By:  Madla                                            S.B. No. 1033
         99S0719/1                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                                       AN ACT
 1-1     relating to exempting bingo equipment, devices, and supplies from
 1-2     the sales tax.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 151, Tax Code, is amended
 1-5     by adding Section 151.327 to read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 151.327.  BINGO EQUIPMENT.  (a)  Bingo equipment,
 1-7     devices, or supplies purchased by a fraternal, nonprofit, or
 1-8     veterans organization, religious society, or other authorized
 1-9     organization licensed to conduct a bingo game under Section 13,
1-10     Bingo Enabling Act (Article 179d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes),
1-11     are exempted from the taxes imposed by this chapter.
1-12           (b)  For the purposes of this section, "bingo equipment,"
1-13     "fraternal organization," "nonprofit organization," "veterans
1-14     organization," "religious society," "authorized organization,"
1-15     "bingo," and "game" have the meanings assigned by Section 2, Bingo
1-16     Enabling Act (Article 179d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
1-17           SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-18           (b)  The change in law made by this Act applies only to a
1-19     sale of bingo equipment, devices, or supplies that occurs on or
1-20     after the effective date of this Act.  A sale of bingo equipment,
1-21     devices, or supplies that occurred before the effective date of
1-22     this Act is covered by the law in effect when the sale occurred,
1-23     and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-24           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
 2-1     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
 2-2     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
 2-3     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
 2-4     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.