Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 16	ECONOMIC REGULATION
PART 9	TEXAS LOTTERY COMMISSION
CHAPTER 402	CHARITABLE BINGO OPERATIONS DIVISION
SUBCHAPTER B	CONDUCT OF BINGO
RULE §402.203	Unit Accounting

(3) A licensed authorized organization joining or withdrawing from a unit at any time other than at the beginning or ending of a reporting quarter is responsible for filing a separate quarterly report for bingo activities conducted apart from the unit.

(l) Responsibilities of Unit Members.

(1) Each unit member organization is responsible for administering its own bingo occasions and for any violations of the Bingo Enabling Act or Charitable Bingo Administrative Rules that may take place.

(2) Each unit member organization is responsible for maintaining and retaining the bingo records relating to all aspects of its occasions up to and including the point at which the deposit is made into the unit's bingo account.

(3) Each unit member organization is liable for any bingo cash shortages, inventory shortages, or missing or deficient occasion deposits occurring in association with its bingo occasion conducted.

(4) Each unit member organization is responsible for distributing the bingo proceeds received from the unit for its authorized charitable purposes.

(5) If a unit demonstrates that a violation of this subchapter or commission rules is wholly attributable to a specific licensed authorized organization member or members of the unit, a penalty for the violation may not be imposed on a unit member to which the violation is not attributable and the penalty imposed on a unit member to which the violation is attributable may not be in an amount greater than the amount initially assessed against each unit member.

Source Note: The provisions of this §402.203 adopted to be effective March 21, 2005, 30 TexReg 1630; amended to be effective March 9, 2010, 35 TexReg 1996; amended to be effective April 24, 2011, 36 TexReg 2384; amended to be effective September 13, 2012, 37 TexReg 7091; amended to be effective August 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 5505; amended to be effective January 2, 2020, 44 TexReg 8292; amended to be effective January 4, 2024, 48 TexReg 8369