bill letting wildlife groups sell raffle tickets online

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89R3485 PRL-D

By: Flores
S.B. No. 2254

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the sale of charitable raffle tickets by certain

nonprofit wildlife conservation associations.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 2002.054, Occupations Code, is amended

by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as

follows:

(a) The organization may not:

(1) directly or indirectly, by the use of paid

advertising, promote a raffle through a medium of mass

communication, including television, radio, or newspaper;

(2) promote or advertise a raffle statewide, other

than on the organization's Internet website or through a

publication or solicitation, including a newsletter, social media,

or electronic mail, provided only to previously identified

supporters of the organization; or

(3) sell or offer to sell tickets for a raffle

statewide , except as provided by Subsection (a-1) .

(a-1) A nonprofit wildlife conservation association,

including each local chapter, affiliate, wildlife cooperative, or

unit, that for purposes of this chapter is a qualified nonprofit

organization eligible under Section 2002.003(e), may use the

organization's Internet website to sell or offer to sell tickets

for a raffle to previously identified supporters of the

organization. This subsection does not authorize the use of an

Internet website to:

(1) provide a graphic or dynamic animation of an entry

to a raffle; or

(2) provide a graphic or dynamic animation of the

drawing of raffle tickets.

SECTION 2. 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, 2025.