Sec. 2001.103. TEMPORARY LICENSE

(a) An authorized organization may receive a temporary license to conduct bingo by filing with the commission an application, on a form prescribed by the commission, accompanied by a $25 license fee.

(b) A temporary license is valid for four hours during any one day.

(c) An organization may not receive more than six temporary licenses in a calendar year.

(d) An organization operating under a temporary license is subject to:

(1) the taxes and fees authorized or imposed by this chapter; and

(2) the other provisions of this chapter to the extent they can be made applicable.

(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), an authorized organization that holds an annual license to conduct bingo may receive not more than 24 temporary licenses during the 12-month period following the issuance or renewal of the license. The holder of a license that is effective for two years may receive not more than 24 temporary licenses for each 12-month period that ends on an anniversary of the date the license was issued or renewed.

(f) An authorized organization that holds a regular license to conduct bingo may apply for all or any portion of the total number of temporary licenses to which the organization is entitled under Subsection (e) in one application without stating the days or times for which the organization will use the temporary licenses.

(g) An organization that has been issued a temporary license under Subsection (f) shall notify the commission of the specific date and time of the bingo occasion for which the temporary license will be used before using the license. If the commission receives the notification by noon of the day before the day the temporary license will be used, the commission shall verify receipt of the notice before the end of the business day on which the notice is received. If the commission does not receive the notification by noon of the day before the day the temporary license will be used, the commission shall verify receipt of the notice before noon of the business day that follows the day the commission received the notice.

(h) A verification under Subsection (g) may be delivered by facsimile, e-mail, or any other means reasonably contemplated to arrive before the time the temporary license will be used.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1114, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 636 , Sec. 6, eff. October 1, 2009.