Bill: HB 1830, 84(R) - 2015

Committee

House Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Vote Recommendation

Vote Recommendation Economic Freedom Property Rights Personal Responsibility Limited Government Individual Liberty
Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral

Author(s)

John Kuempel

Co-Author(s)

Dan Flynn
Rick Miller

Bill Caption

Relating to the regulation and permitting of amusement redemption game rooms; authorizing fees; creating a civil penalty and criminal offense.

Fiscal Notes

Because the bill would not have statewide impact on units of local government of the same type or class, no comment from this office is required by the rules of the House/Senate as to its probable fiscal implication on units of local government. 

Bill Analysis

5/21/2015 update:

No changes have been made to this bill in House committee. 

Senate sponsor of this bill is Sen. Eltife.

First chamber analysis is below:

HB 1830 seeks to remove the brackets on 8-liner video machine regulation and so that the provisions under Chapter 234, Local Government Code apply to the entire state of Texas. This is accomplished by repealing one of the duplicate Chapter 234's and repealing the applicability section of the other. 

HB 1830 repeals Subchapter E, Chapter 234, Local Government Code, as added by Chapter 1284 (HB 2123), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, relating to the regulation of game rooms by a county 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 (Harris County) and also repeals Section 234.132, Local Government Code, as added by Chapter 1377 (HB 1127), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, which limits the applicability of statutory provisions relating to the regulation of game rooms to a county with a population of four million or more.

Vote Recommendation Notes

This bill seeks to expand a law which restricts "8-liner" gaming machines in Harris County to all of Texas. We are neutral on this legislation as we did with similar bills in the Senate earlier this session..

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