Bill Text: TX HJR43 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-29 - Left pending in committee [HJR43 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HJR43-Introduced.html

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82R1741 GCB-D
By: Quintanilla H.J.R. No. 43

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.
Unless the conduct of a type of gaming in a particular county is
otherwise authorized by law, a law enacted under this subsection
must require an election that allows 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 8, 2011.
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."