Sec. 2001.305.  NOTICE TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES.  (a)  The commission may not issue a license to an applicant for an authorized organization license or a commercial lessor license until the applicant has sent a copy of the license application to the appropriate governing body.
(b)  Except as provided by Section 2001.103(i), immediately after issuing a license, the commission shall send a copy of the license to the appropriate governing body.  The governing body shall file the copy of the license in a central file containing licenses issued under this chapter.
(c)  Except as provided by Section 2001.103(i), not later than the 10th day after the date a license is issued, the commission shall give written notice of the issuance of the license to:
(1)  the police department of the municipality in which bingo will be conducted, if bingo is to be conducted in a municipality; or
(2)  the sheriff of the county in which bingo will be conducted, if bingo is to be conducted outside a municipality.
(d)  Bingo may not be played until notification has been given under Subsections (b) and (c).
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1051 (H.B. 914), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2020.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1132 (S.B. 643), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2023.