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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prizes awarded in certain pull-tab bingo games. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2001.002, Occupations Code, is amended |
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by adding Subdivision (6-a) to read as follows: |
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(6-a) "Carryover pull-tab bingo" means a form of |
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pull-tab bingo played in successive rounds, in which a portion of |
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the bingo prize awarded each round is paid into a jackpot prize, the |
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winner of each round has the opportunity to win the jackpot prize, |
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and the play continues until the jackpot prize is awarded. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2001.420, Occupations Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (d) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Except for a jackpot prize awarded in a carryover |
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pull-tab bingo game, a [A] bingo prize may not have a value of more |
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than $750 for a single game. |
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(b) A person may not offer or award on a single bingo |
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occasion prizes with an aggregate value of more than $2,500 for all |
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bingo games other than: |
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(1) pull-tab bingo, including carryover pull-tab |
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bingo; or |
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(2) bingo games that award individual prizes of $50 or |
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less. |
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(d) A jackpot prize awarded in a carryover pull-tab bingo |
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game may not have a value of more than $10,000. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |