By: Hall S.B. No. 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the conduct of the state lottery; creating a criminal offense.

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

SECTION 1. Section 466.002, Government Code, is amended by adding Subdivision (8-a) to read as follows:

(8-a) ""Playslip" means an optically readable paper card issued by the Texas Lottery used by players of draw games to select Plays and to elect all features. There shall be five playboards on each playslip. A playslip has no pecuniary value and shall not constitute evidence of ticket purchase or of numbers selected.

SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 466, Government Code, is amended by adding Sections 466.257, 466.258, 466.259, 466.260, and 466.261 to read as follows:

Sec. 466.257. LIMITATION ON PROVISION OF CERTAIN LOTTERY EQUIPMENT. The commission may not provide to a licensed location of a sales agent more than two of the following:

(1) lottery vending machines;

(2) lottery computer terminals; or

(3) other lottery equipment that prints tickets.

Sec. 466.258. FORMS REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN PURCHASES. (a) For each purchase by a single purchaser of tickets in an amount of at least $10,000, the sales agent or an employee of the sales agent shall complete and file:

(1) with the Internal Revenue Service, IRS Form 8300, Report of Cash Payments Over $10,000 Received in Trade or Business; and

(2) with the comptroller, the form prescribed by the comptroller under Subsection (b).

(b) The comptroller by rule shall prescribe a form that requires the sales agent or an employee of the sales agent to provide on the form all of the information required by the Internal Revenue Service in IRS Form 8300, Report of Cash Payments Over $10,000 Received in Trade or Business.

Sec. 466.259. PLAY SLIPS. The commission by rule shall:

(1) require a purchaser to provide to the sales agent or employee of the sales agent a play slip in a printed format at the time the ticket is purchased; and

(2) prohibit the provision of play slips in an electronic format.

Sec. 466.260. PROHIBITED SCANNING DEVICES. The commission by rule shall prohibit a sales agent or an employee of a sales agent from using a device that scans play slips faster than an individual is capable of scanning play slips by hand.

Sec. 466.261. PROHIBITED USE OF LOTTERY LOGO. (a) In this section, "courier" means a person who for compensation arranges through an Internet application or mobile Internet application the purchase of a ticket on a player's behalf.

(b) A courier may not use the commission's name or logo on any Internet application or mobile Internet application operated by the courier.

(c) The attorney general may bring an action for injunctive relief to restrain or remedy a violation of this section.

SECTION 3. Subchapter G, Chapter 466, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 466.3111 to read as follows:

Sec. 466.3111. FORM REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN PURCHASES; CRIMINAL OFFENSE. (a) A sales agent or an employee of a sales agent commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly fails to complete and file a form as required by Section 466.258.

(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.

SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the comptroller of public accounts by rule shall prescribe the form required by Section 466.258(b), Government Code, as added by this Act.

SECTION 5. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the Texas Lottery Commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement Sections 466.259 and 466.260, Government Code, as added by this Act.

SECTION 6. 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, 2025.