Bill Text: TX HJR93 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing local option elections to legalize or prohibit the operation of eight-liners or similar gaming devices; authorizing a fee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to State Affairs [HJR93 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HJR93-Introduced.html

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88R2704 ADM-F
By: Raymond H.J.R. No. 93

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing local option
elections to legalize or prohibit the operation of eight-liners or
similar gaming devices; authorizing a fee.
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), (d-1), [and] (e), and (f) of this section.
(f) The Legislature by law may authorize and regulate the
operation of gaming devices commonly known as eight-liners or
similar gaming devices. A law enacted under this subsection must
allow the qualified voters voting at an election in any county,
justice precinct, or municipality to determine by majority vote
whether the gaming devices may be legally operated or prohibited in
the county, justice precinct, or municipality. The Legislature may
impose a fee on the operation of the gaming devices approved by a
majority of the voters or authorize a political subdivision to
impose a fee on the operation of the gaming devices. The
Legislature may determine the rate of the fee and the allocation of
the revenue from the fee notwithstanding any other provision of
this Constitution governing the rate or allocation of occupations
taxes.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing local
option elections to legalize or prohibit the operation of
eight-liners or similar gaming devices."