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Thursday, May 5, 1983/The Battalion/Page 1B
Committee kills chances
Betting bill dies in House
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AUSTIN — A Senate-
approved bill to legalize parimu
tuel wagering on horse races
died on an 8-7 vote in a House
committee, and the measure’s
sponsor blamed confusion over
parliamentary tactics for the
proposal’s failure to reach the
House floor for debate.
After weeks of intense lob
bying, the 15-member House
Urban Affairs Committee went
into its Tuesday meeting with
members split 7-7 on the bill and
one lawmaker undecided.
The swing vote — Rep. A1
Edwards, D-Houston — finally
decided to vote against the mea
sure. But Rep. Hugo Berlanga,
the bill’s House sponsor, said
Edwards had agreed to let the
bill out of the committee with an
unfavorable recommendation
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so the full House could debate it.
After an evening of compli
cated parliamentary procedures
and two votes on the bill, the
measure died when Edwards
sided with the nays on both
votes.
“He just got bungled up in his
own procedures,” said Berlan
ga, D-Corpus Christi.
The betting bill, which passed
last week in the Senate only after
a portion of the wagering pool
was earmarked for a state water
fund, would legalize horse race
betting upon the issue’s approv
al in a statewide referendum.
Local option elections then
would clear the way for tracks to
operate in individual counties.
The Senate-approved mea
sure would set aside 5 percent of
wagers for purses, 5 percent for
tracks and 8 percent for the
state, with 5 percent of the state’s
share going to child welfare and
3 percent to a water fund.
The rejected House version
was similar to the Senate bill but
cut the water fund share to 1
percent.
Voting against the bill in the
House committee were Edwards
and Reps. Randy Pennington,
R-Houston, who led the opposi
tion; David Cain, D-Dallas; Bar
ry Connelly, R-Houston; Frank
Eikenburg, R-Plano; Jan
McKenna, R-Arlington; Mike
Toomey, R-Houston; and Steve
Wolens, D-Dallas.
In favor of the bill were com
mittee Chairman George Pierce,
R-San Antonio; and Reps. Paul
Colbert, D-Houston; Roy En
glish, D-Arlington; Paul Hilbert,
R-Spring; A1 Luna, D-Houston;
Kae Patrick, R-San Antonio;
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