Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2098 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 03/07/2019

                            86R6457 BEE-F
 By: Birdwell S.B. No. 2098


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the regulation of game rooms in certain counties.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 234.132, Local Government Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 Sec. 234.132.  APPLICABILITY.  This subchapter applies only
 to:
 (1)  a county that has a population of less than 25,000,
 is adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico, and is within 50 miles of an
 international border;
 (2)  a county that has a population of four million or
 more;
 (3)  a county that is adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico and
 to a county that has a population of four million or more;
 (4)  a county located on the Texas-Mexico border that
 has a population of less than 300,000 and contains a municipality
 with a population of 200,000 or more;
 (5)  a county that has a population of 550,000 or more
 and is adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (2);
 (6)  a county that is located in the Permian Basin
 within 25 miles of this state's border with another state of the
 United States and has a population of more than 130,000;
 (7)  a county that is located on this state's border
 with Louisiana, has a population of more than 65,000, and is within
 50 miles of a municipality in Louisiana with a population of more
 than 150,000;
 (8)  a county that has a population of more than 200,000
 and less than 250,000 [220,000]; and
 (9)  a county that has a population of more than 1.8
 million and that is adjacent to a county with a population of more
 than 2.2 million.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.