Sec. 280.005. ACCOUNT OR DEPOSIT NOT CONSIDERATION. For purposes of Chapter 47, Penal Code, or other state law, opening or making a deposit in an account is not considered a purchase, payment, or provision of a thing of value for participation in a savings promotion raffle and is not considered to require a substantial expenditure of time, effort, or inconvenience.

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 978 (H.B. 471), Sec. 3, eff. November 7, 2017.