HOUSE BILL 1802 |
HOUSE AUTHOR: Eiland |
EFFECTIVE: 09-01-99 |
SENATE SPONSOR: Jackson |
Currently, an operator of a gambling vessel entering the territorial waters of Texas has an affirmative defense to prosecution by covering or disabling gambling devices, or making the rooms in which they are contained inaccessible to passengers. House Bill 1802 eliminates the requirements for covering a device and locking the room and only requires that the gambling device be disabled while in the territorial waters of Texas.