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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a federally |
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recognized Indian tribe in a county along the Texas-Mexico |
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international border to conduct certain gaming activity on certain |
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tribal lands. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 47, Article III, Texas Constitution, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The Legislature shall pass laws prohibiting lotteries |
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and gift enterprises in this State other than those authorized by |
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Subsections (b), (d), [and] (e), and (f) of this section. |
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(f) The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Indian tribe may conduct |
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gaming activity described under or by Indian Gaming Regulatory Act |
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(Pub. L. No. 100-497) that would otherwise be subject to the |
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prohibition prescribed by (a) of this section on land that was |
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recognized as tribal land of that tribe by the United States on |
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January 1, 1998. |
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SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2009. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the Ysleta |
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del Sur Pueblo Indian tribe to conduct gaming activity on certain |
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tribal lands." |