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