Senate Bill sb2580

    Florida Senate - 2002                                 SJR 2580

    By Senator Diaz de la Portilla





    34-1684-02

  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 following amendment to Section 7 of Article X

10  of the State Constitution and the creation of Section 26 of

11  Article XII are agreed to and shall be submitted to the

12  electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next

13  general election or at an earlier special election

14  specifically authorized by law for that purpose:

15                            ARTICLE X

16                          MISCELLANEOUS

17         SECTION 7.  Lotteries.--

18         (a)  Lotteries, other than casino gambling as provided

19  in subsection (b) and the types of pari-mutuel pools

20  authorized by law as of the effective date of this

21  constitution, are hereby prohibited in this state.

22         (b)  Casino gambling may be conducted within any

23  municipality within a charter county that has a population in

24  excess of a million persons if there is located within the

25  municipality a hotel or commercial lodging facility in excess

26  of 500 rooms and existing pari-mutuel facilities.

27         (c)  Tax revenues collected with respect to casino

28  gambling as authorized in this section may be used only to

29  augment the budget of the Department of Elderly Affairs, the

30  Department of Education, and the Department of Children and

31  Family Services.

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                 SJR 2580
    34-1684-02




  1                           ARTICLE XII

  2                             SCHEDULE

  3         SECTION 26.  Gambling.--The conduct of casino gambling

  4  within a municipality as described in Section 7(b) of Article

  5  X is subject to the approval of the qualified electors of the

  6  county within which the municipality is located voting in a

  7  referendum election held for that purpose; however, any

  8  municipality in that county may, by local option referendum,

  9  reject casino gambling within its corporate limits.

10         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be

11  placed on the ballot:

12                     CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

13                       ARTICLE X, SECTION 7

14                     ARTICLE XII, SECTION 26

15         CASINO GAMBLING.--Proposing an amendment to Section 7

16  of Article X and the creation of Section 26 of Article XII of

17  the State Constitution to permit casino gambling in a

18  municipality within a charter county that has a population in

19  excess of a million if there is in the municipality a hotel or

20  commercial lodging facility in excess of 500 rooms and

21  existing pari-mutuel facilities, and if the electors of the

22  county approve such gambling by referendum, and to provide

23  that the revenues be used to augment the budget of the

24  Department of Elderly Affairs, the Department of Education,

25  and the Department of Children and Family Services.

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