HBA-ALS H.B. 3087 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3087 By: Haggerty Licensing & Administrative Procedures 4/13/1999 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Progressive bingo is a bingo game held by the same licensed organization in which, to win, a specific pattern must be completed by the time a specified number of bingo numbers or symbols have been selected and that continues over successive occasions, with the prize amount increasing until a player wins the game. H.B. 3087 grants licensed organizations the authority to conduct progressive bingo games and sets forth regulations governing progressive bingo games. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that rulemaking authority is expressly delegated to the Texas Lottery Commission in SECTION 2 (Article 179d, V.T.C.S. (Bingo Enabling Act)) of this bill. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 2, Article 179d, V.T.C.S. (Bingo Enabling Act), by adding Subdivision (30) to define "progressive bingo." SECTION 2. Amends Article 179d, V.T.C.S. (Bingo Enabling Act), by adding Section 11b, as follows: Sec. 11b. PROGRESSIVE BINGO GAMES. (a) Authorizes a licensed authorized organization to conduct a progressive bingo game. (b) Authorizes only one progressive bingo game to be conducted during any one bingo occasion. (c) Provides that Section 11(e) of this Act does not apply to a progressive bingo game. Provides that the prizes awarded in a progressive bingo game do not count toward the total amount of prizes described by Section 11(f) of this Act. (d) Prohibits the prize for the first bingo occasion of a progressive bingo game from exceeding $750 and authorizes the prize to be increased by no more than $500 on each successive bingo occasion until the progressive bingo game is won. (e) Requires the progressive bingo game to be continued at a future occasion until a winner is declared if the prize for a progressive bingo game is not awarded at a bingo occasion. (f) Authorizes a consolation prize of not more than $250 for a progressive bingo game to be awarded at each bingo occasion during which the game is played. (g) Provides that a licensed authorized organization that conducts a progressive bingo game must post the rules for that game as part of the organization's house rules prior to the start of the bingo occasion. Provides that those rules must remain in effect until a winner is declared for the progressive bingo game, except as otherwise ordered by the Texas Lottery Commission (commission). (h) Provides that if multiple licensed authorized organizations conduct bingo at the same location, each organization is responsible for its own progressive bingo games. (i) Provides that a licensed authorized organization conducting a progressive bingo game must maintain adequate records as specified by the commission, showing the development of the prize increase and accounting for all funds taken in for that game. (j) Provides that Sections 19b and 19c of this Act apply to any prize awarded in a progressive bingo game, including a consolation prize. (k) Requires the commission to adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. SECTION 3.Effective date: October 1, 1999. SECTION 4.Emergency clause.