TITLE: Relating to the marketing and advertising of the veterans' assistance lottery game.

SUMMARY: Relating to the marketing and advertising of the veterans' assistance lottery game.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the marketing and advertising of the veterans' assistance lottery game. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 466.027(c), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) The commission shall market and advertise the lottery game operated under this section in a manner intended to inform the public that the game tickets are available for purchase and that the game proceeds are used to fund veterans programs in this state. The commission shall spend an equivalent amount of its marketing and advertising budget to promote the game operated under this section as the commission spends to promote any other instant-ticket lottery game operated under this chapter. The game tickets must clearly state that the game proceeds are used to benefit the veterans in this state. The Texas Veterans Commission may make recommendations to the Texas Lottery Commission relating to the marketing and advertising of the game. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.