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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 2001.001. Short Title - Sec. 2001.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as...
Section 2001.002. Definitions - Sec. 2001.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Authorized commercial lessor"...
Section 2001.003. Regulatory Funding From License Fees and Bingo Prize Fees - Sec. 2001.003. REGULATORY FUNDING FROM LICENSE FEES AND BINGO PRIZE...
Subchapter B. Commission Powers and Duties
Section 2001.051. Control and Supervision of Bingo; Bingo Division - Sec. 2001.051. CONTROL AND SUPERVISION OF BINGO; BINGO DIVISION. (a)...
Section 2001.052. Director of Bingo Operations - Sec. 2001.052. DIRECTOR OF BINGO OPERATIONS. (a) The commission shall...
Section 2001.053. Officers and Investigators - Sec. 2001.053. OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATORS. The commission may employ officers...
Section 2001.054. Rulemaking Authority - Sec. 2001.054. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. The commission may adopt rules to...
Section 2001.0541. Rules on Consequences of Criminal Conviction - Sec. 2001.0541. RULES ON CONSEQUENCES OF CRIMINAL CONVICTION. The commission...
Section 2001.055. Regulation of Games - Sec. 2001.055. REGULATION OF GAMES. The commission by rule may...
Section 2001.056. Approval of Bingo Cards - Sec. 2001.056. APPROVAL OF BINGO CARDS. (a) The commission by...
Section 2001.057. Bingo Advisory Committee - Sec. 2001.057. BINGO ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The commission may appoint...
Section 2001.058. Public Information - Sec. 2001.058. PUBLIC INFORMATION. (a) The commission shall provide to...
Section 2001.059. Advisory Opinions - Sec. 2001.059. ADVISORY OPINIONS. (a) An officer, bingo chairperson, or...
Section 2001.060. Reporting - Sec. 2001.060. REPORTING. (a) On or before June 1 of...
Section 2001.061. License Renewal Process - Sec. 2001.061. LICENSE RENEWAL PROCESS. The commission shall adopt rules...
Subchapter C. License to Conduct Bingo
Section 2001.101. Authorized Organization - Sec. 2001.101. AUTHORIZED ORGANIZATION. (a) The commission may license a...
Section 2001.102. License Application - Sec. 2001.102. LICENSE APPLICATION. (a) An applicant for a license...
Section 2001.103. Temporary License - Sec. 2001.103. TEMPORARY LICENSE. (a) An authorized organization may receive...
Section 2001.105. License Issuance or Renewal - Sec. 2001.105. LICENSE ISSUANCE OR RENEWAL. (a) The commission shall...
Section 2001.106. Form and Contents of License - Sec. 2001.106. FORM AND CONTENTS OF LICENSE. A license to...
Section 2001.107. Training Program - Sec. 2001.107. TRAINING PROGRAM. (a) Unless the organization is a...
Section 2001.108. License Amendment for Change of Bingo Premises or Occasions - Sec. 2001.108. LICENSE AMENDMENT FOR CHANGE OF BINGO PREMISES OR...
Subchapter D. Commercial Lessor License
Section 2001.151. License Required - Sec. 2001.151. LICENSE REQUIRED. A person who leases premises on...
Section 2001.152. Eligibility - Sec. 2001.152. ELIGIBILITY. (a) The commission may issue a commercial...
Section 2001.153. Restrictions on Source of Funds - Sec. 2001.153. RESTRICTIONS ON SOURCE OF FUNDS. (a) The commission...
Section 2001.154. Ineligible Persons - Sec. 2001.154. INELIGIBLE PERSONS. (a) The commission may not issue...
Section 2001.156. License Application - Sec. 2001.156. LICENSE APPLICATION. (a) An applicant for a commercial...
Section 2001.157. Supplemental Information - Sec. 2001.157. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION. At any time the commission, the...
Section 2001.158. License Fees - Sec. 2001.158. LICENSE FEES. (a) The commission shall set the...
Section 2001.159. License Issuance or Renewal - Sec. 2001.159. LICENSE ISSUANCE OR RENEWAL. (a) The commission shall...
Section 2001.160. Transfer of License - Sec. 2001.160. TRANSFER OF LICENSE. (a) On approval by the...
Section 2001.161. Licensed Authorized Organization as Commercial Lessor - Sec. 2001.161. LICENSED AUTHORIZED ORGANIZATION AS COMMERCIAL LESSOR. (a) Repealed...
Subchapter E. Manufacturer's and Distributor's Licenses
Section 2001.201. Manufacturer's License Required - Sec. 2001.201. MANUFACTURER'S LICENSE REQUIRED. A manufacturer may not sell...
Section 2001.202. Eligibility for Manufacturer's License - Sec. 2001.202. ELIGIBILITY FOR MANUFACTURER'S LICENSE. The following persons are...
Section 2001.203. Manufacturer's License Application - Sec. 2001.203. MANUFACTURER'S LICENSE APPLICATION. (a) An applicant for a...
Section 2001.204. Manufacturer's License Bond - Sec. 2001.204. MANUFACTURER'S LICENSE BOND. (a) An applicant for a...
Section 2001.205. Manufacturer's License Fee - Sec. 2001.205. MANUFACTURER'S LICENSE FEE. (a) The commission by rule...
Section 2001.206. Distributor's License Required - Sec. 2001.206. DISTRIBUTOR'S LICENSE REQUIRED. A distributor may not sell,...
Section 2001.207. Eligibility for Distributor's License - Sec. 2001.207. ELIGIBILITY FOR DISTRIBUTOR'S LICENSE. The following persons are...
Section 2001.208. Distributor's License Application - Sec. 2001.208. DISTRIBUTOR'S LICENSE APPLICATION. (a) An applicant for a...
Section 2001.209. Distributor's License Fee - Sec. 2001.209. DISTRIBUTOR'S LICENSE FEE. (a) The commission by rule...
Section 2001.210. General Provisions - Sec. 2001.210. GENERAL PROVISIONS. A license issued under this subchapter...
Section 2001.211. Amendment of Application - Sec. 2001.211. AMENDMENT OF APPLICATION. (a) An applicant for a...
Section 2001.212. Denial of License - Sec. 2001.212. DENIAL OF LICENSE. The commission may deny an...
Section 2001.213. Commission Action Not Required - Sec. 2001.213. COMMISSION ACTION NOT REQUIRED. If, for reasons beyond...
Section 2001.214. License Term - Sec. 2001.214. LICENSE TERM. (a) Except as provided by Subsection...
Section 2001.215. Records and Reports - Sec. 2001.215. RECORDS AND REPORTS. The commission by rule may...
Section 2001.216. Examination of Records - Sec. 2001.216. EXAMINATION OF RECORDS. (a) The commission may examine...
Section 2001.217. Offense - Sec. 2001.217. OFFENSE. A person who does not hold a...
Section 2001.218. Payment Due - Sec. 2001.218. PAYMENT DUE. (a) Each sale or lease of...
Subchapter G. General Provisions Relating to Commission Licenses
Section 2001.301. License Investigation - Sec. 2001.301. LICENSE INVESTIGATION. Promptly after the filing of the...
Section 2001.302. Provision of Supplemental Information - Sec. 2001.302. PROVISION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION. (a) In addition to...
Section 2001.3025. Access to Criminal History Record Information - Sec. 2001.3025. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION. The commission...
Section 2001.304. Temporary Authorization - Sec. 2001.304. TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION. (a) The commission shall issue a...
Section 2001.305. Notice to Local Authorities - Sec. 2001.305. NOTICE TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES. (a) The commission may...
Section 2001.307. Maximum License Term - Sec. 2001.307. MAXIMUM LICENSE TERM. Except as otherwise provided by...
Section 2001.308. Paperwork Reduction - Sec. 2001.308. PAPERWORK REDUCTION. The commission may not require a...
Section 2001.309. Separate License - Sec. 2001.309. SEPARATE LICENSE. Each location for conducting bingo must...
Section 2001.310. Display of License - Sec. 2001.310. DISPLAY OF LICENSE. (a) A licensed authorized organization...
Section 2001.311. Rights Not Vested - Sec. 2001.311. RIGHTS NOT VESTED. The issuance of a license...
Section 2001.312. Failure to File Fee Reports - Sec. 2001.312. FAILURE TO FILE FEE REPORTS. A person is...
Section 2001.313. Registry of Approved Bingo Workers - Sec. 2001.313. REGISTRY OF APPROVED BINGO WORKERS. (a) To minimize...
Section 2001.314. Identification Card for Approved Bingo Worker - Sec. 2001.314. IDENTIFICATION CARD FOR APPROVED BINGO WORKER. (a) The...
Section 2001.315. Late License Renewal - Sec. 2001.315. LATE LICENSE RENEWAL. (a) A person who fails...
Section 2001.316. Delivery of Commission Notice - Sec. 2001.316. DELIVERY OF COMMISSION NOTICE. If notice under this...
Subchapter H. Denial, Revocation, and Suspension of License
Section 2001.351. Denial of License - Sec. 2001.351. DENIAL OF LICENSE. The commission may deny an...
Section 2001.352. Hearing - Sec. 2001.352. HEARING. (a) A person whose application for a...
Section 2001.353. Discipline of License and Registration Holders - Sec. 2001.353. DISCIPLINE OF LICENSE AND REGISTRATION HOLDERS. (a) After...
Section 2001.354. Final Hearing - Sec. 2001.354. FINAL HEARING. (a) The commission shall hold a...
Section 2001.355. Temporary Suspension - Sec. 2001.355. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION. (a) The commission may temporarily suspend...
Section 2001.356. Notice of Temporary Suspension - Sec. 2001.356. NOTICE OF TEMPORARY SUSPENSION. (a) A proceeding to...
Section 2001.357. Judicial Review - Sec. 2001.357. JUDICIAL REVIEW. (a) An applicant for or the...
Section 2001.358. Schedule of Sanctions - Sec. 2001.358. SCHEDULE OF SANCTIONS. (a) The commission by rule...
Subchapter I. Operation of Bingo
Section 2001.401. Restrictions on Premises Providers - Sec. 2001.401. RESTRICTIONS ON PREMISES PROVIDERS. A person may not,...
Section 2001.402. Single Premises - Sec. 2001.402. SINGLE PREMISES. (a) Bingo may not be conducted...
Section 2001.403. Common Roof or Foundation - Sec. 2001.403. COMMON ROOF OR FOUNDATION. (a) Except as provided...
Section 2001.404. Principal Location - Sec. 2001.404. PRINCIPAL LOCATION. A licensed authorized organization may conduct...
Section 2001.405. Prohibited Rental Payments - Sec. 2001.405. PROHIBITED RENTAL PAYMENTS. Bingo may not be conducted...
Section 2001.406. Rent for Premises - Sec. 2001.406. RENT FOR PREMISES. (a) The rent charged by...
Section 2001.407. Equipment and Supply Transactions - Sec. 2001.407. EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLY TRANSACTIONS. (a) A licensed manufacturer...
Section 2001.408. Other Methods for Playing Bingo - Sec. 2001.408. OTHER METHODS FOR PLAYING BINGO. Subject to the...
Section 2001.409. Card-Minding Devices - Sec. 2001.409. CARD-MINDING DEVICES. (a) A person may not use...
Section 2001.410. Pull-Tab Dispenser - Sec. 2001.410. PULL-TAB DISPENSER. (a) A person may not use...
Section 2001.411. Persons Operating or Conducting Bingo - Sec. 2001.411. PERSONS OPERATING OR CONDUCTING BINGO. (a) Except as...
Section 2001.4115. Joint Employment of Bingo Employees - Sec. 2001.4115. JOINT EMPLOYMENT OF BINGO EMPLOYEES. Two or more...
Section 2001.412. Admission to Bingo Games - Sec. 2001.412. ADMISSION TO BINGO GAMES. A person may not...
Section 2001.413. Admission Charge Required - Sec. 2001.413. ADMISSION CHARGE REQUIRED. Except as provided by Section...
Section 2001.414. Bingo Records - Sec. 2001.414. BINGO RECORDS. (a) The commission by rule may...
Section 2001.415. Advertisements - Sec. 2001.415. ADVERTISEMENTS. (a) A person other than a licensed...
Section 2001.4155. Gift Certificates - Sec. 2001.4155. GIFT CERTIFICATES. (a) Nothing in this chapter prohibits...
Section 2001.416. Other Games - Sec. 2001.416. OTHER GAMES. (a) A game of chance other...
Section 2001.418. Minors - Sec. 2001.418. MINORS. (a) An individual younger than 18 years...
Section 2001.419. Bingo Occasions - Sec. 2001.419. BINGO OCCASIONS. (a) A licensed authorized organization may...
Section 2001.420. Prizes - Sec. 2001.420. PRIZES. (a) A bingo prize may not have...
Subchapter I. -1. Unit Accounting
Section 2001.431. Definitions - Sec. 2001.431. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Unit" means two...
Section 2001.432. Forming Accounting Unit - Sec. 2001.432. FORMING ACCOUNTING UNIT. (a) Two or more licensed...
Section 2001.433. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 2001.433. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. A licensed authorized organization that...
Section 2001.4335. Exemption From Franchise Tax - Sec. 2001.4335. EXEMPTION FROM FRANCHISE TAX. A unit formed under...
Section 2001.434. Conduct of Bingo - Sec. 2001.434. CONDUCT OF BINGO. (a) Each licensed authorized organization...
Section 2001.435. Unit Accounting - Sec. 2001.435. UNIT ACCOUNTING. (a) A unit: (1) shall establish...
Section 2001.436. Disbursement of Funds by Dissolved Unit - Sec. 2001.436. DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS BY DISSOLVED UNIT. (a) Sections...
Section 2001.437. Unit Manager - Sec. 2001.437. UNIT MANAGER. (a) If the unit accounting agreement...
Section 2001.438. Agreement Without Unit Manager - Sec. 2001.438. AGREEMENT WITHOUT UNIT MANAGER. (a) This section applies...
Section 2001.439. Trust Agreement - Sec. 2001.439. TRUST AGREEMENT. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of...
Subchapter J. Bingo Accounts and Use of Proceeds
Section 2001.451. Organization Bingo Accounts - Sec. 2001.451. ORGANIZATION BINGO ACCOUNTS. (a) A licensed authorized organization...
Section 2001.452. Bingo Account Withdrawals - Sec. 2001.452. BINGO ACCOUNT WITHDRAWALS. (a) Funds from the bingo...
Section 2001.453. Authorized Uses of Bingo Account - Sec. 2001.453. AUTHORIZED USES OF BINGO ACCOUNT. A licensed authorized...
Section 2001.454. Use of Net Proceeds for Charitable Purposes - Sec. 2001.454. USE OF NET PROCEEDS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES. (a)...
Section 2001.455. Use of Proceeds by Recipient - Sec. 2001.455. USE OF PROCEEDS BY RECIPIENT. A person given...
Section 2001.456. Use of Proceeds by Licensed Authorized Organization - Sec. 2001.456. USE OF PROCEEDS BY LICENSED AUTHORIZED ORGANIZATION. A...
Section 2001.457. Required Disbursements to Charity - Sec. 2001.457. REQUIRED DISBURSEMENTS TO CHARITY. (a) Before the end...
Section 2001.458. Items of Expense - Sec. 2001.458. ITEMS OF EXPENSE. (a) An item of expense...
Section 2001.459. Expenses Paid From Bingo Account - Sec. 2001.459. EXPENSES PAID FROM BINGO ACCOUNT. (a) The following...
Subchapter K. Prize Fees
Section 2001.502. Prize Fee - Sec. 2001.502. PRIZE FEE. (a) A licensed authorized organization or...
Section 2001.504. Payment and Reporting of Fee - Sec. 2001.504. PAYMENT AND REPORTING OF FEE. (a) A fee...
Section 2001.505. Report of Expenses - Sec. 2001.505. REPORT OF EXPENSES. (a) A licensed authorized organization...
Section 2001.506. Record of Prize Winner - Sec. 2001.506. RECORD OF PRIZE WINNER. The commission by rule...
Section 2001.507. Collection and Deposit of Prize Fee - Sec. 2001.507. COLLECTION AND DEPOSIT OF PRIZE FEE. (a) The...
Section 2001.508. Penalties for Failure to Pay or Report - Sec. 2001.508. PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO PAY OR REPORT. (a)...
Section 2001.509. Recomputation of Prize Fee - Sec. 2001.509. RECOMPUTATION OF PRIZE FEE. If the commission is...
Section 2001.510. Determination if No Report Made - Sec. 2001.510. DETERMINATION IF NO REPORT MADE. (a) If a...
Section 2001.511. Jeopardy Determination - Sec. 2001.511. JEOPARDY DETERMINATION. (a) If the commission believes that...
Section 2001.512. Application of Tax Laws - Sec. 2001.512. APPLICATION OF TAX LAWS. (a) Subtitle B, Title...
Section 2001.513. Delinquency: Seizure and Sale - Sec. 2001.513. DELINQUENCY: SEIZURE AND SALE. (a) At any time...
Section 2001.514. Security - Sec. 2001.514. SECURITY. (a) To secure payment of the fee...
Section 2001.515. Commission's Duties - Sec. 2001.515. COMMISSION'S DUTIES. The commission shall perform all functions...
Subchapter L. Enforcement
Section 2001.551. Unlawful Bingo; Offense - Sec. 2001.551. UNLAWFUL BINGO; OFFENSE. (a) In this section, "bingo"...
Section 2001.552. Fraudulent Award of Prizes; Offense - Sec. 2001.552. FRAUDULENT AWARD OF PRIZES; OFFENSE. (a) A person...
Section 2001.553. Unlicensed Sales; Offense - Sec. 2001.553. UNLICENSED SALES; OFFENSE. (a) A person commits an...
Section 2001.554. Other Offenses; Revocation of License - Sec. 2001.554. OTHER OFFENSES; REVOCATION OF LICENSE. (a) A person...
Section 2001.555. Exemption From Prosecution - Sec. 2001.555. EXEMPTION FROM PROSECUTION. (a) A person lawfully conducting...
Section 2001.556. Price Fixing Prohibited - Sec. 2001.556. PRICE FIXING PROHIBITED. (a) A manufacturer, distributor, or...
Section 2001.557. Inspection of Premises - Sec. 2001.557. INSPECTION OF PREMISES. (a) The commission, its officers...
Section 2001.558. Injunction; Civil Penalty - Sec. 2001.558. INJUNCTION; CIVIL PENALTY. (a) If the commission, the...
Section 2001.559. Remedies Not Exclusive - Sec. 2001.559. REMEDIES NOT EXCLUSIVE. The commission may suspend or...
Section 2001.560. Examination of Records; Disclosure of Information - Sec. 2001.560. EXAMINATION OF RECORDS; DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION. (a) The...
Section 2001.561. Penal Code Application - Sec. 2001.561. PENAL CODE APPLICATION. Section 47.08, Penal Code, applies...
Subchapter M. Administrative Penalty
Section 2001.601. Imposition of Penalty - Sec. 2001.601. IMPOSITION OF PENALTY. The commission may impose an...
Section 2001.602. Amount of Penalty - Sec. 2001.602. AMOUNT OF PENALTY. (a) The amount of the...
Section 2001.603. Notice of Violation and Penalty - Sec. 2001.603. NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND PENALTY. (a) If, after...
Section 2001.604. Penalty to Be Paid or Hearing Requested - Sec. 2001.604. PENALTY TO BE PAID OR HEARING REQUESTED. (a)...
Section 2001.605. Hearing - Sec. 2001.605. HEARING. (a) If the person timely requests a...
Section 2001.606. Decision by Director - Sec. 2001.606. DECISION BY DIRECTOR. (a) Based on the findings...
Section 2001.607. Options Following Decision: Pay or Appeal - Sec. 2001.607. OPTIONS FOLLOWING DECISION: PAY OR APPEAL. (a) Not...
Section 2001.608. Collection of Penalty - Sec. 2001.608. COLLECTION OF PENALTY. If the person does not...
Section 2001.609. Determination by Court - Sec. 2001.609. DETERMINATION BY COURT. (a) If the court sustains...
Section 2001.610. Remittance of Penalty and Interest - Sec. 2001.610. REMITTANCE OF PENALTY AND INTEREST. (a) If, after...
Section 2001.611. Administrative Procedure - Sec. 2001.611. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE. A proceeding under this subchapter is...
Subchapter N. Elections
Section 2001.651. Ordering Election - Sec. 2001.651. ORDERING ELECTION. The governing body of a county,...
Section 2001.652. Petition - Sec. 2001.652. PETITION. (a) A petition for an election to...
Section 2001.653. Verification of Petition - Sec. 2001.653. VERIFICATION OF PETITION. (a) Not later than the...
Section 2001.654. Date of Election - Sec. 2001.654. DATE OF ELECTION. (a) If the officer responsible...
Section 2001.655. Ballot Proposition - Sec. 2001.655. BALLOT PROPOSITION. (a) In an election to legalize...
Section 2001.656. Effect of Election - Sec. 2001.656. EFFECT OF ELECTION. (a) If a majority of...
Section 2001.657. Determination of Local Option Status - Sec. 2001.657. DETERMINATION OF LOCAL OPTION STATUS. (a) In determining...