Legal Opinion
Stop Slots MD 2008 v. State Board of Elections
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 6, 2012No. 87, September Term, 2008PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBell, C.J.
The Maryland House of Delegates, during a special session convened in 2007, enacted legislation, which proposed a constitutional amendment that would legalize video slot machine gambling in Maryland. During that same session, the State Senate initiated companion legislation, Senate Bill 3, an appropriations bill, contingent on the proposed Constitutional Amendment being ratified by the electorate, pursuant to which the gambling revenue would be appropriated and distributed. That Bill also prescribed the purposes for which the gambling revenue would be used. Each piece of legislation was…
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