Amendment SSA1-SJR32

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1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE

SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO 1997 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 32

December 19, 1997 - Offered by Senator Decker.

SJR32-SSA1,1,12 To amend section 24 (5) and (6) (a) of article IV; and to create section 24 (7) of article IV of the constitution; relating to: providing that the net proceeds of the state lottery, all moneys received by the state under Indian gaming agreements, other than moneys used to regulate and enforce the provisions of the Indian gaming agreements, and all moneys received by the state that are attributable to pari-mutuel on-track betting must be used for reducing property taxes imposed on principal dwellings by creating property tax credits; and providing that the distribution of the net proceeds of the state lottery, moneys received by the state under Indian gaming agreements and all moneys received by the state that are attributable to pari-mutuel on-track betting are not subject to the uniformity requirement of article VIII, section 1, of the Wisconsin Constitution (first consideration).

SJR32-SSA1,1,13 Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That:

SJR32-SSA1, s. 1 Section 1. Section 24 (5) of article IV of the constitution is amended to read:

SJR32-SSA1,2,8 [Article IV] Section 24 (5) This section shall not prohibit pari-mutuel on-track betting as provided by law. The state may not own or operate any facility or enterprise for pari-mutuel betting, or lease any state-owned land to any other owner or operator for such purposes. All moneys received by the state that are attributable to pari-mutuel on-track betting shall be used for reducing property taxes imposed on principal dwellings by creating property tax credits. The distribution of moneys that are attributable to pari-mutuel on-track betting shall not be subject to the uniformity requirement of section 1 of article VIII.

SJR32-SSA1, s. 2 Section 2. Section 24 (6) (a) of article IV of the constitution is amended to read:

SJR32-SSA1,2,19 [Article IV] Section 24 (6) (a) The legislature may authorize the creation of a lottery to be operated by the state as provided by law. The expenditure of public funds or of revenues derived from lottery operations to engage in promotional advertising of the Wisconsin state lottery is prohibited. Any advertising of the state lottery shall indicate the odds of a specific lottery ticket to be selected as the winning ticket for each prize amount offered. The net proceeds of the state lottery shall be deposited in the treasury of the state, to be used for property tax relief as provided by law reducing property taxes imposed on principal dwellings by creating property tax credits. The distribution of the net proceeds of the state lottery shall not be subject to the uniformity requirement of section 1 of article VIII.

SJR32-SSA1, s. 3 Section 3. Section 24 (7) of article IV of the constitution is created to read:

SJR32-SSA1,3,2 [Article IV] Section 24 (7) All moneys received by the state under Indian gaming agreements, other than moneys used to regulate and enforce the provisions of the Indian gaming agreements, shall be used for reducing property taxes imposed on principal dwellings by creating property tax credits. The distribution of moneys received under Indian gaming agreements shall not be subject to the uniformity requirement of section 1 of article VIII.

SJR32-SSA1, s. 4 Section 4. Numbering of new provision. (1) The new subsection (7) of section 24 of article IV of the constitution created in this joint resolution shall be designated by the next higher open whole subsection number in that section if, before the ratification by the people of the amendment proposed in this joint resolution, any other ratified amendment has created a subsection (7) of section 24 of article IV of the constitution of this state. If one or more joint resolutions create a subsection (7) of section 24 of article IV simultaneously with the ratification by the people of the amendment proposed in this joint resolution, the subsections created shall be numbered and placed in a sequence so that the subsection created by the joint resolution having the lowest enrolled joint resolution number has the number designated in the joint resolution and the subsections created by the other joint resolutions have the numbers in the sequence that are in the same ascending order as are the numbers of the enrolled joint resolutions creating the subsections.

SJR32-SSA1,3,18 Be it further resolved, That this proposed amendment be referred to the legislature to be chosen at the next general election and that it be published for 3 months previous to the time of holding such election.

SJR32-SSA1,3,19 (End)