CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
Tex. OCC Code § 2004.009.
in effect(a) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 418 (H.B. 2168 ), Sec. 1, eff.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.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 47 (H.B. 975 ), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2016.