HBA-MPA H.B. 703 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 703
By: Wilson
Licensing and Administrative Procedures
6/24/1999
Enrolled


BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Prior to the 76th Legislature, the law prohibited the purchase of lottery
tickets with food stamps, credit or debit cards, and also prohibited the
sale of lottery tickets by telephone or mail order.  H.B. 703 permits
purchase of lottery tickets only by U.S. currency, checks, debit cards,
vouchers or coupons issued by the Texas Lottery Commission (commission),
and mail order subscriptions authorized by the commission. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 466.3052, Government Code, as follows:

Sec. 466.3052.  New title: PURCHASE AND SALE OF TICKETS.  Provides that a
person commits a Class C misdemeanor if the person accepts as payment for
lottery tickets anything other than United States currency, a negotiable
instrument in the form of a check,  a debit made through a financial
institution debit card, a coupon or voucher issued by the Texas Lottery
Commission (commission), or a mail order subscription or subscription form
authorized by the commission.  Deletes reference to food stamp coupons, a
credit or debit card, telephone sale, or mail order sales  as unacceptable
forms of payment and types of transactions involving  lottery tickets.
Makes conforming changes. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Makes application of SECTION 1 of this Act prospective.

SECTION 4.  Emergency clause.