under the terms and conditions imposed by general law. The law may authorize the charitable foundation to pay with the raffle proceeds reasonable advertising, promotional, and administrative expenses.

SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015. The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to permit professional sports team charitable foundations to conduct charitable raffles."

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