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Tourism and Cooperatives Commission ends final-consideration session without quorum; director ordered to seek referendum on two measures
Summary
The House Commission on Tourism and Cooperativism met May 14 to consider House Bill 1983 (allowing up to 200 electronic gaming terminals at the racetrack) and Senate Bill 1215 (clarifying jurisdiction over electric cooperatives). Lacking a quorum, the chair directed the executive director to pursue approval by referendum and adjourned the session without votes.
José Rivera Madera, president of the Puerto Rico House Commission on Tourism and Cooperativism, called a final-consideration session at 10:51 a.m. on May 14 to consider House Bill 1983 and Senate Bill 1215. Rivera Madera opened the public meeting in Hearing Room 3 and on Zoom and named commission staff present, including Attorney Antonio Becerra, identified in the session as the commission’s executive director, and José Velázquez.
Rivera Madera outlined the measures before the commission. He said House Bill 1983 would amend Articles 320 and 321 of Law No. 83 (July 2, 1987), the statute governing the horse-racing industry, to authorize electronic gaming terminals at the…
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