86R6292 BEE-F
By: Miller H.B. No. 967
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to tickets used to play pull-tab bingo.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2001.002(24), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(24) "Pull-tab bingo" means a form of bingo played
using tickets [with perforated break-open tabs,] made of paper or
paper products that are folded, banded, and glued together or that
are manufactured with perforated break-open tabs, the faces [face]
of which are [is covered or otherwise] hidden from view to conceal
numbers, letters, or symbols, and some of which have been
designated in advance as prize winners. The term includes games
commonly known as "instant bingo" and "break-open bingo."
SECTION 2. 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.