Suspending limitations on conference committee
jurisdiction, H.B. No. 3021
By ____________________ S.R. No. ____
74R14445 MWV-D
R E S O L U T I O N
1-1 BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 74th
1-2 Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, That Senate Rule 12.03 be
1-3 suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08, to enable the
1-4 conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on House
1-5 Bill No. 3021 to consider and take action on the following specific
1-6 matters:
1-7 (1) Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the
1-8 committee to amend Section 11, Bingo Enabling Act (Article 179d,
1-9 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), by adding the following text to
1-10 Subsection (v): No more than 30 percent of gross bingo game sales
1-11 at each bingo occasion can be on electronic or mechanical card
1-12 minding devices. This provision does not include pull tabs,
1-13 instant bingo tickets, or break-open bingo games.
1-14 Explanation: This provision is necessary to limit the number
1-15 of card minding devices sold at each bingo occasion and to assure
1-16 that paper cards will be sold.
1-17 (2) Senate Rules 12.03(1), (3), and (4) are suspended to
1-18 permit the committee to amend Section 18, Bingo Enabling Act
1-19 (Article 179d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), to read as follows:
1-20 Sec. 18. FREQUENCY AND TIMES OF GAMES. An occasion <A game>
1-21 of bingo may not be conducted under any license issued under this
1-22 Act more often than three days per calendar week, not to exceed
1-23 four hours per 24-hour period. A licensed organization may conduct
1-24 two occasions per 24-hour period. <Only one bingo occasion per day
2-1 may be conducted under each license issued under this Act.> No
2-2 more than two organizations may conduct a game of bingo in one
2-3 place on one 24-hour period <day>. If two organizations conduct
2-4 games of bingo in one place on one 24-hour period <day>, these
2-5 occasions must be announced separately, and an intermission of at
2-6 least 10 <30> minutes must occur between the games. No more than
2-7 two bingo occasions per day may be conducted at any location except
2-8 that a third occasion per day may be conducted at any location
2-9 except that a third occasion may be conducted under a temporary
2-10 license held by a licensed authorized organization at that
2-11 location. No more than seven licensed authorized organizations may
2-12 conduct bingo at any bingo premises. <A game conducted under a
2-13 temporary license may not be conducted in violation of this
2-14 section.>
2-15 Explanation: These changes are necessary to make terms
2-16 consistent in both versions and to limit the number of licensed
2-17 authorized organizations that may conduct bingo at a bingo
2-18 premises.
2-19 (3) Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the
2-20 committee to add the following provision to read as follows:
2-21 Nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing any
2-22 game using a video lottery machine or machines. In this
2-23 subsection, "video lottery machine" or "machine" means any
2-24 electronic video game machine that, upon insertion of cash, is
2-25 available to play or simulate the play of a video game, including
2-26 but not limited to video poker, keno, and blackjack, utilizing a
2-27 video display and microprocessor in which the player may receive
3-1 free games or credits that can be redeemed for cash, coins, or
3-2 tokens, or that directly dispenses cash, coins, or tokens.
3-3 Explanation: This change is necessary to prohibit video
3-4 lotteries.
3-5 ¯BEGCAPTIONÆ
3-6 Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B.
3-7 No. 3021.
3-8 ¯ENDCAPTIONÆ