TITLE: Relating to a prohibition on lottery advertisement and promotion in certain low income counties.

SUMMARY: Relating to a prohibition on lottery advertisement and promotion in certain low income counties.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a prohibition on lottery advertisement and promotion in certain low income counties. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 466.110, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 466.110. PROHIBITED ADVERTISEMENTS. (a) The legislature intends that advertisements or promotions sponsored by the commission or the division for the lottery not be of a nature that unduly influences any person to purchase a lottery ticket or number. (b) The commission or a lottery operator may not advertise or promote the lottery in a county with a per capita income at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty level. (c) A sales agent operating in a county described by Subsection (b) may advertise or promote the lottery within the sales agent's place of business. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.