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Lubbock County adopts tighter game room rules after yearlong review
Summary
After a year of enforcement, Lubbock County Commissioners Court approved amendments tightening permitting, enforcement and transparency requirements for game rooms, adding immediate revocation authority and criminal penalties while debating hours of operation and hearing procedures.
Lubbock County Commissioners Court on Feb. 23 adopted a package of amendments to the county’s game room ordinance aimed at clarifying permit rules, enforcement procedures and safety requirements after a year of implementation and review.
Neil Berg of the Lubbock County District Attorney’s civil division told the court the amendments respond to issues that arose during the ordinance’s first year, including ambiguous definitions, out-of-state owners applying remotely and enforcement gaps. “We just need to go ahead and have very clear rules that we enforce identically across the board,” Berg said.
Changes the court approved clarify the ordinance’s definition of premises, make game-room permits non-transferable…
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