{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2001.207","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 2001.207","heading":"ELIGIBILITY FOR DISTRIBUTOR'S LICENSE.","body":"The following persons are not eligible for a distributor's license:\n(1) a person convicted of criminal fraud or a gambling or gambling-related offense;\n(2) a person who is or has been a professional gambler or gambling promoter;\n(3) an elected or appointed public officer or a public employee;\n(4) an owner, officer, director, shareholder, agent, or employee of a licensed commercial lessor;\n(5) a person who conducts, promotes, or administers, or assists in conducting, promoting, or administering bingo for which a license is required by this chapter;\n(6) a manufacturer required to be licensed under this chapter;\n(7) a person who has had a license to manufacture, distribute, or supply bingo equipment or supplies revoked within the preceding year by another state;\n(8) an owner, officer, director, or shareholder of, or a person having an equitable or credit interest in, another manufacturer or distributor licensed or required to be licensed under this chapter; or\n(9) a person:\n(A) in which a person described by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8) or in which a person married or related in the first degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Subchapter B, Chapter 573, Government Code, to one of those persons has greater than a 10 percent proprietary, equitable, or credit interest or in which one of those persons is active or employed; or\n(B) in whose application a person described by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8) is required to be named.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 993 (H.B. 2197), Sec. 27, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 13. SPORTS, AMUSEMENTS, AND ENTERTAINMENT","SUBTITLE A. GAMING","CHAPTER 2001. BINGO","SUBCHAPTER E. MANUFACTURER'S AND DISTRIBUTOR'S LICENSES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.2001.htm#2001.207","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"f3ee92df9a87547de57b244deca596deb802778efb6b00d10830deaec14e7975","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2001.206","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2001.208"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}