Sec. 46. UNIFORMITY IN COLLECTION OF FEES. (a) In this section, "fee"
means a fee in a criminal or civil matter all or a portion of which is required to
be collected by local officers, clerks, or other local personnel and remitted to
the comptroller of public accounts for deposit in the manner provided for in the
law imposing the fee.
(b) This section applies only if the legislature enacts by law a program to
consolidate and standardize the collection, deposit, reporting, and remitting of
fees.
(c) A fee imposed by the legislature after the enactment of the program
described by Subsection (b) of this section is valid only if the requirements
relating to its collection, deposit, reporting, and remitting conform to the
program.
(d) A fee to which this section applies may take effect on a date before the
next January 1 after the regular session at which the bill adopting the fee was
enacted only if the bill is passed by a record vote of two-thirds of all the
members elected to each house of the legislature on final consideration in
each house.
(Added Nov. 6, 2001.)
Sec. 47. LOTTERIES AND GIFT ENTERPRISES; BINGO GAMES. (a) The
Legislature shall pass laws prohibiting lotteries and gift enterprises in this
State other than those authorized by Subsections (b), (d), and (e) of this
section.
(b) The Legislature by law may authorize and regulate bingo games
conducted by a church, synagogue, religious society, volunteer fire
department, nonprofit veterans organization, fraternal organization, or
nonprofit organization supporting medical research or treatment programs. A
law enacted under this subsection must permit the qualified voters of any
county, justice precinct, or incorporated city or town to determine from time to
time by a majority vote of the qualified voters voting on the question at an
election whether bingo games may be held in the county, justice precinct, or
city or town. The law must also require that:
(1) all proceeds from the games are spent in Texas for charitable purposes
of the organizations;
(2) the games are limited to one location as defined by law on property
owned or leased by the church, synagogue, religious society, volunteer fire
department, nonprofit veterans organization, fraternal organization, or
nonprofit organization supporting medical research or treatment programs; and
(3) the games are conducted, promoted, and administered by members of
the church, synagogue, religious society, volunteer fire department, nonprofit
veterans organization, fraternal organization, or nonprofit organization
supporting medical research or treatment programs.
(c) The law enacted by the Legislature authorizing bingo games must include:
(1) a requirement that the entities conducting the games report quarterly to
the Comptroller of Public Accounts about the amount of proceeds that the
entities collect from the games and the purposes for which the proceeds are
spent; and
(2) criminal or civil penalties to enforce the reporting requirement.
(d) The Legislature by general law may permit charitable raffles conducted by
a qualified religious society, qualified volunteer fire department, qualified
volunteer emergency medical service, or qualified nonprofit organizations
under the terms and conditions imposed by general law.
The law must also require that:
(1) all proceeds from the sale of tickets for the raffle must be spent for the
charitable purposes of the organizations; and
(2) the charitable raffle is conducted, promoted, and administered exclusively
by members of the qualified religious society, qualified volunteer fire
department, qualified volunteer emergency medical service, or qualified
nonprofit organization.
(e) The Legislature by general law may authorize the State to operate
lotteries and may authorize the State to enter into a contract with one or more
legal entities that will operate lotteries on behalf of the State.
(Subsec. (a) amended and (b) and (c) added Nov. 4, 1980; Subsec. (a)
amended and (d) added Nov. 7, 1989; Subsec. (a) amended and (e) added
Nov. 5, 1991.)
Sec. 48. (Repealed Aug. 5, 1969.)
Sec. 48a. (Repealed April 22, 1975.)
Sec. 48b. (Repealed April 22, 1975.)
Sec. 48c. (Blank.)
Sec. 48-d. (Repealed Sept. 13, 2003.)
Sec. 48-e. EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICTS. Laws may be enacted to
provide for the establishment and creation of special districts to provide
emergency services and to authorize the commissioners courts of participating
counties to levy a tax on the ad valorem property situated in said districts not
to exceed Ten Cents (10¢) on the One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) valuation
for the support thereof; provided that no tax shall be levied in support of said
districts until approved by a vote of the qualified voters residing therein. Such
a district may provide emergency medical services, emergency ambulance
services, rural fire prevention and control services, or other emergency services
authorized by the Legislature.
(Added Nov. 3, 1987; amended Nov. 2, 1999.) (TEMPORARY TRANSITION
PROVISIONS for Sec. 48-e: See Appendix, Note 1.)
Sec. 48-f. JAIL DISTRICTS. The legislature, by law, may provide for the
creation, operation, and financing of jail districts and may authorize each
district to issue bonds and other obligations and to levy an ad valorem tax on
property located in the district to pay principal of and interest on the bonds
and to pay for operation of the district. An ad valorem tax may not be levied
and bonds secured by a property tax may not be issued until approved by the
qualified voters of the district voting at an election called and held for that
purpose.
(Added Nov. 3, 1987; amended Nov. 4, 1997, and Nov. 2, 1999.)
(TEMPORARY TRANSITION PROVISIONS for Sec. 48-f: See Appendix, Note 1.)
means a fee in a criminal or civil matter all or a portion of which is required to
be collected by local officers, clerks, or other local personnel and remitted to
the comptroller of public accounts for deposit in the manner provided for in the
law imposing the fee.
(b) This section applies only if the legislature enacts by law a program to
consolidate and standardize the collection, deposit, reporting, and remitting of
fees.
(c) A fee imposed by the legislature after the enactment of the program
described by Subsection (b) of this section is valid only if the requirements
relating to its collection, deposit, reporting, and remitting conform to the
program.
(d) A fee to which this section applies may take effect on a date before the
next January 1 after the regular session at which the bill adopting the fee was
enacted only if the bill is passed by a record vote of two-thirds of all the
members elected to each house of the legislature on final consideration in
each house.
(Added Nov. 6, 2001.)
Sec. 47. LOTTERIES AND GIFT ENTERPRISES; BINGO GAMES. (a) The
Legislature shall pass laws prohibiting lotteries and gift enterprises in this
State other than those authorized by Subsections (b), (d), and (e) of this
section.
(b) The Legislature by law may authorize and regulate bingo games
conducted by a church, synagogue, religious society, volunteer fire
department, nonprofit veterans organization, fraternal organization, or
nonprofit organization supporting medical research or treatment programs. A
law enacted under this subsection must permit the qualified voters of any
county, justice precinct, or incorporated city or town to determine from time to
time by a majority vote of the qualified voters voting on the question at an
election whether bingo games may be held in the county, justice precinct, or
city or town. The law must also require that:
(1) all proceeds from the games are spent in Texas for charitable purposes
of the organizations;
(2) the games are limited to one location as defined by law on property
owned or leased by the church, synagogue, religious society, volunteer fire
department, nonprofit veterans organization, fraternal organization, or
nonprofit organization supporting medical research or treatment programs; and
(3) the games are conducted, promoted, and administered by members of
the church, synagogue, religious society, volunteer fire department, nonprofit
veterans organization, fraternal organization, or nonprofit organization
supporting medical research or treatment programs.
(c) The law enacted by the Legislature authorizing bingo games must include:
(1) a requirement that the entities conducting the games report quarterly to
the Comptroller of Public Accounts about the amount of proceeds that the
entities collect from the games and the purposes for which the proceeds are
spent; and
(2) criminal or civil penalties to enforce the reporting requirement.
(d) The Legislature by general law may permit charitable raffles conducted by
a qualified religious society, qualified volunteer fire department, qualified
volunteer emergency medical service, or qualified nonprofit organizations
under the terms and conditions imposed by general law.
The law must also require that:
(1) all proceeds from the sale of tickets for the raffle must be spent for the
charitable purposes of the organizations; and
(2) the charitable raffle is conducted, promoted, and administered exclusively
by members of the qualified religious society, qualified volunteer fire
department, qualified volunteer emergency medical service, or qualified
nonprofit organization.
(e) The Legislature by general law may authorize the State to operate
lotteries and may authorize the State to enter into a contract with one or more
legal entities that will operate lotteries on behalf of the State.
(Subsec. (a) amended and (b) and (c) added Nov. 4, 1980; Subsec. (a)
amended and (d) added Nov. 7, 1989; Subsec. (a) amended and (e) added
Nov. 5, 1991.)
Sec. 48. (Repealed Aug. 5, 1969.)
Sec. 48a. (Repealed April 22, 1975.)
Sec. 48b. (Repealed April 22, 1975.)
Sec. 48c. (Blank.)
Sec. 48-d. (Repealed Sept. 13, 2003.)
Sec. 48-e. EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICTS. Laws may be enacted to
provide for the establishment and creation of special districts to provide
emergency services and to authorize the commissioners courts of participating
counties to levy a tax on the ad valorem property situated in said districts not
to exceed Ten Cents (10¢) on the One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) valuation
for the support thereof; provided that no tax shall be levied in support of said
districts until approved by a vote of the qualified voters residing therein. Such
a district may provide emergency medical services, emergency ambulance
services, rural fire prevention and control services, or other emergency services
authorized by the Legislature.
(Added Nov. 3, 1987; amended Nov. 2, 1999.) (TEMPORARY TRANSITION
PROVISIONS for Sec. 48-e: See Appendix, Note 1.)
Sec. 48-f. JAIL DISTRICTS. The legislature, by law, may provide for the
creation, operation, and financing of jail districts and may authorize each
district to issue bonds and other obligations and to levy an ad valorem tax on
property located in the district to pay principal of and interest on the bonds
and to pay for operation of the district. An ad valorem tax may not be levied
and bonds secured by a property tax may not be issued until approved by the
qualified voters of the district voting at an election called and held for that
purpose.
(Added Nov. 3, 1987; amended Nov. 4, 1997, and Nov. 2, 1999.)
(TEMPORARY TRANSITION PROVISIONS for Sec. 48-f: See Appendix, Note 1.)
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