83R1814 GCB-D
 
  By: Raymond H.B. No. 137
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the information reported to the comptroller by a
  coin-operated machine license holder, the penalty for failure to
  report that information, and the penalty for gambling promotion.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2153.202, Occupations Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  A license holder shall maintain a record of and report
  to the comptroller information relating to each music or skill or
  pleasure coin-operated machine owned, possessed, or controlled by
  the license holder, including:
               (1)  the make, type, and serial number of each machine;
               (2)  the date each machine is placed in operation;
               (3)  the dates of the first and most recent
  registration of each machine;
               (4)  the specific location of each machine; [and]
               (5)  the name and address of the owner of the machine;
               (6)  except as provided by Subsection (a-1), the name
  and address of any person other than the owner who has a financial
  interest in the proceeds of the machine; and
               (7)  any change in machine ownership.
         (a-1)  A corporate license holder is not required to maintain
  a record of or report the name and address of a shareholder who
  holds less than 10 percent of the shares in the license holder's
  corporation.
         SECTION 2.  Section 2153.358(b), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  An offense under this section is a Class A [B]
  misdemeanor.
         SECTION 3.  Section 47.03(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (b)  An offense under this section is a state jail felony
  [Class A misdemeanor].
  SECTION 4.  Section 71.02(a), Penal Code, as amended by
  Chapters 68 (S.B. 934) and 223 (H.B. 260), Acts of the 82nd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, is reenacted and amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  A person commits an offense if, with the intent to
  establish, maintain, or participate in a combination or in the
  profits of a combination or as a member of a criminal street gang,
  the person commits or conspires to commit one or more of the
  following:
               (1)  murder, capital murder, arson, aggravated
  robbery, robbery, burglary, theft, aggravated kidnapping,
  kidnapping, aggravated assault, aggravated sexual assault, sexual
  assault, forgery, deadly conduct, assault punishable as a Class A
  misdemeanor, burglary of a motor vehicle, or unauthorized use of a
  motor vehicle;
               (2)  any gambling offense punishable as a felony or as a
  Class A misdemeanor;
               (3)  promotion of prostitution, aggravated promotion
  of prostitution, or compelling prostitution;
               (4)  unlawful manufacture, transportation, repair, or
  sale of firearms or prohibited weapons;
               (5)  unlawful manufacture, delivery, dispensation, or
  distribution of a controlled substance or dangerous drug, or
  unlawful possession of a controlled substance or dangerous drug
  through forgery, fraud, misrepresentation, or deception;
               (5-a)  causing the unlawful delivery, dispensation, or
  distribution of a controlled substance or dangerous drug in
  violation of Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code;
               (6)  any unlawful wholesale promotion or possession of
  any obscene material or obscene device with the intent to wholesale
  promote the same;
               (7)  any offense under Subchapter B, Chapter 43,
  depicting or involving conduct by or directed toward a child
  younger than 18 years of age;
               (8)  any felony offense under Chapter 32;
               (9)  any offense under Chapter 36;
               (10)  any offense under Chapter 34, 35, or 35A;
               (11)  any offense under Section 37.11(a);
               (12)  any offense under Chapter 20A;
               (13)  any offense under Section 37.10;
               (14)  any offense under Section 38.06, 38.07, 38.09, or
  38.11;
               (15)  any offense under Section 42.10;
               (16)  any offense under Section 46.06(a)(1) or 46.14;
  [or]
               (17)  any offense under Section 20.05; or
               (18) [(17)]  any offense classified as a felony under
  the Tax Code.
         SECTION 5.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act to Section
  2153.202, Occupations Code, applies to a record maintained or
  reported under that section on or after the effective date of this
  Act.
         (b)  The changes in law made by this Act to Section 2153.358,
  Occupations Code, and Sections 47.03 and 71.02, Penal Code, apply
  only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
  Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and
  the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
  purposes of this subsection, an offense was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.