Sec. 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.