SECTION 402.500. General Records Requirements

(a) Licensees shall retain for four years all information and records required to be maintained by the Bingo Enabling Act (Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 2001) or the Charitable Bingo Administrative Rules.

(b) Unless otherwise prescribed by Commission rule, a licensee may maintain information in a form determined by the licensee as long as that form includes the information required by the Bingo Enabling Act and the Charitable Bingo Administrative Rules.

(c) Upon request of the Commission, a licensee shall provide any information required to be maintained by the Bingo Enabling Act and the Charitable Bingo Administrative Rules. Except in cases of emergency, the Commission shall provide reasonable advance notice of the specific information and records needed and the time and location at which they must be made available.

(d) An organization that conducts bingo in more than one location must record each occasion separately and include for each occasion the municipality and county where the occasion was held, the total amount of prizes awarded, and the prize fees to be distributed to the state and the local governments where the occasion was held, if applicable.

Source Note: The provisions of this §402.500 adopted to be effective April 15, 2008, 33 TexReg 2952; amended to be effective August 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 5505; amended to be effective January 2, 2020, 44 TexReg 8292