81R2659 YDB-D
 
  By: Flores H.B. No. 3812
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to bingo advisory opinions.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2001.059, Occupations Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (g) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  An officer, primary operator, or authorized
  representative of a license holder or an attorney, accountant, or
  bookkeeper employed or retained by a license holder [A person] may
  request from the commission an advisory opinion regarding
  compliance with this chapter and the rules of the commission.
         (g)  The commission may refuse to issue an advisory opinion
  under this section on a matter that the commission knows to be in
  active litigation.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.