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7 Document(s) [ Subject: Lottery Commission, Texas ]
| Committee: | House Licensing and Administrative Procedures | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Subjects: | Administrative Hearings, State Office of | Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Texas | Licensing and Regulation, Texas Department of | Lottery Commission, Texas | Racing Commission, Texas | Texas Lottery | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.88 L616 | |
| Session: | 88th R.S. (2023) | |
| Online version: | View report [35 pages File size: 1,575 kb] | |
| Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
| 1. | Monitoring: Monitor the agencies and programs under the Committee’s jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 88th Legislature. Conduct active oversight of all associated rulemaking and other governmental actions taken to ensure the intended legislative outcome of all legislation, including the following:
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| Committee: | Senate State Affairs | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Subjects: | Affordable housing | Age (Law) | Agriculture | Alcohol laws and regulations | Audits | Beverages | Bingo | BlackRock | Boycotts | Child welfare | Children's mental health | Citizenship | Compassionate Use Act, Texas | Countywide Polling Place Program | Distilleries | e-commerce | Election administration | Election security | Electioneering | Elections | Emergency shelters | Environmental, Social, and Governance | Farm Bill | Farm produce | Financial investments | Foreign real estate transactions | Freedom of speech | Gambling | Government transparency | Hemp | High tech industry | Homelessness | Immigrants | Impeachment | Investment of public funds | Ku Klux Klan | Landlords and tenants | Lottery Commission, Texas | Lottery.com | Marijuana | Minors | Natural gas industry | Oil industry | Open government | Open Meetings Act, Texas | Open records requests and decisions | Paxton, Ken | Political violence | Pornography | Primary elections | Product safety | Public demonstrations | Public Information Act, Texas | Public retirement systems | Real estate transactions | Runoff elections | School districts | Secretary of State, Texas | Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act | Social media | State comparisons | Substance abuse | Texas Constitution | Texas Distilled Spirits Association | Texas history | Texas Lottery | Transitional housing | U.S. Constitution | Voter registration | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.88 ST29A | |
| Session: | 88th R.S. (2023) | |
| Online version: | View report [93 pages File size: 2,963 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Maintaining Election Security: Identify threats to Texas’s election integrity, including those from "Big Tech" and foreign entities. Recommend ways to neutralize such threats. Additionally, evaluate the countywide polling place program in Texas. Make recommendations to address countywide polling issues, such as increased wait times, longer travel distances, supply shortages, and reporting irregularities. Evaluate current laws that prohibit political subdivisions and public school districts from using government resources for illegal electioneering. Make recommendations to strengthen these laws and put a stop to illegal electioneering. | |
| 2. | Social Media & Protecting Children: Study the impact of social media use on children. Review current mechanisms in place to protect minors online. Monitor the implementation of HB 18, 88th R.S., relating to the protection of minors from harmful, deceptive, or unfair trade practices in connection with the use of certain digital services and electronic devices, including the use and transfer of electronic devices to students by a public school. Make policy recommendations to further protect Texas children online. | |
| 3. | Protecting Texas Land and Assets: Evaluate strategic land and asset acquisitions in Texas by foreign entities that threaten the safety and security of the United States. Further, evaluate large-scale purchases of single-family homes by domestic entities and its impact on housing affordability for Texas families. Make recommendations to ensure Texans are secure from foreign threats and homes are affordable in our state. | |
| 4. | Responsible Investing: Study the impact of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors on our state’s public pensions, with a focus on proxy voting services. Make recommendations to ensure our state’s pension systems vote and invest in accordance with their fiduciary responsibility to maximize profit. Additionally, monitor the implementation of SB 13, 87th R.S., relating to state contracts with and investments in certain companies that boycott energy companies. Specifically, examine how a company is removed from the list of companies that boycott energy companies when the company ceases to boycott energy companies. Report on how frequently the list maintained by the comptroller is updated and make recommendations to ensure an ongoing accurate list. | |
| 5. | Banning Delta 8 and 9: Examine the sale of intoxicating hemp products in Texas. Make recommendations to further regulate the sale of these products, and suggest legislation to stop retailers who market these products to children. | |
| 6. | Impeachment Reform: Evaluate the constitutional and statutory impeachment procedures in our state. Make recommendations to ensure a fair and transparent process. | |
| 7. | Runoff Elections: Study the prerequisites, timing, and efficiency of runoff elections. Make recommendations to increase the efficiency and lower the costs of runoff elections. Examine the 50% vote threshold to avoid a runoff, particularly when four or more candidates are running for the same office. Report whether the vote percentage threshold should be lowered in some instances. | |
| 8. | Lottery: Study "lottery courier services," which allow their clients to purchase lottery tickets over the internet. Report on the number of couriers and the magnitude of sales from such services in Texas. Determine whether courier services are operating legally in Texas and whether a change in law is needed to respond to technological advancements to protect children in our state and to maintain original legislative intent. Recommend legislation to clarify Texas’s laws regarding online lottery sales. | |
| 9. | Unmasking Protestors: Study the use of face coverings and hoods designed to conceal the identity of those bent on committing crimes at protests. Recommend legislation to stop the chaos and destruction by those who attempt to commit crimes while concealing their identity during public gatherings. | |
| 10. | Stop Noncitizen Voting: Evaluate the current safeguards in place to prevent noncitizens from voting in elections. Recommend legislation to facilitate the removal of noncitizen voters from the voter rolls as well as legislation to prevent noncitizens from registering to vote in Texas. | |
| 11. | Beverages with THC: Evaluate Texas laws and regulations concerning THC beverage manufacturing and delivery. Report on the current regulations and safeguards Texas may or may not have in place for drinks with any amount of THC. Recommend legislation to protect Texas consumers. | |
| 12. | Public Trust in Government: Examine the current state of accountability, ethics, and transparency in local government. Recommend ways to bolster public trust in local government by strengthening the Public Information Act and Open Meetings Act. | |
| 13. | Addressing Homelessness: Study programs that address the homelessness crisis in Texas. Specifically, review programs like Haven for Hope and determine whether such programs could be a model throughout our state. Propose legislation to address the root causes of homelessness by expanding successful programs for cities of all sizes. | |
| 14. | Election Audit Reports: Evaluate the Secretary of State’s election audit reports. Make recommendations to secure our elections and ensure counties follow the law. | |
| 15. | Monitoring: Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committee on State Affairs passed by the 88th Legislature. Specifically, evaluate the impact of SB 2284, 88th R.S. relating to the sale of distilled spirits to ultimate consumers by the holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit. Report whether the increased sale of distilled spirits has had a positive impact on economic development and public safety in this industry. | |
| Committee: | Senate Government Organization | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Subjects: | Comptroller of Public Accounts, Texas | Council on Competitive Government | Electronic security | Employees Retirement System of Texas | Facilities Commission, Texas | Information Resources, Texas Department of | Library & Archives Commission, Texas State | Lottery Commission, Texas | State agencies | State agency mandated reports | State government contracts | State purchasing | United Healthcare | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.83 G747o | |
| Session: | 83rd R.S. (2013) | |
| Online version: | View report [200 pages] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Examine state agencies’ mandated reporting practices, the necessity and utility of these reports, and reporting processes to the legislature and to the public. Make recommendations on eliminating unnecessary and duplicative reports, reducing state costs through the use of technology, and improving transparency to the legislature and citizens. | |
| 2. | Review and recommend improvements to state agency training, policies, and procedures for monitoring and reporting performance of state contracts, including a review of exemptions to state contracting oversight. | |
| 3. | Monitor the implementation of SB 1597, relating to the development of state agency information security plans to improve the security of agency information systems and to proactively protect the state against cybercrime and similar security threats. | |
| Committee: | Joint Texas Lottery and Texas Lottery Commission | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Subjects: | Bingo | Charities | Gambling | Lottery Commission, Texas | Texas Lottery | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.83 L917 | |
| Session: | 83rd R.S. (2013) | |
| Online version: | View report [27 pages] | |
| Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
| 1. | Study charitable bingo and the distribution of charitable bingo revenue; study the elimination of the state lottery. | |
| Committee: | House Licensing and Administrative Procedures | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | House Committee on Licensing & Administrative Procedures, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2004 : a report to the House of Representatives, 79th Texas Legislature | |
| Subjects: | Architectural Examiners, Texas Board of | Bingo | Electricians | Interior designers | Licensing and Regulation, Texas Department of | Lottery Commission, Texas | Mold remediation | Occupational licenses | Underage drinking | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.78 L616 | |
| Session: | 78th R.S. (2003) | |
| Online version: | View report [36 pages File size: 268 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Actively monitor the implementation of HB 2519, 78th R.S., to streamline bingo processes at the Lottery Commission, review the commission's processes for leasing of facilities and the commissions's audit authority. Also compare the distributions to charities as a percentage of revenues in Texas with charitable bingo in other states. | |
| 2. | Monitor the implementation of SB 283, 78th R.S., sunset legislation for the Board of Architectural Examiners. Pay particular attention to the interior designer's transformation to a "Practice Act." | |
| 3. | Monitor the implementation of HB 1487, 78th R.S., creating a state wide license for electricians. Pay particular attention to any unintended consequences, such as any erosion in Texas right-to-work laws. | |
| 4. | Monitor the implementation of HB 329, 78th R.S., licensing mold remediators. | |
| 5. | Identify licenses and duties that could be handled more efficiently at the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Estimate cost savings and policy implications associated with such moves. | |
| 6. | Study ways to reduce the incidence of underage drinking in Texas. Include and analysis of best practices in other states. | |
| 7. | Monitor agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction. | |
| Committee: | Senate Charitable Bingo, Interim | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Report of the Senate Interim Committee on Charitable Bingo to the 75th Legislature. | |
| Subjects: | Bingo | Lottery Commission, Texas | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.74 b513 | |
| Session: | 74th R.S. (1995) | |
| Online version: | View report [25 pages File size: 1,135 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Study whether the Texas Lottery Commission has sufficient legal authority to exercise strict control and close supervision over all facets of charitable bingo and make recommendations to ensure the Commission has the regulatory tools to fulfill that responsibility. | |
| 2. | Study the existence of or potential for unfair or anti-competitive practices in the charitable bingo industry and make recommendations for preventing or eliminating such practices. | |
| 3. | Determine whether additional resources are needed by the Texas Lottery Commission to ensure that charitable bingo gaming is conducted for the purposes authorized by the voters and by statute. | |
| 4. | Oversee the implementation of HB 3021, 74th R.S., and make recommendations for changes in that legislation, if needed. | |
| 5. | Propose to the 75th Legislature a recodification of the Bingo Enabling Act, if necessary. | |
| Committee: | House Licensing and Administrative Procedures | |
| Title: | Interim report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | House Committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1996 : a report to the House of Representatives, 75th Texas Legislature. | |
| Subjects: | Alcohol laws and regulations | Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Texas | Bingo | Concealed weapons | Gun laws | Guns | Lottery Commission, Texas | Right to Carry Act | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.74 l616 | |
| Session: | 74th R.S. (1995) | |
| Online version: | View report [45 pages File size: 2,143 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Study provisions added to the Alcoholic Beverage Code during the 74th Legislature that appear to be conflicting in nature. | |
| 2. | Determine whether current bingo practices are consistent with the intentions of early enabling legislation and whether current practices serve the public interest. | |
| 3. | Conduct active oversight of agencies under the committee's jurisdiction, including a review of the functions of the Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission to assure that administrative functions are performed in the most efficient manner. | |
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