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be associated with a professional sports team with a
home venue in Texas and that it qualify as a charitable
organization under federal law, have been successful.
Since the law took effect in 2016, no proliferation of
profit-making gambling activities has resulted.
Opponents say
The state should be cautious about expanding the
number of participants allowed to conduct charitable
raffles. Proposition 5 would expand gambling in Texas
by increasing the number of sports team foundations that
could conduct such raffles, which could prompt other
groups to request the authority to offer them.
The current constitutional authorization
appropriately applies only to the 10 Texas major league
sports franchises that had charitable foundations on
January 1. 2016. This limitation in Art. 3, sec. 47(d-1)
was established to protect against the creation of entities
solely to take advantage of charitable raffles. Proposition
5, along with its enabling legislation, could open the
door to further expansion of charitable raffles conducted
by the foundations of less well-established teams, an
idea that was rejected in 2015 when the Legislature was
unambiguous in its choice of teams allowed to hold
charitable raffles.
Notes
Proposition 5's enabling legislation, HB 3125 by
Kuempel, will take effect December 1, 2017. if voters
approve the proposed amendment. HB 3125 would
amend the definition of "professional sports team'
eligible to conduct charitable raffles at home games to
match the list of leagues and competitions specified in
Proposition 5. The bill also would make a debit card
an acceptable form of payment for buying a charitable
raffle ticket.House Research Organization Page 15
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