- (a) The Sunset Advisory Commission shall conduct a limited-scope review of the state lottery program during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2029, in the manner provided by Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act).
(b) In conducting the limited-scope review under this section, the Sunset Advisory Commission's staff evaluation and report must be limited to:
- (1) assessing whether the department has sufficient tools, programs, and procedures to ensure the integrity of the state lottery program;
- (2) the transfer of the state lottery program to the department;
- (3) the extent to which the department is implementing and enforcing statutory changes enacted by the 89th and 90th Legislatures; and
- (4) whether the department remains the appropriate agency to administer the state lottery program.
- (c) Unless continued in existence, the state lottery is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2029.
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1160 (S.B. 3070), Sec. 4, eff. June 20, 2025.