Sec. 2001.305. NOTICE TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES. (a) The commission may not issue a license to an applicant for an authorized organization license or a commercial lessor license until the applicant has sent a copy of the license application to the appropriate governing body.
(b) Immediately after receiving a license, a license holder shall send a copy of the license to the appropriate governing body. The governing body shall file the copy of the license in a central file containing licenses issued under this chapter.
(c) Not later than the 10th day after the date a license is issued, the license holder shall give written notice of the issuance of the license to:
(1) the police department of the municipality in which bingo will be conducted, if bingo is to be conducted in a municipality; or
(2) the sheriff of the county in which bingo will be conducted, if bingo is to be conducted outside a municipality.
(d) Bingo may not be played until notification has been given under Subsections (b) and (c).
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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