Tex. Government Code § 466.357: APPLICABILITY OF CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS.

For purposes of Article III, Section 49a, and Article VIII, Section 22, of the Texas Constitution:

(1) funds received from the operation of a lottery are not revenue; and

(2) expenses of operating the lottery and paying prizes are not expenses of state government.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 4.03(b), eff. Aug. 30, 1993.