H.B. No. 882

	AN ACT
	relating to the duration of a bingo occasion.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 2001.103(b), Occupations Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A temporary license is valid for six [four] hours during
	any one day.
	SECTION 2.  Section 2001.419(b), Occupations Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A bingo occasion may not exceed six [four] hours.
	SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply to a
	bingo occasion conducted under a license issued under Chapter 2001,
	Occupations Code, before, on, or after the effective date of this
	Act. The holder of an unused temporary license issued before the
	effective date of this Act may submit to the Texas Lottery
	Commission, in the manner required by the commission, a license
	amendment or a notification that provides the specific date and
	time of the bingo occasion for which the temporary license will be
	used, and the commission may adopt the rules and procedures
	necessary to accomplish that purpose.
	SECTION 4.  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, 2019.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 882 was passed by the House on May 2,
	2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 3, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 882 was passed by the Senate on May
	21, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor