Tex. Occ. Code § 2001.305 · Subchapter G. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMISSION LICENSES
NOTICE TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission may not issue a license to an applicant for an authorized organization license or a commercial lessor license until the applicant has sent a copy of the license application to the appropriate governing body.
(b) Except as provided by Section 2001.103(i), immediately after issuing a license, the commission shall send a copy of the license to the appropriate governing body. The governing body shall file the copy of the license in a central file containing licenses issued under this chapter.
(c) Except as provided by Section 2001.103(i), not later than the 10th day after the date a license is issued, the commission shall give written notice of the issuance of the license to:
(1) the police department of the municipality in which bingo will be conducted, if bingo is to be conducted in a municipality; or
(2) the sheriff of the county in which bingo will be conducted, if bingo is to be conducted outside a municipality.
(d) Bingo may not be played until notification has been given under Subsections (b) and (c).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1051 (H.B. 914), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2020.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1132 (S.B. 643), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2023.
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