H.B. No. 2265

	AN ACT
	relating to the award of prizes in, and the conduct of, a
	progressive bingo game.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 2001.002, Occupations Code, is amended
	by adding Subdivisions (8-a), (13-a), and (23-a) to read as
	follows:
	(8-a)  "Consolation prize" means a prize offered or
	awarded by a licensed authorized organization to a player in a
	progressive bingo game at a bingo occasion during which no player
	wins the jackpot prize for the progressive bingo game.
	(13-a)  "Jackpot prize" means a prize offered or
	awarded by a licensed authorized organization to the winner of a
	progressive bingo game.
	(23-a)  "Progressive bingo game" means a bingo game in
	which the prize amount may be increased over successive bingo
	occasions of the same licensed authorized organization until a
	player completes the winning pattern for the game specified by the
	organization.
	SECTION 2.  Section 2001.420, Occupations Code, is amended
	by adding Subsections (b-1), (d), (e), (f), and (g) to read as
	follows:
	(b-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a person may offer or
	award on a single bingo occasion prizes for progressive bingo games
	with an aggregate value of more than the maximum amount prescribed
	by Subsection (b). A jackpot prize or consolation prize offered or
	awarded in a progressive bingo game during a bingo occasion is not
	included in the aggregated value of prizes awarded at a single bingo
	occasion for purposes of Subsection (b).
	(d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a jackpot prize for a
	single progressive bingo game may have a value of not more than
	$2,500.
	(e)  A licensed authorized organization may offer only one
	progressive bingo game during each bingo occasion.
	(f)  A consolation prize in a progressive bingo game
	described by Subsection (b):
	(1)  may not exceed $250; and
	(2)  may be offered only once during each bingo
	occasion.
	(g)  Subsections (b-1), (d), (e), and (f) and this subsection
	expire September 1, 2011.
	SECTION 3.  Effective September 1, 2011, Sections
	2001.002(8-a), (13-a), and (23-a), Occupations Code, are repealed.
	SECTION 4.  Not later than January 1, 2011, the Texas Lottery
	Commission shall prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant
	governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the
	members of the legislature a report on:
	(1)  the implementation of progressive bingo by
	licensed authorized organizations as authorized by the changes in
	law made by this Act; and
	(2)  the effect of the implementation on net bingo
	proceeds available for charitable purposes.
	SECTION 5.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
	of this Act, the Texas Lottery Commission shall adopt the rules
	necessary to implement the changes in law made by this Act to
	Chapter 2001, Occupations Code.
	SECTION 6.  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, 2007.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2265 was passed by the House on April
	26, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 105, Nays 31, 1 present, not
	voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
	H.B. No. 2265 on May 26, 2007, and requested the appointment of a
	conference committee to consider the differences between the two
	houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
	on H.B. No. 2265 on May 27, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 100,
	Nays 43, 2 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2265 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 23, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 26, Nays
	5; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
	committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
	that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
	2265 on May 27, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 24, Nays 6.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
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	Governor