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Amend CSSB 270 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTIONS and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill
accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 466.024(c)(2), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(2) "Video lottery machine" or "machine" means:
(A) any electronic video game machine that, on
[upon] insertion of cash or credit or for any other consideration,
is available to play or simulate the play of a video facsimile of
[game, including video] poker, keno, [and] blackjack, or slots; or
(B) a video device that uses [using] a video
display and microprocessors and is designed, constructed, adapted,
or maintained to afford a person who pays consideration to play or
use the machine an opportunity to obtain a thing of value based
solely or in substantial part on chance, including [in which the
player may receive free games or credits that can be redeemed for]
cash, coins, merchandise, gift certificates, [or] tokens, and free
games or credits that can be redeemed for [or that directly
dispenses] cash, coins, merchandise, gift certificates, or tokens.
SECTION ____. The heading to Subchapter G, Chapter 466,
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER G. OFFENSES, PENALTIES, AND ENFORCEMENT
SECTION ____. Subchapter G, Chapter 466, Government Code,
is amended by adding Section 466.318 to read as follows:
Sec. 466.318. PROHIBITED VIDEO GAMES. (a) A person commits
an offense if the person violates a rule adopted by the commission
under Section 466.024(b).
(b) An offense under Subsection (a) is a Class B
misdemeanor.
(c) Venue for prosecution of an offense under Subsection
(a), in addition to venue under other law, is in Travis County.
(d) A person who violates a rule adopted by the commission
under Section 466.024(b) is liable to the state for a civil penalty
in an amount not to exceed $1,000 for each violation. Each act of
violation and each day a violation continues is a separate
violation for purposes of this subsection.
(e) A penalty imposed under Subsection (d) may be recovered
by:
(1) the county attorney of the county in which the
violation occurred; or
(2) the attorney general in a suit filed in Travis
County.
(f) A person who resides or owns real property located
within two miles of a place where a violation or threatened
violation of a rule adopted by the commission under Section
466.024(b) occurs may bring an action to enjoin a person from
continuing the violation or threatened violation.
(g) Any person may bring a complaint to the commission, the
attorney general, or a prosecuting attorney of an alleged or
suspected violation of a rule adopted by the commission under
Section 466.024(b).