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          A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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          AN ACT
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        relating to a charitable raffle ticket awarded as a bingo prize. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Section 2001.420, Occupations Code, is amended  | 
      
      
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        by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (d)  Notwithstanding any other law, a licensed authorized  | 
      
      
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        organization may offer and award as a bingo prize under this chapter  | 
      
      
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        a ticket for a charitable raffle conducted under Chapter 2002.  The  | 
      
      
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        bingo prize amount is the cost to purchase the ticket to enter the  | 
      
      
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        charitable raffle for purposes of this chapter. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives  | 
      
      
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        a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as  | 
      
      
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        provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this  | 
      
      
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        Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this  | 
      
      
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        Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |