By Flores                                             H.B. No. 1795
         77R7093 YDB-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the use of electronic or mechanical card-minding
 1-3     devices during a bingo occasion.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 2001.409, Occupations Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 2001.409.  CARD-MINDING DEVICES. [(a)]  A person may not
 1-8     use a card-minding device:
 1-9                 (1)  to generate or determine the random letters,
1-10     numbers, or other symbols used in playing the bingo card played
1-11     with the device's assistance;
1-12                 (2)  as a receptacle for the deposit of tokens or money
1-13     in payment for playing the bingo card played with the device's
1-14     assistance; or
1-15                 (3)  as a dispenser for the payment of a bingo prize,
1-16     including coins, paper currency, or a thing of value for the bingo
1-17     card played with the device's assistance.
1-18           [(b)  Not more than 40 percent of the individuals attending a
1-19     bingo occasion, based on the average of two previously submitted
1-20     quarterly reports, may use electronic or mechanical card-minding
1-21     devices.  This subsection does not apply to pull-tab bingo.]
1-22           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-23     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-24     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 2-1     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 2-2     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.