74R12304 E
          By Jones of Lubbock                                   H.B. No. 2713
          Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2713:
          By Jones of Lubbock                               C.S.H.B. No. 2713
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to the regulation of bingo.
    1-3        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Section 2(22), Bingo Enabling Act (Article 179d,
    1-5  Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
    1-6              (22)  "Bingo equipment" means equipment actually used,
    1-7  made, or sold for the purpose of use in bingo games and includes
    1-8  machines or other devices from which balls or other items are
    1-9  withdrawn to determine the letters and numbers or other symbols to
   1-10  be called, the balls or items themselves, bingo cards or
   1-11  computerized or electronic devices as defined in Section 11(u), and
   1-12  any other device commonly used in direct operation of the game.
   1-13  "Bingo equipment" does not include:
   1-14                    (A)  a bingo game set commonly manufactured and
   1-15  sold as a child's game for a retail price of $20 or less unless the
   1-16  set or a part of the set is actually used in a bingo game subject
   1-17  to regulation under this Act; or
   1-18                    (B)  commonly available component parts of bingo
   1-19  equipment such as light bulbs, fuses, or bingo balls.
   1-20        SECTION 2.  Section 11, Bingo Enabling Act (Article 179d,
   1-21  Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by amending Subsection
   1-22  (u) and adding Subsection (v) to read as follows:
   1-23        (u)  A licensed authorized organization may not conduct a
   1-24  bingo game in which any player uses or is assisted by a
    2-1  computerized or electronic device that is used instead of or in
    2-2  conjunction with the player's traditional paper or nondisposable
    2-3  bingo card unless:
    2-4              (1)  the computerized or electronic device is
    2-5  continuously interfaced with and monitored by an independent data
    2-6  processor; and
    2-7              (2)  the independent data processor registers and
    2-8  verifies bingo winnings on the bingo card played with the device's
    2-9  assistance.
   2-10        (v)  A person may not use a computerized or electronic device
   2-11  otherwise permitted under Subsection (u) of this section:
   2-12              (1)  to generate or determine the random letters,
   2-13  numbers, or other symbols used in playing the bingo card played
   2-14  with the device's assistance;
   2-15              (2)  as a receptacle for the deposit of tokens or
   2-16  money, including coins or paper currency, in payment for playing
   2-17  the bingo card played with the device's assistance; or
   2-18              (3)  as a dispenser for the payment of a bingo prize,
   2-19  including coins, paper currency, or any thing of value for the
   2-20  bingo card played with the device's assistance.
   2-21        SECTION 3.  Section 19(b), Bingo Enabling Act (Article 179d,
   2-22  Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
   2-23        (b)  A game of bingo may not be conducted with any equipment
   2-24  except that owned or leased by the licensed authorized organization
   2-25  or used without payment of any compensation therefor by the
   2-26  licensee.
   2-27        SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
    3-1        SECTION 5.  The importance of this legislation and the
    3-2  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
    3-3  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
    3-4  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
    3-5  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.