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GA HR1684
Resolution
Status
Introduced
3/11/2016
Primary Sponsor
Culver Kidd
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AI Summary
- Creates a seven-member House Study Committee on Casino Gaming, appointed by the Speaker of the House, to explore the feasibility and tax revenue potential of casino gaming in Georgia
- Directs the committee to assess whether casino revenue could fund HOPE scholarships, provide property tax relief, and improve health care affordability through rural hospital support, Medicaid expansion, indigent care reimbursements, and mental health services
- Cites a Georgia Lottery Corporation study estimating casino gaming would generate over $1 billion per year in revenue, and notes more than one million Georgians already frequent casinos in neighboring states like North Carolina, Mississippi, and Alabama
- Prior studies estimate casino gaming would create between 3,000 and 4,000 jobs, with potential casino sites including the nearly 3,000-acre former Georgia Power coal plant at Lake Sinclair in Putnam County
- The committee shall stand abolished on December 1, 2016, and must file any report with the Clerk of the House prior to that date, approved by majority vote of a quorum
Legislative Description
House Study Committee on Casino Gaming; create
Last Action
House Second Readers
3/15/2016
Full Bill Text
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