By Reyna of Bexar H.B. No. 3255
77R5441 GJH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to authorizing certain bingo games involving more than one
1-3 organization that is licensed to conduct bingo games.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Occupations Code, is amended by
1-6 adding Section 2001.4075 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 2001.4075. MULTIORGANIZATION BINGO. (a) Two or more
1-8 licensed authorized organizations that are licensed to conduct
1-9 bingo at the same premises may conduct one or more
1-10 multiorganization bingo games in which each organization
1-11 participates using an automated bingo service approved by the
1-12 commission that tracks and registers all game cards from sale
1-13 through game play.
1-14 (b) Each licensed organization that participates in a
1-15 multiorganization game under this section is responsible for its
1-16 own bingo card sales and operating costs without regard to which
1-17 organization conducts the bingo game.
1-18 SECTION 2. Section 2001.411, Occupations Code, is amended by
1-19 adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
1-20 (e) A person who otherwise qualifies to conduct a bingo game
1-21 may conduct a bingo game for a licensed authorized organization
1-22 other than a licensed authorized organization of which the person
1-23 is a member if the organization for which the person is conducting
1-24 bingo is conducting a multiorganization bingo game authorized by
2-1 Section 2001.4075 in which the organization of which the person is
2-2 a member is participating.
2-3 SECTION 3. Section 2001.414(b), Occupations Code, is amended
2-4 to read as follows:
2-5 (b) An organization conducting bingo must record on a cash
2-6 register or using an automated bingo service approved for use in
2-7 multiorganization bingo games under Section 2001.4075 all
2-8 transactions for which it receives bingo gross receipts in
2-9 conformance with commission rules relating to transaction recording
2-10 specifications.
2-11 SECTION 4. Section 2001.419, Occupations Code, is amended by
2-12 adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
2-13 (f) A multiorganization bingo game conducted under Section
2-14 2001.4075 may be conducted during the authorized bingo occasions of
2-15 each licensed authorized organization participating in the game.
2-16 SECTION 5. Section 2001.420, Occupations Code, is amended by
2-17 adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
2-18 (d) Licensed authorized organizations that participate in a
2-19 multiorganization bingo game under Section 2001.4075 may aggregate
2-20 all or a portion of the prize amounts permitted under Subsections
2-21 (a) and (b) for each organization for a bingo prize to be awarded
2-22 in the multiorganization game.
2-23 SECTION 6. Section 2001.452, Occupations Code, is amended by
2-24 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
2-25 follows:
2-26 (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), funds [Funds] from
2-27 the bingo account must be withdrawn by preprinted, consecutively
3-1 numbered checks or withdrawal slips, signed by an authorized
3-2 representative of the licensed authorized organization and made
3-3 payable to a person. A check or withdrawal slip may not be made
3-4 payable to "cash," "bearer," or a fictitious payee. The nature of
3-5 the payment made must also be noted on the face of the check or
3-6 withdrawal slip.
3-7 (d) A licensed organization that conducts a
3-8 multiorganization bingo game under Section 2001.4075 may make
3-9 payments from the bingo account by electronic transfer to the state
3-10 and to the system service provider.
3-11 SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.