{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2001.305","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 2001.305","heading":"NOTICE TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES.","body":"(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.\n(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.\n(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:\n(1) the police department of the municipality in which bingo will be conducted, if bingo is to be conducted in a municipality; or\n(2) the sheriff of the county in which bingo will be conducted, if bingo is to be conducted outside a municipality.\n(d) Bingo may not be played until notification has been given under Subsections (b) and (c).\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1051 (H.B. 914), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2020.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1132 (S.B. 643), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 13. SPORTS, AMUSEMENTS, AND ENTERTAINMENT","SUBTITLE A. GAMING","CHAPTER 2001. BINGO","SUBCHAPTER G. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMISSION LICENSES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.2001.htm#2001.305","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"7bf028a98ed5bbcf37473a6802cae0984f05e3892e4d1a8aa3ea8266597beb2e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2001.304","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2001.306"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}