- (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).
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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.