SB 1127

Abstract

Charitable gaming; permit requirement; permissible locations; use of proceeds; suspensions and revocations. The bill modifies the list of organizations that may conduct charitable gaming and requires such organizations to obtain a permit from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; however, the bill exempts certain organizations from the permit application and audit fees. The bill removes provisions that allowed an organization to exclude from its gross receipts proceeds from instant bingo, pull tabs, seal cards, and Texas Hold'em. The bill specifies the locations at which an organization may conduct bingo, network bingo, instant bingo, pull tabs, or seal cards. The bill prohibits the holding of a permit by a supplier or manufacturer that commits certain violations or offenses after July 1, 2021. The bill prohibits the Charitable Gaming Board from adjusting the percentage of gross receipts that an organization must use for religious, charitable, community, or educational purposes or for certain real property expenses until a study is completed by a joint subcommittee created in the bill.

Charitable gaming; conduct of instant bingo,network bingo, pull tabs, and seal cards. Removes the requirementthat an organization qualified to conduct bingo games may only playinstant bingo, network bingo, pull tabs, or seal cards as part ofsuch bingo games and at such times designated in a permit, if any,for regular bingo games.