Bill Text: TX HB59 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to certain lottery prize winners' choice to remain anonymous.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB59 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB59-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 59 |
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relating to certain lottery prize winners' choice to remain | ||
anonymous. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 466.015, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) The commission shall adopt rules governing | ||
nondisclosure of the personally identifiable information of | ||
certain lottery prize winners under Section 466.411. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 466.022(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) In addition to commission records excepted from | ||
disclosure under Chapter 552, the following information is | ||
confidential and is exempt from disclosure: | ||
(1) security plans and procedures of the commission | ||
designed to ensure the integrity and security of the operation of | ||
the lottery; | ||
(2) information of a nature that is designed to ensure | ||
the integrity and security of the selection of winning tickets or | ||
numbers in the lottery, other than information describing the | ||
general procedures for selecting winning tickets or numbers; [ |
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(3) the street address and telephone number of a prize | ||
winner, if the prize winner has not consented to the release of the | ||
information; and | ||
(4) except as otherwise authorized by Section 466.411, | ||
all personally identifiable information of a natural person who is: | ||
(A) a lottery prize winner and who has chosen to | ||
remain anonymous under Section 466.411; or | ||
(B) an owner of a beneficial interest in a legal | ||
entity that is a lottery prize winner and who has chosen to remain | ||
anonymous under Section 466.411. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter I, Chapter 466, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 466.411 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 466.411. CHOICE BY CERTAIN PRIZE WINNERS TO REMAIN | ||
ANONYMOUS. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), a natural person who is | ||
a prize winner of a lottery prize in an amount equal to $1 million or | ||
more, or who is an owner of a beneficial interest in a legal entity | ||
that is a prize winner of a lottery prize in an amount equal to $1 | ||
million or more, may on the date the winner claims the prize choose | ||
to remain anonymous and prohibit all personally identifiable | ||
information from being released to the public. | ||
(b) The commission may release or disclose the personally | ||
identifiable information of a natural person who is a lottery prize | ||
winner if the person chooses to have the prize paid in periodic | ||
installments. The commission may only disclose the information on | ||
or after the 30th day after the date the person claims the lottery | ||
prize if the person chooses to remain anonymous under Subsection | ||
(a). | ||
(c) For purposes of this section, the amount of a lottery | ||
prize is the total amount of prize money paid to a prize winner for a | ||
single lottery prize claim, whether paid in one payment or in | ||
periodic installments, before deducting any federal tax | ||
withholdings or other deductions required by law. | ||
(d) This section does not prohibit release of a natural | ||
person prize winner's city or county of residence or prevent the | ||
commission from releasing the person's personally identifiable | ||
information to the Health and Human Services Commission or as | ||
necessary to comply with Section 466.407 or 466.4075. | ||
SECTION 4. (a) Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas | ||
Lottery Commission shall adopt the rules and procedures necessary | ||
to implement the changes in law made by this Act to Chapter 466, | ||
Government Code. | ||
(b) Section 466.411, Government Code, as added by this Act, | ||
applies only to an initial claim for a lottery prize in an amount | ||
equal to $1 million or more that is submitted to the Texas Lottery | ||
Commission on or after January 1, 2018. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 59 was passed by the House on April | ||
25, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 59 was passed by the Senate on May 24, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |