Amend CSSB 1863 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered ARTICLE and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES of the bill 
accordingly:

ARTICLE      .  AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO 
CONDUCT BINGO
	SECTION 19.01.  Section 2001.002(11), Occupations Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
		(11)  "Fraternal organization" means:                                         
			(A)  a nonprofit organization organized to perform 
and engaged primarily in performing charitable, benevolent, 
patriotic, employment-related, or educational functions that meet 
the other requirements of this chapter; [or]
			(B)  a nonprofit National Historical District 
Association representing the owners and lessees of a majority of 
the real property located in a National Historical District 
designated for not less than five years by the National Register of 
Historic Places, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service of 
the United States Department of the Interior, if the association's 
net proceeds are used for restoration, construction, maintenance, 
and security in the district.  The term "fraternal organization" 
does not include an organization whose members are predominantly 
veterans or dependents of veterans of the armed services of the 
United States; or
			(C)  a nonprofit organization that:                                   
				(i)  is organized under tribal law by a 
federally recognized Indian tribe that is not subject to the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act (18 U.S.C. Section 1166 et seq. and 25 U.S.C. 
Section 2701 et seq.) and that exercises tribal authority over a 
reservation, as defined by 25 U.S.C. Section 1300g, that is located 
in a county on the international border with Mexico; and
				(ii)  is organized to perform and is engaged 
primarily in performing charitable, benevolent, patriotic, 
employment-related, or educational functions.
	SECTION 19.02.  Subchapter C, Chapter 2001, Occupations Code, 
is amended by adding Section 2001.1015 to read as follows:
	Sec. 2001.1015. CERTAIN TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM 
REGULATORY JURISDICTION AND LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  A nonprofit 
organization in existence for at least 180 days that qualifies as a 
fraternal organization under Section 2001.002(11)(C) may conduct 
bingo on the reservation of the Indian tribe under whose tribal law 
the organization is organized on adoption by the tribe of rules 
governing the conduct of bingo by the organization that conform to 
the substantive provisions of this chapter and of Sections 47(b) 
and (c), Article III, Texas Constitution.
	(b)  In accordance with Section 107(b), Ysleta del Sur Pueblo 
and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act 
(25 U.S.C. Section 1300g-6), an organization described by 
Subsection (a) may conduct bingo activities in accordance with the 
tribe's rules adopted under Subsection (a) without submitting to 
the regulatory jurisdiction, including licensing requirements, of 
this state.
	(c)  A nonprofit organization described by Subsection (b) may 
not conduct bingo under this section unless the organization 
transfers to the state on a monthly basis an amount equal to five 
percent of the gross receipts from bingo in a manner determined by 
the comptroller.