H.B. No. 2168

AN ACT

relating to the repeal of a criminal offense for certain charitable raffle ticket sales by professional sports team charitable foundations.

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

SECTION 1. Sections 2004.002(1-a) and 2004.009(a), Occupations Code, are repealed.

SECTION 2. The repeal by this Act of Section 2004.009(a), Occupations Code, does not apply to an offense committed under that section before the effective date of the repeal. An offense committed before the effective date of the repeal is governed by the law as it existed on the date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of the repeal if any element of the offense occurred before that date.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2168 was passed by the House on May 13, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 107, Nays 38, 1 present, not voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 2168 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 104, Nays 44, 1 present, not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2168 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________

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Governor