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| 7 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 7 | | relating to the prizes awarded in certain pull-tab bingo games. |
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| 10 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 2001.002, Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 12 | 10 | | by adding Subdivision (6-a) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 11 | | (6-a) "Carryover pull-tab bingo" means a form of |
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| 14 | 12 | | pull-tab bingo that is played in successive event pull-tab bingo |
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| 15 | 13 | | deals of the same form number and in which a portion of the bingo |
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| 16 | 14 | | prize awarded to the winner of the event prize for each deal is paid |
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| 17 | 15 | | into a jackpot prize, the winner of the event prize for each deal |
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| 18 | 16 | | has the opportunity to win the jackpot prize, and the play continues |
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| 19 | 17 | | until the jackpot prize is awarded. |
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| 20 | 18 | | SECTION 2. Section 2001.420, Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 21 | 19 | | by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (d) to |
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| 22 | 20 | | read as follows: |
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| 23 | 21 | | (a) Except for a jackpot prize awarded in a carryover |
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| 24 | 22 | | pull-tab bingo game, a [A] bingo prize may not have a value of more |
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| 25 | 23 | | than $750 for a single game. |
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| 26 | 24 | | (b) A person may not offer or award on a single bingo |
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| 27 | 25 | | occasion prizes with an aggregate value of more than $2,500 for all |
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| 28 | 26 | | bingo games other than: |
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| 29 | 27 | | (1) pull-tab bingo, including carryover pull-tab |
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| 30 | 28 | | bingo; or |
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| 31 | 29 | | (2) bingo games that award individual prizes of $50 or |
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| 32 | 30 | | less. |
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| 33 | 31 | | (d) A jackpot prize awarded in a carryover pull-tab bingo |
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| 34 | 32 | | game may not have a value of more than $10,000. |
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| 35 | 33 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 36 | 34 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 37 | 35 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 38 | 36 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 39 | 37 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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