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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a prohibition on lottery advertisement and promotion in |
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certain low income counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 466.110, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 466.110. PROHIBITED ADVERTISEMENTS. (a) The |
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legislature intends that advertisements or promotions sponsored by |
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the commission or the division for the lottery not be of a nature |
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that unduly influences any person to purchase a lottery ticket or |
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number. |
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(b) The commission or a lottery operator may not advertise |
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or promote the lottery in a county with a per capita income at or |
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below 150 percent of the federal poverty level. |
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(c) A sales agent operating in a county described by |
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Subsection (b) may advertise or promote the lottery within the |
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sales agent's place of business. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |