Bill Text: TX HB2644 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting the use of money in the Texas economic development fund or the Texas Enterprise Fund to finance a facility or establishment at which gambling is to be conducted.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-21 - Referred to Appropriations [HB2644 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB2644-Introduced.html

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85R4815 TSR-D
By: Sanford H.B. No. 2644

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibiting the use of money in the Texas economic
development fund or the Texas Enterprise Fund to finance a facility
or establishment at which gambling is to be conducted.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12.0272, Agriculture Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Money in the Texas economic development fund may not be
used to finance a facility or establishment at which gambling is to
be conducted, including bingo and wagering on greyhound or horse
racing.
SECTION 2. Section 481.078, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e-2) to read as follows:
(e-2) The governor may not award a grant to an entity to
finance a facility or establishment at which gambling is to be
conducted, including bingo and wagering on greyhound or horse
racing.
SECTION 3. Section 481.078(e-2), Government Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to a grant awarded on or after the
effective date of this Act. A grant awarded before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
grant was awarded, and the former law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.