TITLE: Relating to restrictions on the promotion and operation of charitable raffles.

SUMMARY: Relating to restrictions on the promotion and operation of charitable raffles.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to restrictions on the promotion and operation of charitable raffles. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 2002.054(a) and (b), Occupations Code, are amended 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. (b) Except as provided by this subsection, the [The] organization may not compensate a person directly or indirectly for organizing or conducting a raffle or for selling or offering to sell tickets to a raffle. A member of the organization who is employed by the organization may organize and conduct a raffle, but the member's work organizing or conducting a raffle may not be more than a de minimis portion of the member's employment with 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.