Sec. 2001.437. UNIT MANAGER; LICENSE. (a) If the unit accounting agreement of a unit states that a unit manager is responsible for compliance with commission rules and this chapter, the unit manager is responsible for:
(1) the filing of one quarterly report for the unit on a form prescribed by the commission; and
(2) the payment of fees and the maintenance of the bingo inventory and financial records of the unit.
(b) A unit with a unit manager shall notify the commission of the name of the unit manager and immediately notify the commission of any change of unit manager.
(c) A person may not provide services as a unit manager to licensed authorized organizations that form a unit unless the person holds a unit manager license under this subchapter. A person designated as an agent under Section 2001.438(b) is not a unit manager on account of that designation for purposes of this section.
(d) An applicant for a unit manager license must file with the commission a written application on a form prescribed by the commission that includes:
(1) the name and address of the applicant;
(2) information regarding whether the applicant, or any officer, director, or employee of the applicant, has been convicted of criminal fraud or a gambling or gambling-related offense; and
(3) any other information required by commission rule.
(e) The commission by rule shall establish an annual license fee for a unit manager license in an amount reasonable to defray administrative costs plus any costs incurred to conduct a criminal background check.
(f) A person who holds a unit manager license shall post a bond or other security pursuant to Section 2001.514.
(g) A person is not eligible for a unit manager license under this subchapter if the person, or any officer, director, or employee of the person:
(1) has been convicted of criminal fraud or a gambling or gambling-related offense;
(2) is an owner, officer, or director of a licensed commercial lessor, is employed by a licensed commercial lessor, or is related to a licensed commercial lessor within the second degree by consanguinity or affinity, unless the holder of the license is a licensed authorized organization or an association of licensed authorized organizations; or
(3) holds or is listed on another license under this chapter, unless the holder of the license is a licensed authorized organization or an association of licensed authorized organizations.
(h) A unit manager must complete the training required by Section 2001.107.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1114, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 993 (H.B. 2197), Sec. 38, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1255 (H.B. 1905), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2015.
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