TITLE: Relating to the regulation of amusement redemption machine game rooms in certain counties.

SUMMARY: Relating to the regulation of amusement redemption machine game rooms in certain counties.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the regulation of amusement redemption machine game rooms in certain counties. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 234.131(2), Local Government Code, as added by Chapter 1284 (H.B. 2123), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows: (2) "Game room" means a for-profit business located in a building or place that contains six or more:(A) amusement redemption machines;or (B) electronic, electromechanical, or mechanical contrivances that, for consideration, afford a player the opportunity to obtain a prize or thing of value, the award of which is determined solely or partially by chance, regardless of whether the contrivance is designed, made, or adopted solely for bona fide amusement purposes.SECTION 2. Section 234.132, Local Government Code, as added by Chapter 1284 (H.B. 2123), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 234.132. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only to:(1) a county that has [with] a population of less than 25,000,[that] is adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico,and is within 50 miles of an international border;(2) a county that has a population of four million or more; (3) a county that is adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico and to a county that has a population of four million or more; and (4) a county located on the Texas-Mexico border that has a population of less than 300,000 and contains a municipality with a population of 200,000 or more.SECTION 3. Sections 234.136(a) and (b), Local Government Code, as added by Chapter 1284 (H.B. 2123), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, are amended to read as follows: (a) A peace officer or county employee may inspect a business in the county to determine the number of amusement redemption machines or machines described by Section 234.131(2)(B) subject to regulation under this subchapter that are located on the premises of the business. (b) A peace officer or county employee may inspect any business in which six or more amusement redemption machines or machines described by Section 234.131(2)(B) are located to determine whether the business is in compliance with this subchapter or regulations adopted under this subchapter. SECTION 4. Subchapter E, Chapter 234, Local Government Code, as added by Chapter 1377 (H.B. 1127), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is repealed. SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.