| 1 | 1 | | By: Alvarado H.J.R. No. 107 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 5 | 5 | | proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature |
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| 6 | 6 | | to authorize and provide for regulating the conduct of gaming in |
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| 7 | 7 | | this state and requiring the governor to call the legislature into |
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| 8 | 8 | | special session to consider gaming legislation. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 47, Article III, Texas Constitution, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (f) and |
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| 12 | 12 | | (f-1) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) The Legislature shall pass laws prohibiting lotteries |
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| 14 | 14 | | and gift enterprises in this State other than those authorized by |
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| 15 | 15 | | Subsections (b), (d), [and] (e), and (f) of this section. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (f) The Legislature by general law shall establish a full |
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| 17 | 17 | | time state gaming commission and to authorize and provide for |
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| 18 | 18 | | regulating the conduct of one or more types of gaming, including |
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| 19 | 19 | | casino gaming, in this State to be located: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) on barrier islands adjacent to counties located |
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| 21 | 21 | | along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) on lands held in trust by the United States in El |
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| 23 | 23 | | Paso County, Texas for the benefit of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, a |
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| 24 | 24 | | federally recognized Indian tribe, and lands held in trust by the |
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| 25 | 25 | | United States in Polk County, Texas for the benefit of the |
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| 26 | 26 | | Alabama-Coushatta Tribe, a federally recognized Indian tribe that |
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| 27 | 27 | | another federally recognized Indian tribe that owns or controls |
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| 28 | 28 | | federally recognized tribal land in this State is authorized by |
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| 29 | 29 | | state or federal law to conduct on that tribal land; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (3) a location with an existing pari-mutuel license; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (4) a municipality with a population of 675,000 or |
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| 32 | 32 | | greater. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (f-1) Not later than June 1, 2010, the governor shall call |
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| 34 | 34 | | the Legislature into special session for a period not to exceed 30 |
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| 35 | 35 | | days for the sole purpose of considering and enacting laws to |
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| 36 | 36 | | implement Subsection (f) of this section. This subsection expires |
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| 37 | 37 | | January 1, 2011. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 39 | 39 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2009. |
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| 40 | 40 | | The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the |
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| 41 | 41 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the |
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| 42 | 42 | | legislature to establish a full time state gaming commission and to |
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| 43 | 43 | | authorize and provide for regulating the conduct of gaming in this |
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| 44 | 44 | | state to be located on barrier islands of counties adjacent to the |
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| 45 | 45 | | Gulf of Mexico, lands held by federally recognized Indian tribes, |
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| 46 | 46 | | locations that have an existing gaming license, and municipalities |
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| 47 | 47 | | with populations of 675,000 or greater and requiring the governor |
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| 48 | 48 | | to call the legislature into special session to consider gaming |
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| 49 | 49 | | legislation." |
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