(Doc Name COUNCIL\SA\3720C013.DKA.SA17.DOCX):
EXPLANATION:
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 117, GENERAL
PROVISIONS, page 495, after line 30, by adding an appropriately
numbered paragraph to read:
// 117.____. (GP: Gambling
Study Committee) (A)
Of the funds appropriated to the Senate, the
House of Representatives, and the Department of Revenue, there
is created a study committee to examine the feasibility of
legalizing gambling, the possible revenue generated by
legalizing gambling, specifically casinos, and to determine
possible appropriations of revenue generated by gambling
including, but not limited to, road improvement projects.
(B)
The study committee is composed of the:
(1)
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
or his designee;
(2)
Majority leader of the House of
Representatives, or his designee;
(3)
Minority leader of the House of
Representatives, or his designee;
(4)
Chairman of the House Ways and Means
Committee, or his designee;
(5)
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, or
his designee;
(6)
Majority leader of the Senate, or his
designee;
(7)
Minority leader of the Senate, or his
designee;
(8)
Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee,
or his designee; and
(9)
Director of the Department of Revenue, or
his designee.
(C)
Members of the study committee shall serve without
compensation, but are allowed the mileage, subsistence, and per
diem allowed by law for members of state boards, committees, and
commissions, to be paid equally from approved accounts of the
Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Department of
Revenue.
(D)
The study committee shall choose its officers and must
be provided with clerical, administrative, and research services
by the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Department
of Revenue.
(E)
The study committee shall make a report of its findings
and recommendations to the General Assembly by June 30, 2018, at
which time the study committee terminates. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.