SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 2001.001 - Short Title
This chapter may be cited as the Bingo Enabling Act. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
SUBCHAPTER B COMMISSION POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 2001.002 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Authorized commercial lessor" means a person eligible for a commercial license to lease bingo premises under Subchapter D. (2) "Authorized organization"...
- Texas Section 2001.051 - Control And Supervision Of Bingo; Bingo Division
(a) The commission shall administer this chapter. (b) The commission has broad authority and shall exercise strict control and close supervision over all bingo conducted...
- Texas Section 2001.052 - Director Of Bingo Operations
(a) The commission shall employ a director of bingo operations. (b) The director of bingo operations shall administer the bingo division under the direction of...
- Texas Section 2001.053 - Officers And Investigators
The commission may employ officers or investigators the commission considers necessary to administer this chapter. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....
- Texas Section 2001.054 - Rulemaking Authority
The commission may adopt rules to enforce and administer this chapter. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
- Texas Section 2001.0541 - Rules On Consequences Of Criminal Conviction
The commission shall adopt rules and guidelines as necessary to comply with Chapter 53 when using criminal history record information under this chapter to issue...
- Texas Section 2001.055 - Regulation Of Games
The commission by rule may establish the number and type of bingo games that may be played during a bingo occasion. Acts 1999, 76th Leg.,...
- Texas Section 2001.056 - Approval Of Bingo Cards
(a) The commission by rule shall provide procedures for the approval of bingo cards. (b) A license holder may not use or distribute a bingo...
- Texas Section 2001.057 - Bingo Advisory Committee
(a) The commission may appoint a bingo advisory committee consisting of nine members. The commission shall appoint members representing a balance of interests including representatives...
- Texas Section 2001.058 - Public Information
(a) The commission shall provide to any person on request a printed copy of this chapter and the rules applicable to the enforcement of this...
- Texas Section 2001.059 - Advisory Opinions
(a) An officer, bingo chairperson, or authorized representative of a license holder or an attorney, accountant, or bookkeeper employed or retained by a license holder...
- Texas Section 2001.060 - Reporting
(a) On or before June 1 of each even-numbered year, the commission shall prepare and deliver to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of...
SUBCHAPTER C LICENSE TO CONDUCT BINGO
- Texas Section 2001.061 - License Renewal Process
The commission shall adopt rules governing each part of the license renewal process for all licenses issued under this chapter, from application submission to completion...
- Texas Section 2001.101 - Authorized Organization
(a) The commission may license a person who is an authorized organization eligible for a license to conduct bingo if the person is: (1) a...
- Texas Section 2001.102 - License Application
(a) An applicant for a license to conduct bingo must file with the commission an application on a form prescribed by the commission. (b) The...
- Texas Section 2001.103 - Temporary License
(a) An authorized organization may receive a temporary license to conduct bingo by filing with the commission an application, on a form prescribed by the...
- Texas Section 2001.104 - License Fees
(a) The commission shall set the fees for a license to conduct bingo in an amount reasonable to defray administrative costs but not less than...
- Texas Section 2001.105 - License Issuance Or Renewal
(a) The commission shall issue or renew a license to conduct bingo on payment of the license fee provided by Section 2001.104 if the commission...
- Texas Section 2001.106 - Form And Contents Of License
A license to conduct bingo must include: (1) the name and address of the license holder; (2) the name and address of the bingo chairperson...
- Texas Section 2001.107 - Training Program
(a) Unless the organization is a member of a unit that designates a unit manager under Section 2001.437, the bingo chairperson for a licensed authorized...
SUBCHAPTER D COMMERCIAL LESSOR LICENSE
- Texas Section 2001.108 - License Amendment For Change Of Bingo Premises Or Occasions
(a) A licensed authorized organization and the licensed commercial lessor at which the organization conducts or will conduct bingo may file a joint application with...
- Texas Section 2001.151 - License Required
A person who leases premises on which bingo is conducted directly to a licensed authorized organization must be a licensed commercial lessor. Acts 1999, 76th...
- Texas Section 2001.152 - Eligibility
(a) The commission may issue a commercial lessor license only to: (1) a licensed authorized organization that owns or leases a premises where bingo is...
- Texas Section 2001.153 - Restrictions On Source Of Funds
(a) The commission may not issue a commercial lessor license to a person unless the commission receives evidence the commission considers adequate that funds used...
- Texas Section 2001.154 - Ineligible Persons
(a) The commission may not issue a commercial lessor license to or renew a commercial lessor license of: (1) a person convicted of criminal fraud...
- Texas Section 2001.156 - License Application
(a) An applicant for a commercial lessor license must file with the commission a written verified application on a form prescribed by the commission. (b)...
- Texas Section 2001.157 - Supplemental Information
At any time the commission, the appropriate governing body, or the attorney general may make a written request of a commercial lessor to disclose: (1)...
- Texas Section 2001.158 - License Fees
(a) The commission shall set the fees for a commercial lessor license in an amount reasonable to defray administrative costs but not less than the...
- Texas Section 2001.159 - License Issuance Or Renewal
(a) The commission shall issue or renew a commercial lessor license if the commission determines that: (1) the applicant has paid the license fee as...
- Texas Section 2001.160 - Transfer Of License
(a) On approval by the commission, a licensed commercial lessor may transfer a commercial lessor license if the person to whom the license will be...
SUBCHAPTER E MANUFACTURER'S AND DISTRIBUTOR'S LICENSES
- Texas Section 2001.161 - Licensed Authorized Organization As Commercial Lessor
(a) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 636, Sec. 42(4), eff. October 1, 2009. (b) A licensed authorized organization may obtain only one...
- Texas Section 2001.201 - Manufacturer's License Required
A manufacturer may not sell or supply to a person in this state or for use in this state bingo cards, boards, sheets, pads, or...
- Texas Section 2001.202 - Eligibility For Manufacturer's License
The following persons are not eligible for a manufacturer's license: (1) a person convicted of criminal fraud or a gambling or gambling-related offense; (2) a...
- Texas Section 2001.203 - Manufacturer's License Application
(a) An applicant for a manufacturer's license must file with the commission an application on a form prescribed by the commission. (b) The application must...
- Texas Section 2001.204 - Manufacturer's License Bond
(a) An applicant for a manufacturer's license must give the commission a cash bond or a bond in the amount of $10,000 issued by a...
- Texas Section 2001.205 - Manufacturer's License Fee
(a) The commission by rule shall set the annual manufacturer's license fee in an amount reasonable to defray administrative costs. (b) In addition to the...
- Texas Section 2001.206 - Distributor's License Required
A distributor may not sell, distribute, or supply bingo equipment or supplies for use in bingo in this state unless the distributor holds a distributor's...
- Texas Section 2001.207 - Eligibility For Distributor's License
The following persons are not eligible for a distributor's license: (1) a person convicted of criminal fraud or a gambling or gambling-related offense; (2) a...
- Texas Section 2001.208 - Distributor's License Application
(a) An applicant for a distributor's license must file with the commission an executed verified application on a form prescribed by the commission. (b) The...
- Texas Section 2001.209 - Distributor's License Fee
(a) The commission by rule shall set the annual distributor's license fee in an amount reasonable to defray administrative costs. (b) In addition to the...
- Texas Section 2001.210 - General Provisions
A license issued under this subchapter is subject to the restrictions under this subchapter. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
- Texas Section 2001.211 - Amendment Of Application
(a) An applicant for a manufacturer's or distributor's license shall, during pendency of the application, notify the commission immediately of any change relating to a...
- Texas Section 2001.212 - Denial Of License
The commission may deny an application for or renewal of a license for a cause that would permit or require the suspension or revocation of...
- Texas Section 2001.213 - Commission Action Not Required
If, for reasons beyond the control of the commission, sufficient information is not available to allow the commission to determine the eligibility of an applicant...
- Texas Section 2001.214 - License Term
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a manufacturer's or distributor's license is effective for one year unless revoked or suspended by the commission. (b)...
- Texas Section 2001.215 - Records And Reports
The commission by rule may require a holder of a manufacturer's or distributor's license to keep records and file reports. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch....
- Texas Section 2001.216 - Examination Of Records
(a) The commission may examine the books and records of the holder of or an applicant for a manufacturer's or distributor's license. (b) The commission...
- Texas Section 2001.217 - Offense
A person who does not hold a manufacturer's or distributor's license commits an offense if the person sells or attempts to induce the sale of...
SUBCHAPTER G GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMISSION LICENSES
- Texas Section 2001.218 - Payment Due
(a) Each sale or lease of bingo supplies or equipment to a license holder under this chapter must be on terms of immediate payment or...
- Texas Section 2001.301 - License Investigation
Promptly after the filing of the application for a license under this chapter, the commission shall investigate the qualifications of each applicant and the merits...
- Texas Section 2001.302 - Provision Of Supplemental Information
(a) In addition to any required application form, a license applicant or license holder shall submit any supplemental information requested by the commission. (b) The...
- Texas Section 2001.3025 - Access To Criminal History Record Information
The commission is entitled to conduct an investigation of and is entitled to obtain criminal history record information maintained by the Department of Public Safety,...
- Texas Section 2001.304 - Temporary Authorization
(a) The commission shall issue a temporary authorization for the activity requested if a license for the activity is not issued or denied before the...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 2001.306 - Amendment Of License
(a) A license issued under this chapter may be amended on application to the commission and on payment of a fee in the amount required...
- Texas Section 2001.307 - Maximum License Term
Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, a license issued under this chapter may not be effective for more than one year. Acts 1999, 76th...
- Texas Section 2001.308 - Paperwork Reduction
The commission may not require a person who has held a license under this chapter for five or more years to complete a license renewal...
- Texas Section 2001.309 - Separate License
Each location for conducting bingo must be separately licensed. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
- Texas Section 2001.310 - Display Of License
(a) A licensed authorized organization or licensed commercial lessor shall conspicuously display a license issued under this chapter and a license to lease premises for...
- Texas Section 2001.311 - Rights Not Vested
The issuance of a license or temporary authorization by the commission does not grant a vested right in the license, the temporary authorization, or the...
- Texas Section 2001.312 - Failure To File Fee Reports
A person is not eligible for a license or a license renewal unless all required reports and requested information have been filed under this chapter....
- Texas Section 2001.313 - Registry Of Approved Bingo Workers
(a) To minimize duplicate criminal history background checks by the commission and the costs incurred by organizations and individuals, the commission shall maintain a registry...
- Texas Section 2001.314 - Identification Card For Approved Bingo Worker
(a) The commission may require an individual listed in the registry maintained under Section 2001.313 to wear an identification card to identify the individual to...
- Texas Section 2001.315 - Late License Renewal
(a) A person who fails to renew the person's license under this chapter before the date the license expires may renew the license after the...
SUBCHAPTER H DENIAL, REVOCATION, AND SUSPENSION OF LICENSE
- Texas Section 2001.316 - Delivery Of Commission Notice
If notice under this chapter is required to be given to an authorized organization, the commission shall send the notice to the bingo chairperson of...
- Texas Section 2001.351 - Denial Of License
The commission may deny an application for a license or renewal of a license issued under this chapter for a cause that would permit or...
- Texas Section 2001.352 - Hearing
(a) A person whose application for a license is denied by the commission may make a written request for a hearing. At the hearing the...
- Texas Section 2001.353 - Discipline Of License And Registration Holders
(a) After a hearing, the commission may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a license or registration issued under this chapter for: (1) failure to...
- Texas Section 2001.354 - Final Hearing
(a) The commission shall hold a final hearing on the suspension or revocation of a license, if requested by the license holder, not later than...
- Texas Section 2001.355 - Temporary Suspension
(a) The commission may temporarily suspend a license issued under this chapter for failure to comply with this chapter or a commission rule. (b) Before...
- Texas Section 2001.356 - Notice Of Temporary Suspension
(a) A proceeding to temporarily suspend a license issued under this chapter is initiated by the director of bingo operations by serving notice to the...
- Texas Section 2001.357 - Judicial Review
(a) An applicant for or the holder of a license issued or to be issued under this chapter whose application has been denied, whose license...
SUBCHAPTER I OPERATION OF BINGO
- Texas Section 2001.358 - Schedule Of Sanctions
(a) The commission by rule shall adopt a schedule of sanctions that defines and summarizes violations of this chapter or commission rules adopted under this...
- Texas Section 2001.401 - Restrictions On Premises Providers
A person may not, for direct or indirect consideration, lease or otherwise make a premises available for conducting bingo unless the person is: (1) a...
- Texas Section 2001.402 - Single Premises
(a) Bingo may not be conducted at more than one premises on property owned or leased by a licensed authorized organization. (b) Repealed by Acts...
- Texas Section 2001.403 - Common Roof Or Foundation
(a) Except as provided by this section, no more than one bingo premises may exist under a common roof or over a common foundation. (b)...
- Texas Section 2001.404 - Principal Location
A licensed authorized organization may conduct bingo only in: (1) the county where the organization has its primary business office or another county contiguous to...
- Texas Section 2001.405 - Prohibited Rental Payments
Bingo may not be conducted at a leased premises if rental under the lease is to be paid, in whole or part, on the basis...
- Texas Section 2001.406 - Rent For Premises
(a) The rent charged by a licensed commercial lessor to a licensed authorized organization to conduct bingo may not exceed $600 for each bingo occasion...
- Texas Section 2001.407 - Equipment And Supply Transactions
(a) A licensed manufacturer may furnish, by sale or otherwise, bingo equipment or supplies to a licensed distributor. A licensed manufacturer may not furnish, by...
- Texas Section 2001.408 - Other Methods For Playing Bingo
Subject to the commission's rules, bingo may be played using a pull-tab bingo ticket. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
- Texas Section 2001.409 - Card-minding Devices
(a) A person may not use a card-minding device: (1) to generate or determine the random letters, numbers, or other symbols used in playing the...
- Texas Section 2001.410 - Pull-tab Dispenser
(a) A person may not use a pull-tab dispenser: (1) to generate or determine the random letters, numbers, or other symbols used in playing bingo;...
- Texas Section 2001.411 - Persons Operating Or Conducting Bingo
(a) Except as provided by this section, a person other than a bona fide member of a licensed authorized organization may not conduct, promote, or...
- Texas Section 2001.4115 - Joint Employment Of Bingo Employees
Two or more licensed authorized organizations conducting bingo at the same premises may jointly hire bingo employees. One organization may act as the employee's employer...
- Texas Section 2001.412 - Admission To Bingo Games
A person may not be denied admission to a bingo game or the opportunity to participate in a game because of race, color, creed, religion,...
- Texas Section 2001.413 - Admission Charge Required
Except as provided by Section 2001.4155, a licensed authorized organization may not offer or provide to a person the opportunity to play bingo without charge....
- Texas Section 2001.414 - Bingo Records
(a) The commission by rule may provide for different recordkeeping procedures for licensed authorized organizations by class based on the amount of gross receipts of...
- Texas Section 2001.415 - Advertisements
(a) A person other than a licensed authorized organization, licensed commercial lessor, or the commission may not advertise bingo. (b) A licensed authorized organization, licensed...
- Texas Section 2001.4155 - Gift Certificates
(a) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a licensed authorized organization from selling or redeeming a gift certificate that entitles the bearer of the certificate to...
- Texas Section 2001.416 - Other Games
(a) A game of chance other than bingo or a raffle conducted under Chapter 2002 may not be conducted or allowed during a bingo occasion....
- Texas Section 2001.418 - Minors
(a) An individual younger than 18 years of age may not play bingo conducted under a license issued under this chapter unless the individual is...
- Texas Section 2001.419 - Bingo Occasions
(a) A licensed authorized organization may not conduct more than three bingo occasions during a calendar week under an annual license. (b) A bingo occasion...
SUBCHAPTER I-1 UNIT ACCOUNTING
- Texas Section 2001.420 - Prizes
(a) A bingo prize may not have a value of more than $750 for a single game. (b) A person may not offer or award...
- Texas Section 2001.431 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Unit" means two or more licensed authorized organizations that conduct bingo at the same location joining together to share revenues, authorized...
- Texas Section 2001.432 - Forming Accounting Unit
(a) Two or more licensed authorized organizations may form and operate a unit as provided by this subchapter by: (1) executing a unit accounting agreement;...
- Texas Section 2001.433 - Applicability Of Chapter
A licensed authorized organization that uses unit accounting is subject to the other provisions of this chapter to the extent the provisions are applicable and...
- Texas Section 2001.4335 - Exemption From Franchise Tax
A unit formed under this subchapter is exempt from the tax imposed under Chapter 171, Tax Code. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch....
- Texas Section 2001.434 - Conduct Of Bingo
(a) Each licensed authorized organization that is a member of a unit shall conduct its bingo games separately from the bingo games of the other...
- Texas Section 2001.435 - Unit Accounting
(a) A unit: (1) shall establish and maintain one checking account designated as the unit's bingo account; (2) shall maintain one inventory of bingo supplies...
- Texas Section 2001.436 - Disbursement Of Funds By Dissolved Unit
(a) Sections 2001.457(a) and (b) apply to a unit formed under this subchapter. For purposes of this subchapter, the requirements of Sections 2001.457(a) and (b)...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 2001.438 - Agreement Without Unit Manager
(a) This section applies to a unit if the unit accounting agreement for the unit: (1) does not state that a unit manager will be...
SUBCHAPTER J BINGO ACCOUNTS AND USE OF PROCEEDS
- Texas Section 2001.439 - Trust Agreement
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, a unit may be formed pursuant to a trust agreement between two or more licensed authorized organizations...
- Texas Section 2001.451 - Organization Bingo Accounts
(a) A licensed authorized organization shall establish and maintain one regular checking account designated as the organization's "bingo account." The organization may maintain a separate...
- Texas Section 2001.452 - Bingo Account Withdrawals
(a) Funds from the bingo account must be withdrawn by electronic funds transfer or by preprinted, consecutively numbered checks or withdrawal slips, signed by an...
- Texas Section 2001.453 - Authorized Uses Of Bingo Account
A licensed authorized organization may withdraw funds from its bingo account only for: (1) the payment of necessary or reasonable bona fide expenses, including compensation...
- Texas Section 2001.454 - Use Of Net Proceeds For Charitable Purposes
(a) A licensed authorized organization shall devote to the charitable purposes of the organization its net proceeds of bingo and any rental of premises. (b)...
- Texas Section 2001.455 - Use Of Proceeds By Recipient
A person given bingo proceeds for a charitable purpose may not use the donation: (1) to pay for services rendered or materials purchased in connection...
- Texas Section 2001.456 - Use Of Proceeds By Licensed Authorized Organization
A licensed authorized organization may not use the net proceeds from bingo directly or indirectly to: (1) support or oppose a candidate or slate of...
- Texas Section 2001.457 - Required Disbursements To Charity
(a) Before the end of each quarter, a licensed authorized organization shall disburse all of the organization's net proceeds from the preceding quarter, other than...
- Texas Section 2001.458 - Items Of Expense
(a) An item of expense may not be incurred or paid in connection with the conduct of bingo except an expense that is reasonable or...
SUBCHAPTER K PRIZE FEES
- Texas Section 2001.459 - Expenses Paid From Bingo Account
(a) The following items of expense incurred or paid in connection with the conduct of bingo must be paid from an organization's bingo account: (1)...
- Texas Section 2001.502 - Prize Fee
A licensed authorized organization shall: (1) collect from a person who wins a bingo prize of more than $5 a fee in the amount of...
- Texas Section 2001.503 - Local Share Of Prize Fee
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a county that imposed a gross receipts tax on the conduct of bingo as of January 1, 1993,...
- Texas Section 2001.504 - Payment And Reporting Of Fee
(a) A fee on prizes authorized or imposed under this subchapter is due and is payable by the license holder or a person conducting bingo...
- Texas Section 2001.505 - Report Of Expenses
(a) A licensed authorized organization conducting bingo shall submit quarterly to the commission a report under oath stating: (1) the amount of the gross receipts...
- Texas Section 2001.506 - Record Of Prize Winner
The commission by rule may require a licensed authorized organization to maintain records relating to each person to whom a prize is awarded at a...
- Texas Section 2001.507 - Collection And Disbursement Of Prize Fee
(a) The commission shall deposit the revenue collected from the fee on prizes imposed by Section 2001.502 to the credit of a special account in...
- Texas Section 2001.508 - Penalties For Failure To Pay Or Report
(a) If a person fails to file a report of the fee on prizes as required by this chapter or fails to pay to the...
- Texas Section 2001.509 - Recomputation Of Prize Fee
If the commission is not satisfied with a report of the fee on prizes or the amount of the fee on prizes required to be...
- Texas Section 2001.510 - Determination If No Report Made
(a) If a license holder fails to make a required report of the fee on prizes, or if a person conducts bingo without a license,...
- Texas Section 2001.511 - Jeopardy Determination
(a) If the commission believes that the collection of the fee on prizes, an amount of the fee on prizes required to be remitted to...
- Texas Section 2001.512 - Application Of Tax Laws
(a) Subtitle B, Title 2, Tax Code, applies to the administration, collection, and enforcement of the fee on prizes imposed under Section 2001.502 except as...
- Texas Section 2001.513 - Delinquency: Seizure And Sale
(a) At any time within three years after a person is delinquent in the payment of an amount of the fee on prizes, the commission...
- Texas Section 2001.514 - Security
(a) To secure payment of the fee on prizes imposed under this subchapter, each license holder shall furnish to the commission: (1) a cash bond;...
SUBCHAPTER L ENFORCEMENT
- Texas Section 2001.515 - Commission's Duties
The commission shall perform all functions incident to the administration, collection, enforcement, and operation of the fee on prizes imposed under this subchapter. Acts 1999,...
- Texas Section 2001.551 - Unlawful Bingo; Offense
(a) In this section, "bingo" or "game" means a specific game of chance, commonly known as bingo or lotto, in which prizes are awarded on...
- Texas Section 2001.552 - Fraudulent Award Of Prizes; Offense
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly participates in the award of a prize to a bingo player in a manner that...
- Texas Section 2001.553 - Unlicensed Sales; Offense
(a) A person commits an offense if a person sells or attempts to induce the sale of bingo equipment, supplies, or automated bingo services to...
- Texas Section 2001.554 - Other Offenses; Revocation Of License
(a) A person commits an offense and the person's license is subject to revocation under this chapter if the person: (1) makes a false statement...
- Texas Section 2001.555 - Exemption From Prosecution
(a) A person lawfully conducting or participating in bingo or permitting the conduct of bingo on premises owned or leased by the person under a...
- Texas Section 2001.556 - Price Fixing Prohibited
(a) A manufacturer, distributor, or supplier may not by express or implied agreement with another manufacturer or distributor fix the price at which bingo equipment...
- Texas Section 2001.557 - Inspection Of Premises
(a) The commission, its officers or agents, or a state, municipal, or county peace officer may enter and inspect the contents of premises where: (1)...
- Texas Section 2001.558 - Injunction; Civil Penalty
(a) If the commission, the appropriate governing body, or the attorney general has reason to believe that this chapter has been or is about to...
- Texas Section 2001.559 - Remedies Not Exclusive
The commission may suspend or revoke a license under Section 2001.355, impose an administrative penalty under Subchapter M, or both, depending on the severity of...
- Texas Section 2001.560 - Examination Of Records; Disclosure Of Information
(a) The governing body of the appropriate political subdivision or the attorney general may: (1) examine or cause to be examined the records of an...
SUBCHAPTER M ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY
- Texas Section 2001.561 - Penal Code Application
Section 47.08, Penal Code, applies to a prosecution for a violation of this chapter. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
- Texas Section 2001.601 - Imposition Of Penalty
The commission may impose an administrative penalty against a person who violates this chapter or a rule or order adopted by the commission under this...
- Texas Section 2001.602 - Amount Of Penalty
(a) The amount of the administrative penalty may not exceed $1,000 for each violation. Each day a violation continues or occurs may be considered a...
- Texas Section 2001.603 - Notice Of Violation And Penalty
(a) If, after investigating a possible violation and the facts surrounding that possible violation, the director determines that a violation has occurred, the director may...
- Texas Section 2001.604 - Penalty To Be Paid Or Hearing Requested
(a) Not later than the 20th day after the date the person receives the notice, the person may: (1) accept the recommendation of the director,...
- Texas Section 2001.605 - Hearing
(a) If the person timely requests a hearing or does not respond to the notice in the time provided by Section 2001.604(a), the director shall...
- Texas Section 2001.606 - Decision By Director
(a) Based on the findings of fact and conclusions of law and the recommendations of the hearings examiner, the director by order: (1) may find...
- Texas Section 2001.607 - Options Following Decision: Pay Or Appeal
(a) Not later than the 30th day after the date on which the order becomes final, the person shall: (1) pay the administrative penalty; (2)...
- Texas Section 2001.608 - Collection Of Penalty
If the person does not pay the administrative penalty and the enforcement of the penalty is not stayed, the director may refer the matter to...
- Texas Section 2001.609 - Determination By Court
(a) If the court sustains the finding that a violation occurred, the court may uphold or reduce the amount of the administrative penalty and order...
- Texas Section 2001.610 - Remittance Of Penalty And Interest
(a) If, after judicial review, the administrative penalty is reduced or not upheld by the court, the court shall, after the judgment becomes final: (1)...
SUBCHAPTER N ELECTIONS
- Texas Section 2001.611 - Administrative Procedure
A proceeding under this subchapter is subject to Chapter 2001, Government Code. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
- Texas Section 2001.651 - Ordering Election
The governing body of a county, justice precinct, or municipality: (1) shall order and hold an election under this chapter in the appropriate political subdivision...
- Texas Section 2001.652 - Petition
(a) A petition for an election to legalize bingo under this chapter must have a statement substantially as follows preceding the space reserved for signatures...
- Texas Section 2001.653 - Verification Of Petition
(a) Not later than the fifth day after the date the governing body receives a petition for an election, the governing body shall submit the...
- Texas Section 2001.654 - Date Of Election
(a) If the officer responsible for certifying a petition determines that a petition is valid, the governing body shall: (1) order that an election be...
- Texas Section 2001.655 - Ballot Proposition
(a) In an election to legalize bingo under this chapter in a political subdivision, the ballot shall be prepared to provide for voting for or...
- Texas Section 2001.656 - Effect Of Election
(a) If a majority of the qualified voters voting on the question in a legalization election vote in favor of legalization, bingo is legalized throughout...
- Texas Section 2001.657 - Determination Of Local Option Status
(a) In determining whether bingo under this chapter is permitted in an area, the rules provided by this section apply. (b) Bingo is permitted in...