Amend CSHB 2578 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 8, line 14, immediately following "year.", insert the following:
The commission must retain under this subsection:
(1) in each state fiscal year, the amount necessary to ensure that the ratio of the amount retained under this subsection to the amount paid to the commission as license fees during that fiscal year is the same as the ratio of the amount appropriated to the commission to enforce bingo laws under Chapter 1281 (HB1), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, to the amount paid to the commission as license fees during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2017; and
(2) an amount that includes amounts appropriated to the commission as miscellaneous revenue authorized and generated by the operation of charitable bingo under this chapter and collected by the commission, other than revenue generated from the collection of fees or fines under this chapter.
(2) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 2001.502, Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2001.502. PRIZE FEE. A licensed authorized organization shall:
(1) collect from a person who wins a bingo prize of more than $5 a fee in the amount of five percent of the amount or value of the prize; and
(2) remit to the commission a fee in the amount of five percent of the amount or value of all bingo prizes of more than $5 awarded.