86R6292 BEE-F
 
  By: Miller H.B. No. 967
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to tickets used to play pull-tab bingo.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2001.002(24), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (24)  "Pull-tab bingo" means a form of bingo played
  using tickets [with perforated break-open tabs,] made of paper or
  paper products that are folded, banded, and glued together or that
  are manufactured with perforated break-open tabs, the faces [face]
  of which are [is covered or otherwise] hidden from view to conceal
  numbers, letters, or symbols, and some of which have been
  designated in advance as prize winners. The term includes games
  commonly known as "instant bingo" and "break-open bingo."
         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, 2019.