By Eiland                                             H.B. No. 2916
         77R7092 GJH-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the regulation of pull-tab or instant bingo.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Sections 2001.002(24) and (25), Occupations Code,
 1-5     are amended to read as follows:
 1-6                 (24)  "Pull-tab bingo" means a form of bingo played
 1-7     using tickets with perforated break-open tabs, or using cards made
 1-8     of paper or paper products, the face of which is covered or
 1-9     otherwise hidden from view to conceal numbers, letters, or symbols,
1-10     some of which have been designated in advance as prize winners.
1-11     The term includes games commonly known as "instant bingo" and
1-12     "break-open bingo."
1-13                 (25)  "Pull-tab dispenser" means an electronic or
1-14     mechanical device that dispenses a pull-tab bingo ticket or card
1-15     after a person inserts money into the device, and includes a device
1-16     commonly known as a "ticket dispenser" or "card dispenser."
1-17           SECTION 2. Section 2001.408, Occupations Code, is amended to
1-18     read as follows:
1-19           Sec. 2001.408.  OTHER METHODS FOR PLAYING BINGO.  Subject to
1-20     the commission's rules, bingo may be played using a pull-tab bingo
1-21     ticket or card.
1-22           SECTION 3. Sections 2001.410(b) and (d), Occupations Code,
1-23     are amended to read as follows:
1-24           (b)  The price of a pull-tab ticket or card sold by a
 2-1     pull-tab dispenser may not exceed $1.
 2-2           (d)  A bingo game representation or combination of bingo
 2-3     games must be shown on a ticket or card dispensed from a pull-tab
 2-4     dispenser.
 2-5           SECTION 4. Section 2001.457(d), Occupations Code, is amended
 2-6     to read as follows:
 2-7           (d)  In this section:
 2-8                 (1)  "Adjusted gross receipts" means gross receipts
 2-9     less the amount of cost of goods purchased by an organization and
2-10     prizes paid in the preceding quarter.[; and]
2-11                 (2)  "Cost of goods purchased by an organization" means
2-12     the cost of bingo paper or pull-tab bingo tickets or cards
2-13     purchased by the organization.
2-14           SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-15     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-16     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
2-17     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-18     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.