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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