By: Alvarado H.J.R. No. 107
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
to authorize and provide for regulating the conduct of gaming in
this state and requiring the governor to call the legislature into
special session to consider gaming legislation.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 47, Article III, Texas Constitution, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (f) and
(f-1) to read as follows:
(a) The Legislature shall pass laws prohibiting lotteries
and gift enterprises in this State other than those authorized by
Subsections (b), (d), [and] (e), and (f) of this section.
(f) The Legislature by general law shall establish a full
time state gaming commission and to authorize and provide for
regulating the conduct of one or more types of gaming, including
casino gaming, in this State to be located:
(1) on barrier islands adjacent to counties located
along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico;
(2) on lands held in trust by the United States in El
Paso County, Texas for the benefit of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, a
federally recognized Indian tribe, and lands held in trust by the
United States in Polk County, Texas for the benefit of the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe, a federally recognized Indian tribe that
another federally recognized Indian tribe that owns or controls
federally recognized tribal land in this State is authorized by
state or federal law to conduct on that tribal land;
(3) a location with an existing pari-mutuel license;
(4) a municipality with a population of 675,000 or
greater.
(f-1) Not later than June 1, 2010, the governor shall call
the Legislature into special session for a period not to exceed 30
days for the sole purpose of considering and enacting laws to
implement Subsection (f) of this section. This subsection expires
January 1, 2011.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2009.
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
legislature to establish a full time state gaming commission and to
authorize and provide for regulating the conduct of gaming in this
state to be located on barrier islands of counties adjacent to the
Gulf of Mexico, lands held by federally recognized Indian tribes,
locations that have an existing gaming license, and municipalities
with populations of 675,000 or greater and requiring the governor
to call the legislature into special session to consider gaming
legislation."