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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