Bill Text: TX SJR90 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to protect the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas by authorizing it to conduct gaming on certain lands under state law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to State Affairs [SJR90 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SJR90-Introduced.html
| By: Menéndez | S.J.R. No. 90 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment to protect the Kickapoo | ||
| Traditional Tribe of Texas by authorizing it to conduct gaming on | ||
| certain lands under state law. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 47(a), Article III, Texas Constitution, | ||
| is amended 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), (d-1), and (e) of this section and Section 47a | ||
| of this article. | ||
| SECTION 2. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 47a to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 47a. If, after January 1, 2023, video lottery | ||
| terminals, slot machines, or other forms of gaming are authorized | ||
| under state law within 200 miles of the boundary of the Kickapoo | ||
| Traditional Tribe of Texas's reservation near Eagle Pass, Texas, | ||
| the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas is authorized to offer the | ||
| same types of games or devices or other forms of gaming as | ||
| authorized under state law at a location designated by the Tribe. | ||
| The number of games or devices authorized at the location shall | ||
| equal the maximum number, if any, of games or devices authorized | ||
| under state law for other gaming locations. The location must be on | ||
| land owned or leased by the Tribe that is within 300 miles of the | ||
| boundary of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas's reservation. | ||
| The gaming authorized under this section shall be regulated by the | ||
| Tribe and the Secretary of State. A rule on gaming conducted by the | ||
| Tribe that is adopted by the Secretary of State may not be more | ||
| restrictive than a rule applicable to other comparable types of | ||
| gaming licensed by this state. A tax rate or fee may not be imposed | ||
| on the Tribe's gaming operation in an amount that exceeds the amount | ||
| of a tax rate or fee imposed on the operators of other gaming | ||
| locations or facilities in this state. | ||
| SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2023. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment to protect the Kickapoo | ||
| Traditional Tribe of Texas by authorizing it to conduct gaming on | ||
| certain lands under state law." | ||
