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By:  Ellis                                                      S.J.R. No. 30 



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize this state to 
license persons to conduct certain electronic gaming on cruise 
vessels departing from or returning to a dock in this state.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       
	SECTION 1.  Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by 
adding Section 47-a to read as follows:
	Sec. 47-a.  (a)  In addition to any lottery or gift 
enterprise authorized by Section 47 of this article, the 
legislature by general law may authorize this state to license a 
person to conduct electronic gaming on a ship or other watercraft 
that is departing from or returning to a dock in this state on a 
cruise.
	(b)  In this section, "electronic gaming" means a game based 
primarily on chance that is played for consideration by an 
individual on an electronic machine or video display and in which 
the player may win a thing of value each time the game is played.
	SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2005.  
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the 
proposition:  "The constitutional amendment authorizing this state 
to license persons to conduct certain electronic gaming on cruise 
vessels departing from or returning to a dock in this state."