By: Gonzalez H.J.R. No. 133
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. Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 74 to read as follows:
Sec. 74. The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Indian tribe may conduct
gaming activity that would otherwise be subject to the prohibition
prescribed by section 47(a), Article III, of this constitution on
its land in this state that was held in trust or recognized as
tribal land of the 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 8, 2011.
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."