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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the regulation of game rooms in certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 234.132, Local Government Code, as |
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amended by Chapters 623 (S.B. 1210) and 1170 (S.B. 866), Acts of the |
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84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is reenacted and amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 234.132. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only |
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to: |
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(1) a county that has a population of less than 25,000, |
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is adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico, and is within 50 miles of an |
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international border; |
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(2) a county that has a population of four million or |
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more; |
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(3) a county that is adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico and |
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to a county that has a population of four million or more;[and] |
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(4) a county located on the Texas-Mexico border that |
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has a population of less than 300,000 and contains a municipality |
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with a population of 200,000 or more; |
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(5) [3] a county that has a population of 550,000 or |
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more and is adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (2); and |
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(6) a county that is located in the Permian Basin |
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within 25 miles of this state's border with another state of the |
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United States and has a population of more than 130,000. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |