Bill Text: TX HB1790 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to a study on state lottery advertisement and promotion.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-13 - Referred to State Affairs [HB1790 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB1790-Comm_Sub.html

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86R16835 BEE-D
By: Guillen H.B. No. 1790
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1790:
By: King of Uvalde C.S.H.B. No. 1790

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to state lottery advertisement and promotion.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 466, Government Code, is
amended by adding Sections 466.111 and 466.112 to read as follows:
Sec. 466.111. ADVERTISEMENT AND PROMOTION WITH FOR-PROFIT
BUSINESS. (a) The commission may contract with one or more
for-profit businesses to advertise or promote the lottery.
(b) The name, trademark, logo, or other identifying brand
feature of a for-profit business with which the commission
contracts under Subsection (a) may be included in advertisements or
promotional materials for the lottery.
Sec. 466.112. SALE OF ADVERTISING SPACE. (a) The executive
director may sell space for advertising on lottery equipment or
products or through any medium.
(b) Each advertisement must be approved by the executive
director before space for the advertisement is sold under this
section. The executive director may not approve an advertisement
that:
(1) promotes the sale of tobacco or alcoholic
beverages; or
(2) is directed at persons younger than 18 years of
age.
(c) Proceeds from the sale of advertising space under this
section shall be deposited into the state lottery account
established under Section 466.355.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.