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EXPLANATION:
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 117, GENERAL
PROVISIONS, page 506, after line 2, by adding an appropriately
numbered paragraph to read:
/ (GP: Gaming 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
expanding gaming, the possible revenue generated by expanding
gaming, specifically casinos, and to determine possible
appropriations of revenue generated by gaming.
(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,
2019, at which time the study committee terminates./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.