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| 1 | 1 | By: Chavez H.J.R. No. 108 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 5 | 5 | proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a federally | |
| 6 | 6 | recognized Indian tribe in a county along the Texas-Mexico | |
| 7 | 7 | international border to conduct certain gaming activity on certain | |
| 8 | 8 | tribal lands. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 47, Article III, Texas Constitution, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to | |
| 12 | 12 | read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (a) The Legislature shall pass laws prohibiting lotteries | |
| 14 | 14 | and gift enterprises in this State other than those authorized by | |
| 15 | 15 | Subsections (b), (d), [and] (e), and (f) of this section. | |
| 16 | 16 | (f) The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Indian tribe may conduct | |
| 17 | 17 | gaming activity described under or by Indian Gaming Regulatory Act | |
| 18 | 18 | (Pub. L. No. 100-497) that would otherwise be subject to the | |
| 19 | 19 | prohibition prescribed by (a) of this section on land that was | |
| 20 | 20 | recognized as tribal land of that tribe by the United States on | |
| 21 | 21 | January 1, 1998. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 23 | 23 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2009. | |
| 24 | 24 | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | |
| 25 | 25 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the Ysleta | |
| 26 | 26 | del Sur Pueblo Indian tribe to conduct gaming activity on certain | |
| 27 | 27 | tribal lands." |