By: Lozano (Senate Sponsor - LaMantia) H.B. No. 639

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 6, 2023; April 12, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 16, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 16, 2023, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the number of temporary licenses to conduct bingo issued to certain authorized organizations in a calendar year.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Sections 2001.103(c) and (e), Occupations Code, are amended to read as follows:

(c) An authorized organization that does not hold a regular license to conduct bingo may [not] receive not more than 12 [six] temporary licenses in a calendar year.

(e) An [Notwithstanding Subsection (c), an] authorized organization that holds an annual license to conduct bingo may receive not more than 24 temporary licenses during the 12-month period following the issuance or renewal of the license. The holder of a license that is effective for two years may receive not more than 24 temporary licenses for each 12-month period that ends on an anniversary of the date the license was issued or renewed.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.

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