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AN ACT
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relating to the award of prizes in, and the conduct of, a |
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progressive bingo game. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2001.002, Occupations Code, is amended |
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by adding Subdivisions (8-a), (13-a), and (23-a) to read as |
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follows: |
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(8-a) "Consolation prize" means a prize offered or |
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awarded by a licensed authorized organization to a player in a |
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progressive bingo game at a bingo occasion during which no player |
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wins the jackpot prize for the progressive bingo game. |
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(13-a) "Jackpot prize" means a prize offered or |
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awarded by a licensed authorized organization to the winner of a |
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progressive bingo game. |
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(23-a) "Progressive bingo game" means a bingo game in |
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which the prize amount may be increased over successive bingo |
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occasions of the same licensed authorized organization until a |
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player completes the winning pattern for the game specified by the |
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organization. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2001.420, Occupations Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsections (b-1), (d), (e), (f), and (g) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a person may offer or |
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award on a single bingo occasion prizes for progressive bingo games |
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with an aggregate value of more than the maximum amount prescribed |
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by Subsection (b). A jackpot prize or consolation prize offered or |
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awarded in a progressive bingo game during a bingo occasion is not |
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included in the aggregated value of prizes awarded at a single bingo |
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occasion for purposes of Subsection (b). |
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(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a jackpot prize for a |
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single progressive bingo game may have a value of not more than |
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$2,500. |
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(e) A licensed authorized organization may offer only one |
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progressive bingo game during each bingo occasion. |
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(f) A consolation prize in a progressive bingo game |
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described by Subsection (b): |
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(1) may not exceed $250; and |
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(2) may be offered only once during each bingo |
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occasion. |
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(g) Subsections (b-1), (d), (e), and (f) and this subsection |
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expire September 1, 2011. |
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SECTION 3. Effective September 1, 2011, Sections |
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2001.002(8-a), (13-a), and (23-a), Occupations Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 4. Not later than January 1, 2011, the Texas Lottery |
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Commission shall prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant |
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governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the |
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members of the legislature a report on: |
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(1) the implementation of progressive bingo by |
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licensed authorized organizations as authorized by the changes in |
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law made by this Act; and |
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(2) the effect of the implementation on net bingo |
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proceeds available for charitable purposes. |
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SECTION 5. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the Texas Lottery Commission shall adopt the rules |
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necessary to implement the changes in law made by this Act to |
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Chapter 2001, Occupations Code. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2265 was passed by the House on April |
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26, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 105, Nays 31, 1 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 2265 on May 26, 2007, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 2265 on May 27, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 100, |
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Nays 43, 2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2265 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 23, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays |
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5; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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2265 on May 27, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 24, Nays 6. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |