1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to gambling; prohibiting location of a state-operated or state-licensed 
1.3 	gambling facility in a city unless the voters of the city have approved the facility 
1.4 	in a referendum.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. CASINO LOCATION; REFERENDUM.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section, "gambling facility" means 
1.8 	a facility operated or licensed by the state at which games commonly considered to be 
1.9 	casino games are conducted. Gambling facility does not include (1) a racetrack licensed 
1.10 	under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 240, or (2) a facility at which the only gambling 
1.11 	conducted is lawful gambling licensed under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 349.
1.12 		Subd. 2.Referendum. No gambling facility may be located within a home rule 
1.13 	charter or statutory city unless the voters of the city have approved that use in the city at a 
1.14 	general election or a special election called for that purpose.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.