Bill Text: HI SB1237 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Gambling; Slot Machine; Video Poker Gambling; Constitutional Amendment
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB1237 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB1237-Introduced.html
Report Title:
Gambling; Slot Machine; Video Poker Gambling; Constitutional Amendment
Description:
Proposes a constitutional amendment to legalize slot machine and video poker gambling in designated resort areas and airports within a county as determined by the legislature by law.
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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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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 Constitution of the State of Hawaii to legalize slot machine gambling and gambling by video poker machines as may be provided by law.
SECTION 2. Article XVI of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"MACHINE GAMBLING
Section . Gambling by use of slot machines and video poker machines shall be legal; provided that the gambling is limited to designated resort areas and to airports within a county or counties as determined by the legislature by law."
SECTION 3. The question to be printed on the ballot shall be as follows:
"Shall gambling by use of slot machines and video poker machines be legal in Hawaii if the gambling is limited to designated resort areas and to airports in a county or counties as determined by the legislature by law?"
SECTION 4. New constitutional material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This amendment shall take effect upon compliance with article XVII, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.
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