Section 2004.009 - Criminal Penalties(a) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 418 (H.B. 2168), Sec. 1, eff.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.Tex. Occ. Code § 2004.009
Amended by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 418,Sec. 1, eff. 6/8/2021.Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 895,Sec. 2, eff. 12/1/2017.Added by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 47,Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/2016if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, authorizing the legislature to permit professional sports team charitable foundations to conduct charitable raffles is approved by the voters.