Opinion No. (2010)

REQUESTED BY: Senator Beau McCoy

Senator Tony Fulton Nebraska Legislature You have each requested our opinion regarding the constitutionality of LB 1102. The bill as introduced proposes to amend Neb. Rev. Stat. §2-1203.01 (2007) to authorize the State Racing Commission ["Commission"] to "[l]icense and regulate parimutuel wagering on historic horseraces. . . ." LB 1102, § 1.1 Neb. Const. art. III, § 24, permits the Legislature to enact "laws providing for the licensing and regulation of wagering on the results of horseraces, wherever run, either within or outside of the state, by the parimutuel…