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| 1 | - | By: Leach, Meyer, Patterson, Moody, Canales H.J.R. No. 102 | |
| 1 | + | 88R6710 BEE-F | |
| 2 | + | By: Leach H.J.R. No. 102 | |
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| 4 | 5 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 5 | 6 | proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature | |
| 6 | - | to legalize wagering in this state on certain sporting events and | |
| 7 | - | requiring the legislature to dedicate to property tax relief at | |
| 8 | - | least 98 percent of the net state tax revenue generated from the | |
| 9 | - | wagering on sporting events. | |
| 7 | + | to legalize wagering in this state on certain sporting events. | |
| 10 | 8 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 47, Article III, Texas Constitution, is | |
| 12 | - | amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding | |
| 13 | - | ||
| 10 | + | amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to | |
| 11 | + | read as follows: | |
| 14 | 12 | (a) The Legislature shall pass laws prohibiting lotteries | |
| 15 | 13 | and gift enterprises in this State other than those authorized by | |
| 16 | - | Subsections (b), (d), (d-1), [and] (e), (f), and (g) of this | |
| 17 | - | section. | |
| 14 | + | Subsections (b), (d), (d-1), [and] (e), and (f) of this section. | |
| 18 | 15 | (f) The legislature by law may authorize and regulate the | |
| 19 | 16 | placing of wagers on sporting events. A law enacted under this | |
| 20 | 17 | subsection may authorize the conduct of sports wagering only by: | |
| 21 | - | (1) a sports team, as defined by general law; | |
| 18 | + | (1) a sports team, as defined by general law, in | |
| 19 | + | existence on January 1, 2023; | |
| 22 | 20 | (2) a sports organization that held in this state | |
| 23 | 21 | before January 1, 2023, sanctioned annual professional golf | |
| 24 | 22 | tournaments as part of a national tour of professional golfers; | |
| 25 | - | (3) a class 1 horse racetrack in operation on January | |
| 26 | - | 1, 2023; | |
| 27 | - | (4) a racetrack that: | |
| 28 | - | (A) existed and operated before January 1, 2000; | |
| 29 | - | and | |
| 30 | - | (B) annually hosted National Association for | |
| 31 | - | Stock Car Auto Racing Cup Series events for at least 20 years | |
| 32 | - | preceding May 1, 2023; or | |
| 33 | - | (5) a designee of an entity described by Subdivisions | |
| 34 | - | (1)-(4) of this subsection. | |
| 35 | - | (g) A law enacted under Subsection (f) of this section must | |
| 36 | - | dedicate to property tax relief at least 98 percent of the net state | |
| 37 | - | tax revenue generated from wagering on sports events. | |
| 23 | + | (3) a class 1 racetrack in operation on January 1, | |
| 24 | + | 2023; or | |
| 25 | + | (4) a designee of an entity described by Subdivisions | |
| 26 | + | (1)-(3) of this subsection. | |
| 38 | 27 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 39 | 28 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023. | |
| 40 | 29 | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | |
| 41 | 30 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the | |
| 42 | 31 | legislature to legalize wagering in this state on certain sporting | |
| 43 | - | events and requiring the legislature to dedicate to property tax | |
| 44 | - | relief at least 98 percent of the net state tax revenue generated | |
| 45 | - | from the wagering on sporting events." | |
| 32 | + | events." |