81R2662 YDB-D
By: Flores H.B. No. 3806
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the operation and regulation of charitable bingo.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 2001.108(b) and (c), Occupations Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(b) If the other organization ceased or will cease
conducting bingo for the reason stated in Subsection (a)(1), the
commission must act on the joint application filed under Subsection
(a) not later than the 14th [10th] day after the date the
application is filed with the commission.
(c) If the other organization ceased or will cease
conducting bingo for the reason stated in Subsection (a)(2), the
commission must act on the joint application filed under Subsection
(a) not later than the 14th [10th] day after the date the
application is filed with the commission or the date on which the
termination takes effect, whichever is later.
SECTION 2. Sections 2001.211(b), (c), and (d), Occupations
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) If a change occurs after issuance of a manufacturer's or
distributor's license, the license holder shall report the change
to the commission not later than the 14th [10th] day after the date
of the change.
(c) Not later than the 14th [10th] day after the date of the
change, a license holder shall notify the commission of a change in:
(1) the license holder's organization, structure, or
mode of operation;
(2) the identity of persons named or required to be
named in the application and the nature or extent of those persons'
interest; or
(3) any other facts stated in the application.
(d) Failure to give a notice required under this section is
cause for:
(1) denial, suspension, or revocation of a license; or
(2) imposition of an administrative penalty or other
administrative action.
SECTION 3. Section 2001.314, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 2001.314. IDENTIFICATION CARD FOR APPROVED BINGO
WORKER. (a) The commission may require an individual [a person]
listed in the registry maintained under Section 2001.313 to wear an
identification card to identify the individual [person] to license
holders, bingo players, and commission staff while the individual
[person] is on duty during the conduct of bingo. The commission by
rule shall prescribe the form and content of the card.
(b) The commission shall provide the identification card
and shall provide a form to be completed by an individual [a person]
that allows the individual [person] to prepare the identification
card. The commission shall collect a reasonable charge to cover the
cost of providing the card or form.
(c) An identification card required by the commission under
this section to be worn by an individual [a person] while on duty
during the conduct of bingo must be in substantial compliance with
the form and content requirements prescribed by the commission
under this section.
(d) The commission may not require any other individual
[person] licensed under this chapter, or an individual [a person]
acting on the license holder's behalf, to wear an identification
card, whether or not the individual [person] is present or
performing the individual's [person's] duties during the conduct of
bingo.
SECTION 4. Section 2001.356(c), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) If a notice of temporary suspension is served on a
license holder, the director of bingo operations shall
simultaneously serve notice of a hearing, to be held not later than
the 14th [10th] day after the date the notice is served, at which
the license holder must show cause why the license should not be
temporarily suspended on the 14th [10th] day after the date the
notice is served. If the license holder does not show cause, the
license is suspended.
SECTION 5. Section 2001.603(b), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) Not later than the 21st [14th] day after the date on
which the report is issued, the director shall give written notice
of the report to the person alleged to have committed the violation.
SECTION 6. Sections 2001.656(a), (b), and (d), Occupations
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) If a majority of the qualified voters voting on the
question in a legalization election vote in favor of legalization,
bingo is legalized throughout the political subdivision beginning
on the 14th [10th] day after the date the result of the election is
officially declared, except as otherwise provided as to a part of
the political subdivision for which Section 2001.657 requires a
contrary status.
(b) If a majority of the qualified voters voting on the
question in a prohibitory election vote in favor of prohibition,
bingo is prohibited throughout the political subdivision beginning
on the 14th [10th] day after the date the result of the election is
officially declared, except as otherwise provided as to a part of
the political subdivision for which Section 2001.657 requires a
contrary status.
(d) The governing body of a political subdivision in which a
bingo election has been held shall not later than the 14th [10th]
day after the date of the election give written notification to the
commission of the results of the election. If as a result of the
election bingo is legalized in the political subdivision, the
governing body shall furnish the commission with a map prepared by
the governing body indicating the boundaries of the political
subdivision in which bingo may be conducted.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.