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.