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<br /> <br />RESOLUTION 200:2--21 <br /> <br />**** <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in November 1980, Texas voters approved a Constitutional amendment <br />authorizing Charitable Bingo on a local option basis; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Constitutional Amendment requires all Bingo proceeds be spent in <br />Texas for charitable purposes; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the voters of La Porte authorized Charitable Bingo in this jurisdiction; <br />and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the first Charitable Bingo licenses were issued in the Spring of 1982; <br />and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the year 2002 marks the 20th Anniversary of Charitable Bingo in <br />Texas; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in the twenty years of Charitable Bingo, total attendance at bingo halls <br />has exceeded 479,000,000; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, total prizes paid out to participants has exceeded $9 billion; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, distributions for charitable purposes has exceeded $675,000,000; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the treasury of the City of La Porte has received over $195,000 in <br />allocations of fees and taxes from the operation of Charitable Bingo in this <br />jurisdiction; <br /> <br />Now, therefore, be it resolved, that the Year 2002 be proclaimed as the 20th <br />Anniversary of Charitable Bingo in the City of La Porte. <br /> <br />PASSED AND APPROVED, by the CITY COUNCIL, on this, the 8th day of April <br />2002. <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br />~tU1i~ ADBI/ <br /> <br />City Secretary <br /> <br />