Texas Government Code Title 4, Chapter 467 - Texas Lottery Commission

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 467.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Texas Lottery Commission. (2) "Executive director" means the executive director of the Texas Lottery Commission. (3) "Communicate directly...

SUBCHAPTER B COMMISSION

• Texas Section 467.002 - Application Of Sunset Act
  The commission is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the commission is abolished and this...
• Texas Section 467.021 - Membership
  (a) The commission is composed of five members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. (b) In making appointments to...
• Texas Section 467.022 - Term Of Office
  Members hold office for staggered terms of six years, with the terms of either one or two members expiring February 1 of each odd-numbered year....
• Texas Section 467.023 - Residence Requirement
  An individual is not eligible to be a member of the commission unless the individual has been a resident of this state for at least...
• Texas Section 467.024 - Eligibility
  (a) An individual is not eligible to be an appointed member of the commission if the individual: (1) is registered, certified, or licensed by a...
• Texas Section 467.025 - Prohibited Conduct
  (a) A commission member may not: (1) accept any employment or remuneration from: (A) a person that has a significant financial interest in the lottery;...
• Texas Section 467.0255 - Training
  (a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the commission may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as...
• Texas Section 467.026 - Removal Of Commission Member
  (a) It is a ground for removal from the commission that a member: (1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications...
• Texas Section 467.027 - Compensation And Expenses
  (a) A commission member is not entitled to compensation for serving on the commission. (b) A commission member is entitled to reimbursement for actual and...
• Texas Section 467.028 - Offices
  The commission shall maintain its general office in the city of Austin. The commission may also establish branch offices. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg.,...
• Texas Section 467.029 - Presiding Officer
  The governor shall designate one member of the commission as presiding officer of the commission to serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the...
• Texas Section 467.030 - Meetings
  (a) The commission shall hold at least six regular meetings each year on dates fixed by the commission. The commission may meet at other times...
• Texas Section 467.031 - Divisions
  The commission shall establish separate divisions to oversee bingo and the state lottery. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 284, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....
• Texas Section 467.032 - Executive Director
  (a) The commission shall employ an executive director to administer this chapter. (b) The executive director holds office at the will of the commission and...
• Texas Section 467.033 - Division Directors
  The executive director shall employ a director to oversee each division. A division director serves at the will of the executive director and is specifically...
• Texas Section 467.034 - Employees
  The executive director shall employ other personnel necessary to administer the laws under the commission's jurisdiction. Commission employees serve at the will of the executive...
• Texas Section 467.035 - Restrictions On Employment
  (a) The commission may not employ or continue to employ a person who owns a financial interest in: (1) a bingo commercial lessor, bingo distributor,...
• Texas Section 467.036 - Access To Criminal History Records
  (a) The governor shall conduct an investigation of and is entitled to obtain criminal history record information maintained by the Department of Public Safety, the...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 467.037 - Division Of Responsibilities
  The commission shall develop and implement policies that clearly separate the policymaking responsibilities of the commission and the management responsibilities of the executive director and...
• Texas Section 467.101 - Powers And Duties Of Commission
  (a) The commission has broad authority and shall exercise strict control and close supervision over all activities authorized and conducted in this state under: (1)...
• Texas Section 467.102 - Rules
  The commission may adopt rules for the enforcement and administration of this chapter and the laws under the commission's jurisdiction. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd...
• Texas Section 467.103 - Duties Of Executive Director
  (a) The executive director shall perform all duties required by the commission to administer this chapter and the laws under the commission's jurisdiction. The executive...
• Texas Section 467.104 - Records
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, all commission records are subject to public inspection in accordance with Chapter 552. (b) The executive director shall...
• Texas Section 467.105 - Legal Representation
  (a) The attorney general shall designate at least one member of the attorney general's staff to counsel and advise the commission and to represent the...
• Texas Section 467.106 - Gift Or Political Contribution To Officer Or Employee
  (a) A commission member, the executive director, or an employee of the commission may not intentionally or knowingly accept a gift or political contribution from:...
• Texas Section 467.107 - Gift Or Political Contribution To Former Officer Or Employee
  (a) A former commission member, former executive director, or former employee of the commission may not, before the second anniversary of the date that the...
• Texas Section 467.108 - Representation By Former Officer Or Employee
  (a) A former commission member, former executive director, or former director may not: (1) for compensation, represent a person that has made or intends to...
• Texas Section 467.109 - Negotiated Rulemaking And Alternative Dispute Resolution Policy
  (a) The commission shall develop and implement a policy to encourage the use of: (1) negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008 for the adoption of...
• Texas Section 467.110 - Public Participation
  The commission shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the commission and to speak on any...
• Texas Section 467.111 - Complaints
  (a) The commission shall maintain a system to promptly and efficiently act on each complaint filed with the commission. The commission shall maintain information about...

Last modified: September 28, 2016