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Amend HB 2265 as follows:                                                    
	(1)  In SECTION 2 of the bill (page 1, lines 20 through 22), 
strike the recital and substitute the following:
	Section 2001.420, Occupations Code, is amended by adding 
Subsections (b-1), (d), (e),  (f), and (g) to read as follows:
	(2)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, strike amended Subsections (a) 
and (b), Section 2001.420, Occupations Code (page 1, line 23 
through page 2, line 7), and substitute the following:
	(b-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a person may offer or 
award on a single bingo occasion prizes for progressive bingo games 
with an aggregate value of more than the maximum amount prescribed 
by Subsection (b).  A jackpot prize or consolation prize offered or 
awarded in a progressive bingo game during a bingo occasion is not 
included in the aggregated value of prizes awarded at a single bingo 
occasion for purposes of Subsection (b).
	(3)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, strike added Subsection (d), 
Section 2001.420, Occupations Code (page 2, lines 8 and 9), and 
substitute the following:
	(d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a jackpot prize for a 
single progressive bingo game may not have a value of more than 
$2,500.
	(4)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, following added Subsection 
(f), Section 2001.420, Occupations Code (page 2, between lines 16 
and 17), insert the following:
	(g)  Subsections (b-1), (d), (e), and (f) and this subsection 
expire September 1, 2011.
	(5)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to 
the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION __.  Effective September 1, 2011, Sections 
2001.002(8-a), (13-a), and (23-a), Occupations Code, are repealed.
	SECTION __.  Not later than January 1, 2011, the Texas 
Lottery Commission shall prepare and submit to the governor, the 
lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, 
and the members of the legislature a report on:
		(1)  the implementation of progressive bingo by 
licensed authorized organizations as authorized by the changes in 
law made by this Act; and
		(2)  the effect of the implementation on net bingo 
proceeds available for charitable purposes.