Bill Text: TX HB2757 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the conduct and promotion of charitable raffles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB2757 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2757-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2757 |
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relating to the conduct and promotion of charitable raffles. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2002.003(e), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(e) A nonprofit wildlife conservation association and its | ||
local chapters, affiliates, wildlife cooperatives, or units are | ||
qualified nonprofit organizations under this chapter if the parent | ||
association meets the eligibility criteria under this section other | ||
than the requirement prescribed by Subsection (a)(3), (b)(3), | ||
(b-1)(3), or (c)(3), as applicable. An association or a local | ||
chapter, affiliate, wildlife cooperative, or unit that is eligible | ||
under this subsection may not use any proceeds from a raffle | ||
conducted under this chapter to attempt to influence legislation or | ||
participate or intervene in a political campaign on behalf of a | ||
candidate for public office in any manner, including by publishing | ||
or distributing a statement or making a campaign contribution. [ |
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conservation association includes an association that supports | ||
wildlife, fish, or fowl. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 2002.052(b), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) A raffle is not authorized by this chapter if the | ||
organization [ |
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in the raffle in a calendar year in which the organization has | ||
previously [ |
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in four [ |
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subsection, a raffle conducted in a preceding calendar year for | ||
which a prize or prizes are awarded on a later date set in | ||
accordance with Subsection (e) that occurs in a subsequent calendar | ||
year is not included in the number of raffles for which prizes are | ||
awarded by the organization in that subsequent calendar year. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 2002.056(b) and (c), Occupations Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsections (b-1) and (c), the | ||
value of a prize offered or awarded at a raffle that is purchased by | ||
the organization or for which the organization provides any | ||
consideration may not exceed $75,000 [ |
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(c) A raffle prize may consist of one or more tickets in the | ||
state lottery authorized by Chapter 466, Government Code, with a | ||
face value of $75,000 [ |
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prize in the lottery game to which the ticket or tickets relate | ||
exceeds $75,000 [ |
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SECTION 4. Section 2002.052(c), Occupations Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. 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. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2757 was passed by the House on April | ||
16, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 2757 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 12, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2757 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays | ||
3. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |