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By: Hall |
S.B. No. 1820 |
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(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2023; March 20, 2023, read |
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first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; |
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April 5, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 5, 2023, |
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sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1820 |
By: Hughes |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prohibited play and facilitation of play of a |
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lottery game by telephone or through the Internet. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 466.015, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-2) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) The commission shall adopt rules to the extent they are |
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not inconsistent with Chapters 551 and 552 governing the: |
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(1) security for the lottery and the commission, |
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including the development of an internal security plan; |
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(2) apportionment of the total revenues from the sale |
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of tickets and from all other sources in the amounts provided by |
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this chapter; |
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(3) enforcement of prohibitions on the sale of tickets |
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to or by an individual younger than 18 years of age; and |
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(4) enforcement of prohibitions on a person playing or |
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facilitating the playing of a lottery game by telephone or through |
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the Internet. |
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(b-2) For purposes of this section, a person: |
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(1) plays a lottery game by telephone or through the |
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Internet if the person, by telephone or through an Internet |
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application or mobile Internet application: |
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(A) orders or purchases a ticket for the game; or |
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(B) arranges for another person to purchase a |
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ticket on behalf of the person playing the game; and |
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(2) facilitates the playing of a lottery game by |
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telephone or through the Internet if the person, by telephone or |
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through an Internet application or mobile Internet application: |
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(A) accepts orders for or sells a ticket for the |
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game; or |
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(B) arranges to purchase or for another person to |
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purchase a ticket on behalf of the person playing the game. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2024, the Texas Lottery |
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Commission shall adopt or amend rules as necessary to implement the |
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changes in law made by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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