TITLE: Relating to the sale of charitable raffle tickets by certain nonprofit wildlife conservation associations.

SUMMARY: Relating to the sale of charitable raffle tickets by certain nonprofit wildlife conservation associations.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the sale of charitable raffle tickets by certain nonprofit wildlife conservation associations. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2002.054, Occupations Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: (a) The organization may not: (1) directly or indirectly, by the use of paid advertising, promote a raffle through a medium of mass communication, including television, radio, or newspaper; (2) promote or advertise a raffle statewide, other than on the organization's Internet website or through a publication or solicitation, including a newsletter, social media, or electronic mail, provided only to previously identified supporters of the organization; or (3) sell or offer to sell tickets for a raffle statewide,except as provided by Subsection (a-1).(a-1) A nonprofit wildlife conservation association, including each local chapter, affiliate, wildlife cooperative, or unit, that for purposes of this chapter is a qualified nonprofit organization eligible under Section 2002.003(e), may use the organization's Internet website to sell or offer to sell tickets for a raffle to previously identified supporters of the organization. SECTION 2. 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.