Tex. Gov't Code § 466.402 · Subchapter I. PRIZES
PAYMENT OF PRIZES GENERALLY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The director may authorize prizes to be paid by warrants to be drawn on the state lottery account.
(b) The payment of a prize in an amount of $600 or more may be made only by the director.
(c) The director may authorize a sales agent to pay a prize in an amount less than $600 after performing procedures to validate the winning ticket as required by the director. A prize paid under this subsection is not required to be paid by warrant on the state lottery account.
(d) The state is discharged of all further liability on the payment of a prize under Section 466.403, 466.404, 466.406, 466.407, or 466.410 or this section or under any additional procedures established by rule.
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 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1394, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.466.htm
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- Tex. Gov't Code § 466.403PAYMENT OF PRIZE IN INSTALLMENTS.Printed as Section 466.403, 466.404, 466.406, 466.407, or 466.410
- Tex. Gov't Code § 466.404PAYMENT OF PRIZE TO MULTIPLE WINNERS.Printed as Section 466.403, 466.404, 466.406, 466.407, or 466.410
- Tex. Gov't Code § 466.406RIGHT TO PRIZE NOT GENERALLY ASSIGNABLE.Printed as Section 466.403, 466.404, 466.406, 466.407, or 466.410
- Tex. Gov't Code § 466.407DEDUCTIONS FROM PRIZES.Printed as Section 466.403, 466.404, 466.406, 466.407, or 466.410
- Tex. Gov't Code § 466.410ASSIGNMENT OF PRIZES.Printed as Section 466.403, 466.404, 466.406, 466.407, or 466.410
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