H.B. No. 882
AN ACT
relating to the duration of a bingo occasion.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2001.103(b), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A temporary license is valid for six [four] hours during
any one day.
SECTION 2. Section 2001.419(b), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A bingo occasion may not exceed six [four] hours.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a
bingo occasion conducted under a license issued under Chapter 2001,
Occupations Code, before, on, or after the effective date of this
Act. The holder of an unused temporary license issued before the
effective date of this Act may submit to the Texas Lottery
Commission, in the manner required by the commission, a license
amendment or a notification that provides the specific date and
time of the bingo occasion for which the temporary license will be
used, and the commission may adopt the rules and procedures
necessary to accomplish that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 882 was passed by the House on May 2,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 3, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 882 was passed by the Senate on May
21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor