Amend HB 2578 on third reading, by striking added Section 2001.507(i), Occupations Code, and substituting the following:
(i) The commission shall reduce the amount of each local share of a fee to each county or municipality entitled to a share of the fee under Section 2001.503 on a pro rata basis as necessary to retain the amount necessary for the administration of bingo under this chapter for the state fiscal year less the amount estimated by the commission as license fees expected to be deposited in a special account in the general revenue fund for that year. The amount the commission retains under this subsection:
(1) must, in each state fiscal year, be 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) is considered miscellaneous revenue for purposes of appropriations made to the commission under the General Appropriations Act for the administration of this chapter.