86R10623 BEE-F
By: Collier H.B. No. 1972
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to municipal regulation of game rooms and amusement
redemption machines.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 234.140, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) This subchapter may not be construed to limit the
authority of a home-rule municipality to enforce a zoning
regulation adopted by the municipality to regulate game rooms or
amusement redemption machines.
SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 234, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 234.141 to read as follows:
Sec. 234.141. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. A county may enter
into an interlocal agreement with a municipality to regulate the
operation of game rooms or amusement redemption machines.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.