Amend HB 2701 (Senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) Strike Section 3 of the bill (page 1, lines 28-37).
(2) Insert the following appropriately numbered SECTION to
the bill and renumber existing SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION __. Section 6.06, Texas Racing Act (Article 179e,
Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by amending Subsection
(h) and adding Subsections (j) and (k) to read as follows:
(h) A person may not own more than a five percent interest in
more than three [two] racetracks licensed under this Act.
(j) Notwithstanding any other law, a person who owns an
interest in two or more racetracks licensed under this Act and who
also owns an interest in a license issued under Subtitle B, Title 3,
Alcoholic Beverage Code, may own an interest in the premises of
another holder of a license or permit under Title 3, Alcoholic
Beverage Code, if the premises of that other license or permit
holder are part of the premises of a racetrack licensed under this
Act.
(k) The commission shall review the ownership and
management of a license issued under this article every five years
beginning on the fifth anniversary of the issuance of the license.
In performing the review, the commission may require the license
holder to provide any information that would be required to be
provided in connection with an original license application under
Article 5 of this Act or this article. The commission shall charge
fees for the review in amounts sufficient to implement this
subsection.