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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY PALLONE, BELFANTI, HARHAI, JOHNSON, KORTZ, SAINATO AND SOLOBAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Urging the Bureau of Pennsylvania State Lottery to implement the |
2 | game of chance known as keno, allow it to be conducted in |
3 | certain retail liquor establishments and dedicate the revenue |
4 | generated to fund the State Employees' Retirement System and |
5 | the Public School Employees' Retirement System until they are |
6 | certified to be actuarially sound, after which the revenue is |
7 | to be deposited in the Property Tax Relief Fund. |
8 | WHEREAS, Both the State Employees' Retirement System and the |
9 | Public School Employees' Retirement System pension funds are |
10 | facing a certain funding shortfall in the coming years; and |
11 | WHEREAS, The Commonwealth is obligated to cover these |
12 | shortfalls and numerous estimates place these pension costs |
13 | between five and ten billion dollars over the next six to ten |
14 | years; and |
15 | WHEREAS, An alternative source of revenue is needed to |
16 | adequately address these rising costs or an additional burden |
17 | will be placed on Pennsylvania taxpayers; and |
18 | WHEREAS, The game of chance known as keno that is legal in |
19 | several other states can provide a portion of this necessary |
20 | revenue if we allow it to be played in licensed liquor |
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1 | establishments such as bars and clubs; and |
2 | WHEREAS, School property taxes continue to rise and remain an |
3 | ever-increasing burden on Pennsylvania homeowners; and |
4 | WHEREAS, Once the State Employees' Retirement System and the |
5 | Public School Employees' Retirement System pension funds are |
6 | certified to be actuarially sound, the revenue from keno can be |
7 | used to augment the Property Tax Relief Fund; therefore be it |
8 | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the |
9 | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge the Bureau of Pennsylvania |
10 | State Lottery to implement the game of chance known as keno and |
11 | allow it to be conducted in certain retail liquor establishments |
12 | in Pennsylvania; and be it further |
13 | RESOLVED, That the revenue generated by keno be used to fund |
14 | the State Employees' Retirement System and the Public School |
15 | Employees' Retirement System until they are certified to be |
16 | actuarially sound, and after this certification, the revenue is |
17 | to be deposited in the Property Tax Relief Fund. |
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