81R5399 YDB-D
By: Quintanilla H.B. No. 3239
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of legislative committees to study
proposals on the conduct of gaming in this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) The House Gaming Legislation Review
Committee and the Senate Gaming Legislation Review Committee are
created to review, evaluate, and recommend legislative proposals to
authorize gaming in this state in counties that by local option
election approve the conduct of gaming in the county.
(b) The House Gaming Legislation Review Committee is
composed of 17 members of the house of representatives appointed by
the speaker of the house of representatives.
(c) The Senate Gaming Legislation Review Committee is
composed of 17 members of the senate appointed by the lieutenant
governor or 16 members of the senate appointed by the lieutenant
governor and the lieutenant governor, as determined by the
lieutenant governor.
(d) Each committee shall select its officers and determine
the rules of its proceedings as each committee considers
appropriate.
(e) Each committee shall conduct public hearings throughout
this state and solicit testimony from interested persons concerning
the legalization of gaming in this state on a local option basis.
(f) Not later than January 1, 2011:
(1) the House Gaming Legislation Review Committee
shall prepare and deliver to the governor and both houses of the
legislature a report containing the committee's findings and
recommendations for legislation to authorize and regulate the
conduct of gaming in this state in counties that by local option
election approve the conduct of gaming in the county; and
(2) the Senate Gaming Legislation Review Committee
shall prepare and deliver to the governor and both houses of the
legislature a report containing the committee's findings and
recommendations for legislation to authorize and regulate the
conduct of gaming in this state in counties that by local option
election approve the conduct of gaming in the county.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act:
(1) the speaker of the house of representatives shall
make the appointments to the House Gaming Legislation Review
Committee; and
(2) the lieutenant governor shall make the
appointments to the Senate Gaming Legislation Review Committee.
SECTION 3. The House Gaming Legislation Review Committee
and the Senate Gaming Legislation Review Committee are abolished
and this Act expires on January 2, 2011.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.