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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, is |
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amended 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; |
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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) a county that has a population of 550,000 or more |
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and is adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (2); |
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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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(7) a county that is located on this state's border |
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with Louisiana, has a population of more than 65,000, and is within |
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50 miles of a municipality in Louisiana with a population of more |
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than 150,000; |
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(8) a county that has a population of more than 200,000 |
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and less than 250,000 [220,000]; and |
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(9) a county that has a population of more than 1.8 |
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million and that is adjacent to a county with a population of more |
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than 2.2 million. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1476 was passed by the House on April |
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12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 2, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1476 was passed by the Senate on May |
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9, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |