Sec. 467.106.  GIFT OR POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION TO OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.  (a)  A commission member, the executive director, or an employee of the commission may not intentionally or knowingly accept a gift or political contribution from:
(1)  a person that has a significant financial interest in the lottery;
(2)  a person related in the first degree of consanguinity or affinity to a person that has a significant financial interest in the lottery;
(3)  a person that owns more than a 10 percent interest in an entity that has a significant financial interest in the lottery;
(4)  a political committee that is directly established, administered, or controlled, in whole or in part, by a person that has a significant financial interest in the lottery;  or
(5)  a person who, within the two years preceding the date of the gift or contribution, won a lottery prize exceeding $600 in amount or value.
(b)  A person may not make a gift or political contribution to a person known by the actor to be a commission member, the executive director, or an employee of the commission, if the actor:
(1)  has a significant financial interest in the lottery;
(2)  is related in the first degree of consanguinity or affinity to a person that has a significant financial interest in the lottery;
(3)  owns more than a 10 percent interest in an entity that has a significant financial interest in the lottery;
(4)  is a political committee that is directly established, administered, or controlled, in whole or in part, by a person that has a significant financial interest in the lottery;  or
(5)  within the two years preceding the date of the gift or contribution, won a lottery prize exceeding $600 in amount or value.
(c)  A person commits an offense if the person violates this section.  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1441, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.