By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 394

(Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte)

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2013; May 2, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 15, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 2; May 15, 2013, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to limits on prizes for bingo games.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. 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) bingo games that award individual prizes of $50 or less.

SECTION 2. 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, 2013.

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