Bill Text: TX HB4446 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to certain licensing and permitting requirements for game rooms; authorizing an occupational permit or license; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB4446 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4446-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 4446 |
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relating to certain licensing and permitting requirements for game | ||
rooms; authorizing an occupational permit or license; authorizing a | ||
fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 234.134, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A county may require that an owner or operator of a game | ||
room obtain a license or permit or renew a license or permit on a | ||
periodic basis to own or operate a game room in the county. An | ||
application for a license or permit must be made in accordance with | ||
Section 234.1341 and with regulations adopted by the county. | ||
(a-1) A county may require that a person employed by a game | ||
room, other than an owner or operator, obtain a license or permit or | ||
renew a license or permit on a periodic basis to be employed by a | ||
game room in the county. An application for a license or permit | ||
must be made in accordance with Section 234.1342 and with | ||
regulations adopted by the county. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 234, Local Government | ||
Code, is amended by adding Sections 234.1341 and 234.1342 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 234.1341. APPLICATION FOR OWNER OR OPERATOR LICENSE OR | ||
PERMIT. (a) A county requiring a person to obtain a license or | ||
permit to own or operate a game room in the county shall require the | ||
person to submit a completed application as provided by this | ||
section for issuance or renewal of the license or permit and an | ||
application fee of $1,000 as required by the county. | ||
(b) An application form developed by the county under this | ||
section must require the applicant to provide the following | ||
information: | ||
(1) the name of the business, including a copy of the | ||
assumed name certificate; | ||
(2) the legal name, social security number, date of | ||
birth, and other relevant information concerning each person who | ||
owns at least five percent of the business or serves in a management | ||
role for the business; | ||
(3) the name and contact information of the owner of | ||
the property where the game room is located; | ||
(4) information concerning any other game room | ||
previously or currently operated by the applicant; | ||
(5) the applicant's fingerprints; | ||
(6) a copy of the applicant's valid state-issued | ||
driver's license or personal identification card and social | ||
security card; and | ||
(7) the applicant's consent for a criminal history | ||
record information check of the applicant. | ||
Sec. 234.1342. APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYEE LICENSE OR PERMIT. | ||
(a) A county requiring a person to obtain a license or permit to be | ||
employed by a game room in the county shall require the person to | ||
submit a completed application as provided by this section for | ||
issuance or renewal of the license or permit and an application fee | ||
of $50 as required by the county. | ||
(b) An application form developed by the county under this | ||
section must require the applicant to provide the following | ||
information: | ||
(1) the person's legal name, social security number, | ||
date of birth, and other relevant information; | ||
(2) the person's criminal history; | ||
(3) the applicant's fingerprints; | ||
(4) a copy of the applicant's valid state-issued | ||
driver's license or personal identification card and social | ||
security card; | ||
(5) a recent photograph of the applicant's face and a | ||
recent photograph of the applicant's full body; and | ||
(6) the applicant's consent for a criminal history | ||
record information check of the applicant. | ||
(c) A county may not issue or renew a license or permit for | ||
an applicant who has been previously convicted of a Class B | ||
misdemeanor or higher criminal offense. | ||
(d) A county shall send a copy of fingerprints obtained | ||
under this section to the Department of Public Safety to allow the | ||
department to create a permanent record of the fingerprints in the | ||
criminal justice information system. | ||
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a | ||
license or permit issued or renewed on or after the effective date | ||
of this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 4446 was passed by the House on May 5, | ||
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 124, Nays 22, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 4446 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
_____________________ | ||
Governor |