82R7092 KYF-F
 
  By: Guillen H.B. No. 3282
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the operation and regulation of 24-number bingo games.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2001.002, Occupations Code, is amended
  by amending Subdivisions (5) and (8-a) and adding Subdivisions
  (8-b) and (29) to read as follows:
               (5)  "Bingo equipment" means equipment used, made, or
  sold for the purpose of use in bingo. The term:
                     (A)  includes:
                           (i)  a machine or other device from which
  balls or other items are withdrawn to determine the letters and
  numbers or other symbols to be called;
                           (ii)  an electronic or mechanical
  card-minding [cardminding] device;
                           (iii)  a pull-tab dispenser;
                           (iv)  a bingo card;
                           (v)  a bingo ball; and
                           (vi)  any other device commonly used in the
  direct operation of a bingo game; and
                     (B)  does not include:
                           (i)  a bingo game set commonly manufactured
  and sold as a child's game for a retail price of $20 or less unless
  the set or a part of the set is used in bingo subject to regulation
  under this chapter; or
                           (ii)  a commonly available component part of
  bingo equipment such as a light bulb or fuse.
               (8-a)  "Credit value" means the value of money or other
  consideration accounted for by a card-minding device that:
                     (A)  includes the prize money won and the initial
  credits purchased from a point-of-sale station that is not the
  card-minding device for deposit in a person's bingo account; and
                     (B)  may be used by the person for the purchase of
  bingo cards or pull-tab bingo tickets.
               (8-b) "Crime of moral turpitude" means:
                     (A)  a felony;
                     (B)  a gambling offense;
                     (C)  criminal fraud;
                     (D)  forgery;
                     (E)  theft;
                     (F)  an offense that involves filing false
  information with a governmental agency; or
                     (G)  any offense that:
                           (i)  is classified in this state as a Class A
  misdemeanor; and
                           (ii)  puts the honesty and integrity of the
  individual who committed the offense in question.
               (29)  "24-number bingo" means a form of bingo in which
  prizes are awarded when designated numbers or symbols conform to 24
  randomly preselected numbers or symbols.
         SECTION 2.  Section 2001.409, Occupations Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (b) to read as follows:
         (b)  A person playing 24-number bingo may use a card-minding
  device:
               (1)  to display the person's available credit value
  associated with the person's bingo account; and
               (2)  to perform transactions using the credit value.
         SECTION 3.  Section 2001.419, Occupations Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
         (f)  A licensed authorized organization may conduct
  24-number bingo at the same time that the organization conducts
  other forms of bingo.
         SECTION 4.  Section 2001.420(b), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A [For bingo games other than pull-tab bingo, a] person
  may not offer or award on a single bingo occasion prizes with an
  aggregate value of more than $2,500 for all bingo games other than:
               (1)  pull-tab bingo; or
               (2)  24-number bingo games that award individual prizes
  of $25 or less.
         SECTION 5.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, but not later than December 1, 2011, the Texas Lottery
  Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement the changes in
  law made by this Act to Chapter 2001, Occupations Code.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2011.