81R2663 YDB-D By: Flores H.B. No. 3811 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the locations where a licensed authorized organization may conduct bingo. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2001.404, Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 2001.404. PRINCIPAL LOCATION. A licensed authorized organization may conduct bingo only in: (1) the county where the organization has its primary business office or another county contiguous to that county; or (2) if the organization does not have a [has no] business office, in the county of the principal residence of its chief executive officer, or a contiguous county of this state. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.