Amend CSHB 2086 by adding a new, appropriately numbered
section to read as follows:
      SECTION ____.  Section 13(q), Bingo Enabling Act (Article
179d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as
follows:
      (q)  The following persons are not eligible for a commercial
license to lease bingo premises to a licensed authorized
organization:
      (1)  a person convicted of a felony, criminal fraud, gambling
or gambling-related offense, or crime of moral turpitude, if less
than 10 years have elapsed since the termination of any sentence,
parole, mandatory supervision, or probation served for the offense;
      (2)  a public officer who receives any consideration, direct
or indirect, as owner or lessor of premises offered for the purpose
of conducting bingo;
      (3)  a person who extends credit to, loans money to, or pays
or provides for the payment of license fees for an authorized
organization;
      (4)  a distributor or manufacturer; <or>
      (5)  a person, firm, or corporation in which a person covered
by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this subsection or a person
married or related in the first degree by consanguinity or
affinity, as determined under Article 5996h, Revised Statutes, to
one of those persons has greater than a 10 percent proprietary,
equitable, or credit interest or in which one of those persons is
active or employed<.>;
      (7)  a foreign corporation or a corporation owned or
controlled by a foreign corporation; or
      (8)  a corporation whose shares are publicly traded or a
corporation that is owned or controlled by a corporation whose
shares are publicly traded.