1-1 By: Cain S.B. No. 1720
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2001; March 14, 2001, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
1-4 April 25, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 25, 2001,
1-6 sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1720 By: Armbrister
1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-9 AN ACT
1-10 relating to the regulation of card-minding devices used to play
1-11 bingo.
1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13 SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 2001.409, Occupations
1-14 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-15 (b) A licensed authorized organization that offers [Not more
1-16 than 40 percent of the individuals attending a bingo occasion,
1-17 based on the average of two previously submitted quarterly reports,
1-18 may use] electronic or mechanical card-minding devices for the play
1-19 of a bingo game must also offer traditional bingo cards for the
1-20 play of the bingo game. [This subsection does not apply to
1-21 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
1-25 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-26 Act takes effect October 1, 2001.
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