Bill Text: TX HJR55 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to dedicate net revenue from the state lottery to support educational programs that benefit classroom teaching in the state's public schools and to prohibit certain lottery advertisements and promotions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-25 - Referred to Appropriations [HJR55 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HJR55-Introduced.html
| 86R636 GCB-D | ||
| By: Raymond | H.J.R. No. 55 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment to dedicate net revenue from | ||
| the state lottery to support educational programs that benefit | ||
| classroom teaching in the state's public schools and to prohibit | ||
| certain lottery advertisements and promotions. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 47, Article III, Texas Constitution, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (f) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (e) The Legislature by general law may authorize the State | ||
| to operate lotteries and may authorize the State to enter into a | ||
| contract with one or more legal entities that will operate | ||
| lotteries on behalf of the State. All money received by the State | ||
| from the operation of lotteries, other than amounts paid for | ||
| administrative costs, lottery prizes, and unclaimed lottery | ||
| prizes, is dedicated to and may be expended only for the enrichment | ||
| of educational programs of the State's public primary and secondary | ||
| schools and only for items that directly benefit classroom | ||
| teaching, including teacher compensation and the acquisition of | ||
| textbooks and educational supplies, materials, equipment, and | ||
| services. | ||
| (f) The State, a legal entity contracting with the State to | ||
| operate lotteries authorized by Subsection (e) of this section, or | ||
| a holder of a license issued by the State related to the operation | ||
| of a lottery authorized by that subsection may not sponsor an | ||
| advertisement or promotion that encourages or attempts to influence | ||
| a person to purchase a lottery ticket by stating the revenue | ||
| generated from the ticket sale will be used to support or provide | ||
| additional money for the State's public primary or secondary | ||
| schools. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2019. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment to dedicate net revenue | ||
| from the state lottery to support educational programs that benefit | ||
| classroom teaching in the state's public schools and to prohibit | ||
| advertisements and promotions that state the revenue generated by | ||
| the sale of lottery tickets is used to financially assist public | ||
| schools." | ||
