Tex. Occ. Code § 2002.054 · Subchapter B. OPERATION OF RAFFLE
RESTRICTIONS ON RAFFLE PROMOTION AND TICKET SALES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
(b) Except as provided by this subsection, the organization may not compensate a person directly or indirectly for organizing or conducting a raffle or for selling or offering to sell tickets to a raffle. A member of the organization who is employed by the organization may organize and conduct a raffle, but the member's work organizing or conducting a raffle may not be more than a de minimis portion of the member's employment with the organization.
(c) Except as provided by Section 2002.0541, the organization may not permit a person who is not authorized by the organization to sell or offer to sell raffle tickets.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 929 (H.B. 541), Sec. 4, eff. June 18, 2005.
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1006 (H.B. 659), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 12.003, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 124 (H.B. 457), Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2011.
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