HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	394
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO LEGALIZE SLOT MACHINE GAMBLING AND GAMBLING BY VIDEO POKER MACHINES.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to propose an amendment to article XVI of the Hawaii State Constitution to legalize slot machine gambling and gambling by video poker machines as provided by law.

    SECTION 2.  Article XVI of the Hawaii State Constitution is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"MACHINE GAMBLING

Section    .  Gambling by the use of slot machines and video poker machines shall be legal; provided that the gambling is not visible from the street and is limited to designated resort areas located on the island of Oahu as provided by law."

    SECTION 3.  The question to be printed on the ballot shall be as follows:

    "Shall gambling by the use of slot machines and video poker machines be legal in Hawaii if the gambling is not visible from the street and is limited to designated resort areas located on the island of Oahu as provided by law?"

     SECTION 4.  New constitutional material is underscored.

     SECTION 5.  This amendment shall take effect on July 1, 2015.

 

 

Report Title:

Gambling; Slot Machine; Video Poker Gambling; Constitutional Amendment

 

Description:

Proposes a constitutional amendment to legalize slot machine and video poker gambling that are not visible from the street in designated resort areas on the island of Oahu as provided by law.  (HB394 HD1)

 

 

 

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