Harris v. Missouri Gaming Commission

BENTON, Judge.

On April 28, 1993, the General Assembly enacted S.B. 10 & 11 “relating to the regulation of certain gaming activities” (the “Act”). Previously at the general election on November 3, 1992, the People approved a referendum law H.B. 149 “relating to certain gaming activities.” 1 The General Assembly, howev er, in its Act repealed almost all of H.B. 149. The Act created a Gaming Commission to regulate riverboat gambling — previously done by the Tourism Commission under H.B. 149. § 313.004. RSMo Supp.1998. 2 The Act also deleted H.B. 149’s non-severability clause, and H.B. 149’s…