By: Chavez H.J.R. No. 108
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a federally
recognized Indian tribe in a county along the Texas-Mexico
international border to conduct certain gaming activity on certain
tribal lands.
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 Subsection (f) 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 Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Indian tribe may conduct
gaming activity described under or by Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
(Pub. L. No. 100-497) that would otherwise be subject to the
prohibition prescribed by (a) of this section on land that was
recognized as tribal land of that tribe by the United States on
January 1, 1998.
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 permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the Ysleta
del Sur Pueblo Indian tribe to conduct gaming activity on certain
tribal lands."