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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prizes awarded in a 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 amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (d) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a [A] bingo prize |
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may not have a value of more than $750 for a single game. |
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(b) For bingo games other than pull-tab bingo or progressive |
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bingo games, a person may not offer or award on a single bingo |
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occasion prizes with an aggregate value of more than $2,500. A |
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jackpot prize or consolation prize offered or awarded in a |
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progressive bingo game during a bingo occasion is not included in |
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the aggregated value of prizes awarded at a single bingo occasion |
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for purposes of this subsection. |
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(d) A jackpot prize or consolation prize may not have a |
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value of more than $50,000 for a single progressive bingo game. |
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SECTION 3. 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 4. 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. |