81R5400 YDB-D
By: Quintanilla H.J.R. No. 99
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
to legalize and regulate the conduct of gaming in this state in
counties that by local option election approve the conduct of that
gaming.
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 Legislature by general law may authorize and
regulate the conduct of one or more types of gaming in this State. A
law enacted under this subsection must require that, before any
type of gaming not otherwise permitted by law to be conducted in a
particular county may be conducted in that county, an election must
be held to allow the qualified voters of the county to determine by
a majority vote whether that type of gaming may be legally conducted
in the county.
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
legislature to legalize and regulate the conduct of gaming in this
state in counties that by local option election approve the conduct
of that gaming."