Tex. Occ. Code § 2035.001 · Subchapter A. LEGALIZATION ELECTION
VOTER APPROVAL OF RACETRACK REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission may not issue a racetrack license or accept a license application for a racetrack to be located in a county until the commissioners court has certified to the secretary of state that the qualified voters of the county have approved the legalization of pari-mutuel wagering on horse races or greyhound races in the county at an election held under this chapter.
(b) A racetrack may not be located within a home-rule municipality unless a majority of the votes cast in the municipality in the election held under this chapter that legalized pari-mutuel wagering on horse races in the county favored legalization.
(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to a racetrack that:
(1) was located outside the boundaries of the municipality when the racetrack was first licensed; and
(2) has continuously held a license since the issuance of the original license.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 963 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.2035.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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