Tex. Gov't Code § 466.109 · Subchapter C. PROCUREMENT; ADVERTISING
PUBLICITY OF INDIVIDUALS PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A state officer, including a commission member or the executive director, or an officer or employee of the department, may not appear in an advertisement or promotion for the lottery that is sponsored by the department or in a televised lottery drawing. An advertisement or promotion for the lottery may not contain the likeness or name of a state officer, including a commission member or the executive director, or an officer or employee of the department.
(b) In connection with providing security for the lottery, this section does not prohibit a security officer or investigator employed by the department from appearing in a televised lottery drawing or other promotion for the lottery that is sponsored by the department.
(c) Notwithstanding this section, the executive director may designate an employee of the department to participate in a promotional event.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 4.03(b), eff. Aug. 30, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 6.16, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1160 (S.B. 3070), Sec. 21, eff. June 20, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.466.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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