1-1 By: Haggerty (Senate Sponsor - Madla) H.B. No. 2119 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2001; 1-3 May 10, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on State 1-4 Affairs; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: 1-5 Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the authorization and regulation of progressive bingo 1-9 games. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Section 2001.002, Occupations Code, is amended by 1-12 adding Subdivision (29) to read as follows: 1-13 (29) "Progressive bingo" means a bingo game: 1-14 (A) in which in order to win, a specific pattern 1-15 must be completed by the time a specified number of bingo numbers 1-16 or symbols have been selected during a single bingo occasion; 1-17 (B) that may continue over successive bingo 1-18 occasions of the same licensed authorized organization until a 1-19 player wins; and 1-20 (C) for which the prize amount is increased on 1-21 each successive bingo occasion until a player wins. 1-22 SECTION 2. Subchapter I, Chapter 2001, Occupations Code, is 1-23 amended by adding Section 2001.421 to read as follows: 1-24 Sec. 2001.421. PROGRESSIVE BINGO GAMES. (a) A licensed 1-25 authorized organization may conduct a progressive bingo game. 1-26 (b) Only one progressive bingo game may be conducted during 1-27 a bingo occasion. 1-28 (c) Section 2001.420(a) does not apply to a progressive 1-29 bingo game. The prizes awarded in a progressive bingo game are not 1-30 included in the aggregated value of prizes awarded at a single 1-31 bingo occasion for purposes of Section 2001.420(b). 1-32 (d) The prize offered or awarded for a progressive bingo 1-33 game may not exceed $750 at the first bingo occasion during which 1-34 the game is played and may be increased by not more than $500 at 1-35 each successive bingo occasion at which the game is played until 1-36 the game is won. 1-37 (e) If the prize for a progressive bingo game is not awarded 1-38 at a bingo occasion, the progressive bingo game must be continued 1-39 at a future bingo occasion of the same organization until a winner 1-40 is declared. 1-41 (f) A consolation prize of not more than $250 for a 1-42 progressive bingo game may be awarded at each bingo occasion during 1-43 which the game is played. 1-44 (g) A licensed authorized organization conducting a 1-45 progressive bingo game must post the rules for the progressive 1-46 bingo game as part of the organization's house rules before the 1-47 start of the bingo occasion. Except as otherwise required by rule 1-48 of the commission, the posted rules must remain in effect until a 1-49 winner is declared for the progressive bingo game. 1-50 (h) If more than one licensed authorized organization 1-51 conducts bingo at the same location, each organization is 1-52 responsible for the organization's own progressive bingo game. 1-53 (i) A licensed authorized organization conducting a 1-54 progressive bingo game must maintain adequate records relating to 1-55 the game as required by rule of the commission. The records must: 1-56 (1) include the amount of the increase in the prize at 1-57 each bingo occasion at which the game is continued; and 1-58 (2) account for all gross receipts for each 1-59 progressive bingo game. 1-60 (j) Sections 2001.502 and 2001.503 apply to a prize awarded 1-61 in a progressive bingo game, including a consolation prize. 1-62 (k) The commission shall adopt rules to administer this 1-63 section. 1-64 SECTION 3. (a) This Act takes effect immediately if it 2-1 receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each 2-2 house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. 2-3 If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate 2-4 effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 2-5 (b) The Texas Lottery Commission shall adopt rules to 2-6 administer progressive bingo games under Section 2001.421, 2-7 Occupations Code, as added by this Act, not later than October 1, 2-8 2001. A licensed authorized organization may not conduct a 2-9 progressive bingo game under Section 2001.421, Occupations Code, as 2-10 added by this Act, before the commission adopts those rules. 2-11 * * * * *