H.B. No. 639
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the number of temporary licenses to conduct bingo
  issued to certain authorized organizations in a calendar year.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 2001.103(c) and (e), Occupations Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (c)  An authorized organization that does not hold a regular
  license to conduct bingo may [not] receive not more than 12 [six]
  temporary licenses in a calendar year.
         (e)  An [Notwithstanding Subsection (c), an] authorized
  organization that holds an annual license to conduct bingo may
  receive not more than 24 temporary licenses during the 12-month
  period following the issuance or renewal of the license.  The
  holder of a license that is effective for two years may receive not
  more than 24 temporary licenses for each 12-month period that ends
  on an anniversary of the date the license was issued or renewed.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 639 was passed by the House on April
  6, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 135, Nays 13, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 639 was passed by the Senate on May
  18, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
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            _____________________
                   Governor