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AN ACT
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relating to the regulation of amusement redemption machine game |
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rooms in certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 234.131(2), Local Government Code, as |
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added by Chapter 1284 (H.B. 2123), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows: |
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(2) "Game room" means a for-profit business located in |
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a building or place that contains six or more: |
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(A) amusement redemption machines; or |
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(B) electronic, electromechanical, or mechanical |
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contrivances that, for consideration, afford a player the |
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opportunity to obtain a prize or thing of value, the award of which |
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is determined solely or partially by chance, regardless of whether |
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the contrivance is designed, made, or adopted solely for bona fide |
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amusement purposes. |
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SECTION 2. Section 234.132, Local Government Code, as added |
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by Chapter 1284 (H.B. 2123), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 234.132. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only |
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to: |
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(1) a county that has [with] a population of less than |
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25,000, [that] is adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico, and is within 50 |
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miles of an international border; |
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(2) a county that has a population of four million or |
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more; |
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(3) a county that is adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico and |
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to a county that has a population of four million or more; and |
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(4) a county located on the Texas-Mexico border that |
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has a population of less than 300,000 and contains a municipality |
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with a population of 200,000 or more. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 234.136(a) and (b), Local Government |
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Code, as added by Chapter 1284 (H.B. 2123), Acts of the 83rd |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A peace officer or county employee may inspect a |
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business in the county to determine the number of amusement |
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redemption machines or machines described by Section 234.131(2)(B) |
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subject to regulation under this subchapter that are located on the |
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premises of the business. |
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(b) A peace officer or county employee may inspect any |
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business in which six or more amusement redemption machines or |
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machines described by Section 234.131(2)(B) are located to |
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determine whether the business is in compliance with this |
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subchapter or regulations adopted under this subchapter. |
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SECTION 4. Subchapter E, Chapter 234, Local Government |
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Code, as added by Chapter 1377 (H.B. 1127), Acts of the 83rd |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is repealed. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 866 passed the Senate on |
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April 14, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1; May 26, |
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2015, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and requested |
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appointment of Conference Committee; May 27, 2015, House granted |
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request of the Senate; May 30, 2015, Senate adopted Conference |
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Committee Report by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 866 passed the House, with |
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amendments, on May 19, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 141, |
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Nays 5, two present not voting; May 27, 2015, House granted request |
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of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee; May 30, |
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2015, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the following |
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vote: Yeas 118, Nays 25, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |