BILL NUMBER: SCA 11	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   142
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 28, 1999
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   SEPTEMBER 10, 1999
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 10, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 9, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 8, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Burton and Assembly Member Villaraigosa

                        AUGUST 23, 1999

   Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 11--A resolution to propose to
the people of the State of California an amendment to the
Constitution of the State, by amending Section 19 of Article IV
thereof, relating to gambling.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCA 11, Burton.  Gambling.
   The California Constitution provides that the Legislature has no
power to authorize lotteries, and shall prohibit the sale of lottery
tickets in the state, but specifically authorizes the establishment
of the California State Lottery.  The California Constitution
provides that the Legislature may provide for the regulation of horse
racing and wagering on the results and may authorize cities and
counties to provide for bingo games, but only for charitable
purposes.  The California Constitution also provides that the
Legislature has no power to authorize, and shall prohibit, casinos of
the type currently operating in Nevada and New Jersey.
   This measure would provide that, notwithstanding the provisions of
the California Constitution prohibiting lotteries and casinos of the
type operating in Nevada and New Jersey, the Governor is authorized
to negotiate and conclude compacts, subject to ratification by the
Legislature, for the operation of slot machines and for the conduct
of lottery games, and banking and percentage card games by federally
recognized Indian tribes on Indian lands in California in accordance
with federal law.  The measure would also expressly permit slot
machines, lottery games, and banking and percentage card games to be
conducted and operated on tribal lands subject to these compacts.





   Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the
Legislature of the State of California at its 1999-2000 Regular
Session commencing on the seventh day of December 1998, two-thirds of
the membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the
people of the State of California that the Constitution of the State
be amended by amending Section 19 to Article IV thereof to read:
      SEC. 19.  (a) The Legislature has no power to authorize
lotteries, and shall prohibit the sale of lottery tickets in the
State.
   (b) The Legislature may provide for the regulation of horse races
and horse race meetings and wagering on the results.
   (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) the Legislature by statute may
authorize cities and counties to provide for bingo games, but only
for charitable purposes.
   (d) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), there is authorized the
establishment of a California State Lottery.
   (e) The Legislature has no power to authorize, and shall prohibit
casinos of the type currently operating in Nevada and New Jersey.
   (f) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (e), and any other
provision of state law, the Governor is authorized to negotiate and
conclude compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature, for
the operation of slot machines and for the conduct of lottery games
and banking and percentage card games by federally recognized Indian
tribes on Indian lands in California in accordance with federal law.
Accordingly, slot machines, lottery games, and banking and
percentage card games are hereby permitted to be conducted and
operated on tribal lands subject to those compacts.