| 88R21595 BEE-F | |||
| By: Kuempel | H.B. No. 2843 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2843: | |||
| By: Hernandez | C.S.H.B. No. 2843 | ||
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| relating to the authorization, licensing, and regulation of casino | ||
| gaming and sports wagering in this state, to the creation, powers, | ||
| and duties of the Texas Gaming Commission, to the support of the | ||
| horse racing industry and reform of horse racing and greyhound | ||
| racing, and to other provisions related to gambling; imposing and | ||
| authorizing administrative and civil penalties; imposing taxes; | ||
| imposing and authorizing fees; requiring occupational licenses; | ||
| creating criminal offenses. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Title 13, Occupations Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subtitle E to read as follows: | ||
| SUBTITLE E. CASINO GAMING AND SPORTS WAGERING REGULATED BY TEXAS | ||
| GAMING COMMISSION | ||
| CHAPTER 2201. GENERAL PROVISIONS; TEXAS GAMING COMMISSION | ||
| SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
| Sec. 2201.001. DEFINITIONS. In this subtitle: | ||
| (1) "Active casino license" means a casino license | ||
| issued by the commission that has not: | ||
| (A) expired without being renewed; | ||
| (B) been revoked; or | ||
| (C) been permanently surrendered. | ||
| (2) "Affiliate" means a person who, directly or | ||
| indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is | ||
| controlled by, or is under common control with another person. A | ||
| person is considered to control a company if the person | ||
| beneficially owns more than a five percent equity interest in the | ||
| company under the beneficial ownership rules adopted by the | ||
| commission. | ||
| (3) "Applicant" means a person who submits an | ||
| application for a casino license, an operator license, an | ||
| occupational license, a manufacturer license, a casino service | ||
| license, or a qualification to hold an equity interest in a casino | ||
| license holder. | ||
| (4) "Associated equipment" means any equipment used in | ||
| connection with casino gaming or sports wagering, including a | ||
| mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic contrivance, | ||
| component, or machine that would not otherwise be classified as a | ||
| gaming device. The term includes dice, playing cards, links | ||
| connecting progressive slot machines, equipment affecting the | ||
| proper reporting of gross casino gaming revenue or gross sports | ||
| wagering revenue, computerized systems of betting for sports | ||
| wagering, computerized systems or software for monitoring slot | ||
| machines, and devices for weighing or counting money. | ||
| (5) "Casino" means facilities within a destination | ||
| resort at which casino gaming or sports wagering is conducted for | ||
| profit, as authorized by Chapters 2202 and 2203. | ||
| (6) "Casino gaming," "casino game," or "gambling | ||
| game": | ||
| (A) means any game or similar activity that | ||
| involves placing a bet, as defined by Section 47.01, Penal Code, for | ||
| consideration; | ||
| (B) includes, when played for consideration | ||
| using money, property, checks, credit, or a representative of | ||
| value: | ||
| (i) a banking game, percentage game, or | ||
| game of chance played with cards, dice, or a mechanical, | ||
| electromechanical, electronic, or other device; and | ||
| (ii) a game or device approved by the | ||
| commission as a casino game; and | ||
| (C) does not include: | ||
| (i) placing, receiving, or otherwise | ||
| knowingly transmitting a bet by a means that requires the use of the Statutes affected: Introduced: Occupations Code 2028.2041, Penal Code 47.02, Penal Code 47.03, Penal Code 47.04, Penal Code 47.05, Penal Code 2033.013, Penal Code 47.09 (Occupations Code 2028, Penal Code 2033, Penal Code 47) House Committee Report: Occupations Code 2028.2041, Penal Code 47.02, Penal Code 47.03, Penal Code 47.04, Penal Code 47.05, Penal Code 2033.013, Penal Code 47.09 (Occupations Code 2028, Penal Code 2033, Penal Code 47) | ||