Bill Text: TX HB903 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the operation of a quick draw lottery game; requiring an occupational license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-02 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HB903 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB903-Introduced.html
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| By: Moody | H.B. No. 903 | |
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| relating to the operation of a quick draw lottery game; requiring an | ||
| occupational license. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 466.002, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subdivision (8-a) to read as follows: | ||
| (8-a) "Quick draw lottery game" means a lottery game | ||
| in which a drawing to select the winning ticket occurs 12 to 15 | ||
| times per hour between the hours of 7 a.m. and 2 a.m. of the | ||
| following day. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 466, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 466.0275 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 466.0275. QUICK DRAW LOTTERY GAME; SALES AGENT LICENSE | ||
| FOR QUICK DRAW LOTTERY GAME. (a) The commission shall operate a | ||
| quick draw lottery game. The commission shall: | ||
| (1) determine the ticket price, payout amounts, and | ||
| manner in which the game is conducted; | ||
| (2) restrict the locations authorized to sell the | ||
| quick draw lottery game tickets to only locations licensed as sales | ||
| agents in accordance with Subsection (b); and | ||
| (3) ensure the game remains competitive with other | ||
| lottery games the commission offers. | ||
| (b) The commission may license as sales agents to sell quick | ||
| draw lottery game tickets only holders of one of the following | ||
| permits or licenses issued by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage | ||
| Commission for locations that provide on-premises consumption of | ||
| alcohol: | ||
| (1) a winery permit; | ||
| (2) a wine and malt beverage retailer's permit; | ||
| (3) a mixed beverage permit; | ||
| (4) a private club registration permit; | ||
| (5) a retail dealer's on-premise license; | ||
| (6) a brewpub license; | ||
| (7) a brewer's license; or | ||
| (8) a distiller's and rectifier's permit. | ||
| (c) Section 466.155(a)(4)(C) does not apply to a sales agent | ||
| who is licensed to sell quick draw lottery game tickets. | ||
| (d) The commission shall market and advertise the lottery | ||
| game operated under this section in a manner intended to inform the | ||
| public that the game tickets are available for purchase from | ||
| licensed sales agents described by Subsection (b). | ||
| (e) The commission shall adopt the rules necessary to | ||
| operate a quick draw lottery game. | ||
| SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act but not later than January 1, 2024, the Texas Lottery | ||
| Commission shall implement Section 466.0275, Government Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, by adopting all necessary rules and procedures, | ||
| issuing sales agent licenses, and establishing the quick draw | ||
| lottery game. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2023. | ||
