PRINTER'S NO. 39
No. 14 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY M. O'BRIEN, CLYMER, J. TAYLOR, W. KELLER,
HENNESSEY, SWANGER, VITALI, JOSEPHS, YOUNGBLOOD AND COX,
JANUARY 30, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 30, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for binding ballot questions.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Title 4 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
6 is amended by adding a section to read:
7 § 1214. Binding ballot question.
8 Notwithstanding any other provision of this title to the
9 contrary, a municipality shall have the authority to place a
10 binding ballot question before the electorate to approve or
11 disapprove the expansion of gambling operations or increases in
12 the number of licensees within the municipality.
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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