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圣何塞73%选民投票通过的法案竟是非法的？赌场不服提诉讼！
San Jose measure overwhelmingly approved by voters may be illegal, lawsuit says
诉讼称，圣何塞压倒性通过的法案可能是非法的
73% of San Jose voters cast ballots in support of the initiative.
73%的圣何塞选民投票支持这项倡议。
An overwhelmingly approved San Jose ballot measure that was slated to raise taxes on the city’s two card rooms and increase the number of table games at each establishment may be invalid, according to a new lawsuit.
根据一项新的诉讼，圣何塞市以压倒性多数通过的一项旨在提高该市两个牌局税收和增加每家牌局赌桌游戏数量的投票措施可能无效。
Casino M8trix — one of San Jose’s two card rooms — filed a lawsuit against the city of San Jose late last month seeking to have the Santa Clara County Superior Court invalidate the measure in its entirety and rule that it is unenforceable.
M8trix赌场——圣何塞两家赌场之一——上月底对圣何塞市提起诉讼，要求圣克拉拉县高级法院裁定该措施整体无效，并判定其不可执行。
Since voters passed the measure in November, the California Bureau of Gambling Control has allegedly concluded the city’s plan to expand the number of card tables across the city violated state law, the lawsuit states.
诉状称，自从11月选民通过了这项措施以来，加州赌博控制局已认定该市扩大全市牌桌数量的计划违反了该州法律。
Casino M8trix in December filed an application with the California Gambling Control Commission to obtain approval to increase its table games from 49 to 64, as permitted under the city’s newly passed measure, but the application is still pending.
赌场M8trix去年12月向加州赌博控制委员会(California Gambling Control Commission)提交了一份申请，希望获得批准，将桌游数量从49种增加到64种，这是该市最新通过的措施所允许的，但该申请仍在审批中。
If the commission sides with the Bureau and deems the card room’s request for additional tables illegal, then Casino M8trix argues that the tax hike should be voided as well.
如果委员会站在该局一边，认为卡房增加赌桌的要求是非法的，那么M8trix赌场认为，增税也应该作废。
“Casino M8trix believes it is only fair that the increased tax that was only one part of Measure H be deferred until the additional gaming tables, which give us the ability to pay that new tax, are approved,” Robert Lindo, vice president and director of Casino Matrix, wrote in an email Thursday to this news organization.
“赌场M8trix认为，仅仅是措施H的一部分而增加的税收被推迟到额外的赌桌被批准才是公平的，因为这些赌桌给了我们支付新税的能力，”赌场矩阵副总裁兼董事罗伯特·林多(Robert Lindo)周四在给这家新闻机构的电子邮件中写道。
Measure H, which was approved by nearly 73% of San Jose voters in November, was presented as increasing taxes on San Jose’s Casino M8trix and Bay 101 card rooms from 15% to 16.5% and allowing the casinos to each add 15 new card tables.
去年11月，圣何塞近73%的选民通过了H法案，其内容是将圣何塞赌场M8trix和Bay 101牌房的税率从15%提高到16.5%，并允许每家赌场增加15张新牌桌。
The ballot language for the measure informed voters that it was expected to generate $15 million annually for the city services, such as fire protection, 911 emergency response, street repaid and addressing homelessness.
该措施的投票语言告诉选民，它预计每年将为城市服务产生1,500万美元，如消防、911应急、街头偿还和解决无家可归问题。
The increase in card tables was expected to generate $9 million — or 60% — of the anticipated funding expected to result from the measure, while the tax hike would only contribute $2 million, according to a city report. The remaining $4 million was expected to come from extending the city’s card room tax to businesses that provide in-house player services.
根据一份城市报告，牌桌数量的增加预计将产生900万美元，即该措施预计将产生的资金的60%，而增税只会贡献200万美元。剩余的400万美元预计将来自扩大该市的卡房税到提供内部播放器服务的企业。
In the lawsuit, Casino M8trix argues that there is “no evidence” that the voters would have approved the measure if the additional revenue from the increased card tables was not a part of the equation.
在诉讼中，赌场M8trix辩称，如果增加牌桌带来的额外收入不是等式的一部分，“没有证据”表明选民会批准这项措施。
“The unlawful provisions of Measure H are not severable from the lawful provisions,” the lawsuit states. “… the evidence of voter intent indicates that it was approved as a full and comprehensive amendment to the city’s gaming ordinance.”
“措施H的非法规定不能与合法规定分开，”诉讼说。 “…选民意图的证据表明，它被批准为对城市博彩条例的全面和全面的修正案。””
The state notified the city of San Jose that it was skeptical about the legality of the measure several weeks before the election, according to city records included in the lawsuit.
诉讼中包含的市政府记录显示，该州在选举前几周通知圣何塞市，它对该措施的合法性表示怀疑。
On Sept. 24, 2020, the city attorney sent a letter to the state’s Bureau of Gambling Control explaining the city’s legal theory for allowing the city to increase the number of card tables in each cardroom.
2020年9月24日，市检察官致信州博彩业管理局，解释该市允许增加每个牌桌数量的法律理论。
On Oct. 19, 2020, just two weeks before the election, the Bureau responded with a letter informing the city that its proposal “appears to be inconsistent with the Gambling Control Act.”
2020年10月19日，就在选举前两周，该局回复了一封信，告知该市，其提议“似乎与《赌博控制法》不一致”。
Under the state’s Gambling Control Act, a city is prohibited from increasing the number of card tables in a card room by 25% or more than what it had on January 1, 1996.
根据该州的《赌博控制法案》，一个城市的牌坊内的牌桌数量不得比1996年1月1日增加25%或更多。
The disagreement between the city and the state is fixated on exactly how many card tables were allowed in San Jose card rooms in 1996.
市政府和州政府之间的分歧集中在1996年圣何塞纸牌房到底允许放多少张牌桌上。
San Jose argues that at that time the city did not maintain a limit on how many tables each card room was permitted to operate and instead merely had a citywide limit of 181 card tables.
圣何塞辩称，当时该市没有对每个牌坊允许经营的牌桌数量进行限制，而是在全市范围内限制为181张牌桌。
Yet, in June 1992, the city adopted an ordinance that limited the number of card tables per cardroom to 40, and the Bureau argues that no ordinance was adopted or amended to alter that limit between June 1992 and January 1996.
然而，在1992年6月，城市通过了一项法令，将每个卡片室的牌桌数量限制在40张，该局辩称，在1992年6月至1996年1月期间，并没有通过或修订任何法令来改变这一限制。
In 2010, a voter-approved ballot initiative allowed San Jose card rooms to boost their number of card tables from 40 to 49 — an increase of about 23%.
2010年，一项经选民批准的投票计划允许圣何塞纸牌房将牌桌数量从40张增加到49张，增加了约23%。
The November measure would have allowed Casino M8trix and Bay 101 to increase their tables from 49 to 64 — a 60% increase from the 40 tables allegedly permitted in 1996.
11月的这项措施将允许赌场M8trix和101湾将赌桌数量从49张增加到64张，比1996年据称允许的40张增加了60%。
San Jose city attorney Nora Frimann said Thursday that her office is working with Casino M8trix and the California Bureau of Gambling Control to resolve the matter.
圣何塞市律师诺拉·弗里曼(Nora Frimann)周四说，她的办公室正在与赌场M8trix和加州博彩业管理局(California Bureau of Gambling Control)合作解决此事。
“Casino M8trix wants the additional tables. We believe they can have them. The state has taken a contrary position. But are working to get that worked out with everybody,” Frimann said, declining to comment further, citing pending litigation.
" M8trix赌场想要更多的赌桌。我们相信他们能得到。州政府采取了相反的立场。但我们正努力与所有人解决这个问题，" Frimann称。他以未决诉讼为由，拒绝进一步置评。
Lindo said he hopes that the state will decide to defer to the city’s interpretation of its own laws and honor the will of the voters.
林多说，他希望该州将决定遵从该市对自己法律的解释，尊重选民的意愿。
But if the state chooses not to, the card room filed the lawsuit as a “protective measure,” as the tax hike could cost Casino M8trix approximately $1 million annually without the concomitant benefit of added income from the anticipated increase in card tables.
但如果州政府选择不这么做，纸牌房就会提起诉讼，作为一种“保护措施”，因为增税可能会让M8trix赌场每年损失约100万美元，而且还无法从预计增加的牌桌中获得相应的额外收入。
“What Casino M8trix wants is the proposal everyone agreed to and that was approved by the voters – increased business to fund increased taxes,” Lindo wrote.
林多写道:“M8trix赌场想要的是每个人都同意的提案，也得到了选民的批准——增加生意，为增加税收提供资金。”
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https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/02/04/san-jose-casino-measure-overwhelmingly-approved-by-voters-may-be-illegal-lawsuit-says/
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