| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 882 |
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| 1 | + | By: Bell of Montgomery H.B. No. 882 |
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| 2 | + | (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) |
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| 3 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 2, 2019; |
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| 4 | + | May 3, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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| 5 | + | Affairs; May 14, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 6 | + | Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 14, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 11 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 12 | | relating to the duration of a bingo occasion. |
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| 6 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 7 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 2001.103(b), Occupations Code, is |
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| 8 | 15 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 9 | 16 | | (b) A temporary license is valid for six [four] hours during |
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| 10 | 17 | | any one day. |
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| 11 | 18 | | SECTION 2. Section 2001.419(b), Occupations Code, is |
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| 12 | 19 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 20 | | (b) A bingo occasion may not exceed six [four] hours. |
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| 14 | 21 | | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a |
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| 15 | 22 | | bingo occasion conducted under a license issued under Chapter 2001, |
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| 16 | 23 | | Occupations Code, before, on, or after the effective date of this |
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| 17 | 24 | | Act. The holder of an unused temporary license issued before the |
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| 18 | 25 | | effective date of this Act may submit to the Texas Lottery |
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| 19 | 26 | | Commission, in the manner required by the commission, a license |
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| 20 | 27 | | amendment or a notification that provides the specific date and |
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| 21 | 28 | | time of the bingo occasion for which the temporary license will be |
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| 22 | 29 | | used, and the commission may adopt the rules and procedures |
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| 23 | 30 | | necessary to accomplish that purpose. |
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| 24 | 31 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 25 | 32 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 26 | 33 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 27 | 34 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 28 | 35 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 29 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 30 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 31 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 882 was passed by the House on May 2, |
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| 32 | | - | 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 3, 1 present, not |
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| 33 | | - | voting. |
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| 34 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 35 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 36 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 882 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 37 | | - | 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 38 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 39 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 40 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 41 | | - | Date |
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| 42 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 43 | | - | Governor |
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