81R2660 YDB-D
By: Flores H.B. No. 3809
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reports regarding charitable bingo.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 2001, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 2001.060 to read as follows:
Sec. 2001.060. REPORTING. (a) On or before June 1 of each
even-numbered year, the commission shall prepare and deliver to the
governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
representatives, and the chairs of the standing committees of the
senate and house of representatives with primary jurisdiction over
charitable bingo a report stating for each of the preceding two
calendar years:
(1) the total amount of adjusted gross receipts
reported by licensed authorized organizations from their bingo
operations;
(2) the total amount of net proceeds reported by
licensed authorized organizations from their bingo operations; and
(3) a comparison of the amounts reported under
Subdivisions (1) and (2), including the percentage that the net
proceeds represents of the adjusted gross receipts.
(b) For purposes of Subsection (a), "adjusted gross
receipts" means the amount of gross receipts remaining after
deducting prizes paid, excluding prize fees collected from bingo
players.
(c) For purposes of Subsection (a), the commission shall
determine the total amount of net proceeds in a manner that does not
reduce gross receipts by the amount of rent paid for the rental of
bingo premises by a licensed authorized organization to another
licensed authorized organization if the other organization pays
rent for the premises to a licensed commercial lessor.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.