Tex. Occ. Code § 2004.009 · Chapter 2004. PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION RAFFLES
CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 418 (H.B. 2168), Sec. 1, eff. June 8, 2021.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person sells or offers to sell a raffle ticket for a charitable raffle conducted under this chapter to an individual that the person knows to be younger than 18 years of age.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person purchases a raffle ticket for a charitable raffle conducted under this chapter with the proceeds of a check issued as a payment under the financial assistance program administered under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code.
(d) A person commits an offense if the person misrepresents the person's age or displays fraudulent evidence that the person is 18 years of age or older in order to purchase a raffle ticket for a charitable raffle conducted under this chapter.
(e) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 47 (H.B. 975), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2016.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 895 (H.B. 3125), Sec. 2, eff. December 1, 2017.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 418 (H.B. 2168), Sec. 1, eff. June 8, 2021.
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