75R13060 MWV-F                           

         By Torres                                             H.B. No. 3371

         Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3371:

         By Torres                                         C.S.H.B. No. 3371

                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the regulation of the use of bingo card-minding

 1-3     devices.

 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 11(v), Bingo Enabling Act (Article 179d,

 1-6     Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:

 1-7           (v)  A person may not use a card-minding device:

 1-8                 (1)  to generate or determine the random letters,

 1-9     numbers, or other symbols used in playing the bingo card played

1-10     with the device's assistance;

1-11                 (2)  as a receptacle for the deposit of tokens or

1-12     money, including coins or paper currency, in payment for playing

1-13     the bingo card played with the device's assistance; or

1-14                 (3)  except as provided by Section 13e(i) of this Act,

1-15     as a dispenser for the payment of a bingo prize, including coins,

1-16     paper currency, or any thing of value for the bingo card played

1-17     with the device's assistance.  No more than 40 [30] percent of the

1-18     individuals attending a [gross bingo game sales at each] bingo

1-19     occasion, based on the average of the two quarterly attendance

1-20     reports that have been most recently submitted to the commission by

1-21     the authorized organization, may use [can be on] electronic or

1-22     mechanical card-minding devices.  This provision does not

1-23     include[,] pull-tabs, instant bingo tickets, or break-open bingo

1-24     games.

 2-1           SECTION 2.  Section 13e, Bingo Enabling Act (Article 179d,

 2-2     Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Subsections

 2-3     (i)-(l) to read as follows:

 2-4           (i)  Section 11(v)(3) of this Act does not apply to a system

 2-5     service provider.

 2-6           (j)  A system service provider may use bar codes on bingo

 2-7     paper as a means of providing accurate accounting records.

 2-8           (k)  A system service provider shall purchase goods or

 2-9     services from a licensed manufacturer.

2-10           (l)  The commission shall include a system service provider

2-11     as a member of a bingo advisory committee appointed under Section

2-12     43 of this Act.

2-13           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect October 1, 1997.

2-14           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the

2-15     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

2-16     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

2-17     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

2-18     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.