By:  Cain                                             S.B. No. 1720
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the regulation of card-minding devices used to play
 1-3     bingo.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 2001.409, Occupations
 1-6     Code, is amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (b)  A licensed authorized organization that offers [Not more
 1-8     than 40 percent of the individuals attending a bingo occasion,
 1-9     based on the average of two previously submitted quarterly reports,
1-10     may use] electronic or mechanical card-minding devices for the play
1-11     of a bingo game must also offer traditional bingo cards for the
1-12     play of the bingo game.  [This subsection does not apply to
1-13     pull-tab bingo.]
1-14           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-15     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-16     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-17     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-18     Act takes effect October 1, 2001.