{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2004.009","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 2004.009","heading":"CRIMINAL PENALTIES.","body":"(a) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 418 (H.B. 2168), Sec. 1, eff. June 8, 2021.\n(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.\n(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.\n(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.\n(e) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 47 (H.B. 975), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2016.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 895 (H.B. 3125), Sec. 2, eff. December 1, 2017.\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 418 (H.B. 2168), Sec. 1, eff. June 8, 2021.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 13. SPORTS, AMUSEMENTS, AND ENTERTAINMENT","SUBTITLE A. GAMING","CHAPTER 2004. PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION RAFFLES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.2004.htm#2004.009","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"e705df93fe13619deb9e55af28b093f822fdb2c233a67e8c714760b0058e54f3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2004.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2004.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}