11-20-96-7-m - Resolution - 11/20/1996q so[ution
NUMBER: 11-20-96-7-m
A RESOLUTION RELATING TO A PROPOSED
SENATE BILL REGARDING THE TEXAS LO'i-rERY.
WHEREAS, the Texas Lottery Commissioner has conducted the Texas Lottery since it
implementation in 1992; and
WEREAS, Senator Tom Haywood has proposed a senate bill to be presented in the
1997 legislative session of the Texas Senate that would require the Texas Lottery
Commission to return five cents of every lottery sales dollar to the city where the sale
was transacted or the county where the sale was transacted if the transaction location
was in the unincorporated area of the county;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of College
Station, Texas, hereby supports the proposed legislation to be introduced by Senator
Tom Haywood requiring the Texas Lottery Commission to return five cents of every
lottery sales dollar to the city where the sale was transacted or to the county if the sales
transaction was located in the unincorporated area of the county.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas this
20th day of November 1996.
Connie Hooks, City Secretary
APPROVED:
Lynn' ~cllhaney, MayOr