LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 4, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Ron Wilson, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 3021
         Committee on Licensing &                       By: Kuempel
         Administrative Procedures
         House of Representatives
         Austin, Texas







FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
3021 (Relating to the definition and regulation of Bingo.) this
office has determined the following:

The bill specifies pull tabs, break open tickets and instant
bingo tickets as bingo equipment, and prohibits the usage of
electronic or mechanical instant ticket dispensers and card
minding devices.

The bill eliminates the maximum prize value of $500 in a single
game of bingo, and allows licensed lessors to advertise bingo.

The bill allows the operation of coin operated amusement machines
during bingo games.

The bill requires the Lottery Commission to issue temporary
authorization after all required forms, documentation and fees
have been completed and  received from a potential licensee.

The bill allows for the transfer of a license from a licensee or
a corporation owned by the licensee, to a corporation formed or
owned by the licensee.

The bill would require that each disposable bingo card furnished
in the state of Texas to bear an impression of the seal of the
State of Texas, the name of the manufacturer, or a trade name or
trademark  which must be filed with the Lottery Commission.  It
further requires licensed manufacturers, distributors and    




conductors to report certain bingo cards on inventory, and
requires licensed conductors to file a schedule of bingo card 
prices with the Lottery Commission.

Although no amount has been identified, the Lottery Commission
believes that the implementation of some provisions of the bill
could result in a revenue loss to the state.















The probable fiscal implication of implementing the provisions of
the bill during each of the first  five years following passage
is estimated as follows:
     



            Fiscal  Probable Cost Out      Change in   
             Year      of  General      Number of State
                     Revenue Fund 001   Employees from 
                                            FY 1995    
                                                       
          1996                $527,921             12.0
          1997                 527,921             12.0
                                                       
          1998                 527,921             12.0
                                                       
          1999                 527,921             12.0
          2000                 527,921             12.0
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
       Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.

No fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.


Source:   Texas Lottery Commission
          LBB Staff: JK, MS, DF