Senate Bill 1272
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Florida Senate - 1999 SJR 1272
By Senator Gutman
34-1110-99 See HB
1 Senate Joint Resolution No.
2 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to
3 Section 7 of Article X and the creation of
4 Section 26 of Article XII of the State
5 Constitution relating to casino gambling.
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7 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9 That the amendment to Section 7 of Article X of the
10 State Constitution and the creation of Section 26 of Article
11 XII set forth below is agreed to and shall be submitted to the
12 electors of Florida for approval or rejection at the general
13 election to be held in November 2000:
14 ARTICLE X
15 MISCELLANEOUS
16 SECTION 7. Lotteries.--
17 (a) Lotteries, other than casino gambling as provided
18 in subsection (b) and the types of pari-mutuel pools
19 authorized by law as of the effective date of this
20 constitution, are hereby prohibited in this state.
21 (b) Casino gambling may be conducted within any
22 charter county in the state with a population in excess of
23 2,000,000 persons in any municipality in such a county which
24 has a hotel or commercial lodging facility in excess of 800
25 rooms.
26 (c) Tax revenues collected with respect to casino
27 gambling as authorized in this section shall be used only to
28 augment the budget of the Department of Elderly Affairs.
29 ARTICLE XII
30 SCHEDULE
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Florida Senate - 1999 SJR 1272
34-1110-99 See HB
1 SECTION 26. Gambling.--The conduct of casino gambling
2 within a county as described in Section 7(b) of Article X
3 shall be subject to the approval of the qualified electors
4 within the county voting in a referendum election held for
5 such purpose, and any municipality in such a county may, by
6 local option referendum, reject casino gambling within the
7 corporate limits of the qualified municipality.
8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the question of whether to
9 authorize casino gambling as provided herein shall be
10 submitted to the electors of any county qualified pursuant to
11 Section 7(b) of Article X at the same election that the
12 amendment to Section 7 of Article X and the creation of
13 Section 26 of Article XII of the State Constitution set forth
14 above is submitted to the electors of Florida for approval or
15 rejection.
16 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in accordance with the
17 requirements of section 101.161, Florida Statutes, the title
18 and substance of the amendment proposed herein shall appear on
19 the ballot as follows:
20 CASINO GAMBLING
21 Proposing an amendment to Section 7 of Article X and
22 the creation of Section 26 of Article XII of the State
23 Constitution to permit casino gambling in charter counties in
24 the state with a population of 2,000,000 or more in
25 municipalities in such counties with a hotel or commercial
26 lodging facility in excess of 800 rooms which do not reject
27 such gambling by local option. Provides that the revenues
28 shall be used to augment the budget of the Department of
29 Elderly Affairs.
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