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HJR 40, 84th R.S.

Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the legislature to establish a state gaming commission and to authorize and provide for the regulation of gaming conducted at certain locations in this state, authorizing federally recognized Indian tribes to conduct gaming on certain Indian lands, and requiring the governor to call the legislature into special session to consider gaming legislation.

Last action: Referred to State Affairs

Author: Carol Alvarado
Joint Author: Marisa Márquez

Subjects:
Amusements, Games, Sports
Crimes--Against Morals
GAMBLING
GAMING COMMISSION, TEXAS
Governor
GREYHOUND RACING
GULF OF MEXICO
HORSE RACING
Legislature
NATIVE AMERICANS
Resolutions--Constitutional Amendments
State Agencies, Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed

House Committee: State Affairs (Byron Cook, Tom Craddick, Marsha Farney, Jessica Farrar, Charlie Geren, Helen Giddings, Patricia Harless, Dan Huberty, Jarvis Johnson, John Kuempel, José Menéndez, Ina Minjarez, René Oliveira, John Smithee, Sylvester Turner)

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