78R8000 T
By: Lucio S.B. No. 1736
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of electronic or mechanical card-minding
devices during a bingo occasion.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2001.409, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 2001.409. CARD-MINDING DEVICES. [(a)] A person may
not use a card-minding device:
(1) to generate or determine the random letters,
numbers, or other symbols used in playing the bingo card played with
the device's assistance;
(2) as a receptacle for the deposit of tokens or money
in payment for playing the bingo card played with the device's
assistance; or
(3) as a dispenser for the payment of a bingo prize,
including coins, paper currency, or a thing of value for the bingo
card played with the device's assistance.
[(b) Not more than 40 percent of the individuals attending a
bingo occasion, based on the average of two previously submitted
quarterly reports, may use electronic or mechanical card-minding
devices. This subsection does not apply to pull-tab bingo.]
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2001.