Joint processing is when two or more legislative matters with similar content or dealing with the same subject start to be processed together on the agenda of the commissions or the Plenary, and it is always done at the request of a parliamentarian.
For Rocha, the resorts are truly integrated leisure complexes that should contain high-standard hotel accommodations, places for large-scale cultural or artistic meetings and events, bars and restaurants, shopping centers and other entertainment and convenience options.
For his part, Senator Irajá assured that this measure can help to expand tourism in the country. The Minister of Tourism, Marcelo Álvaro Antônio, also defends this type of developments. In justifying the proposal, Irajá states that “the legalization of casino games within integrated resorts will attract large investors to the Brazilian tourism market.”
The text provides that the physical space occupied by the casino should correspond to a maximum of 10% of the total area of the integrated resort. And it also establishes that "it is up to the Union, exclusively, to grant, regulate and inspect the services, the implantation and the operation of the activities of resorts integrated with casinos."
According to the Irajá project, integrated resorts are defined as "tourism complexes with casino operations that combine hotel facilities, convention centers, spaces for fairs, exhibitions, corporate events, congresses and seminars, incentive meetings, ecumenical centers, in addition to different entertainment and convenience options offered to the visitor, such as restaurants, bars, spas, shopping centers, art galleries, museums, theaters, golf courses, theme parks, water parks and other options."
Senator Rocha's Bill 2648/2019 seeks to authorize and establish guidelines for the operation of a casino exclusively in an installed resort or that will be installed in any part of the national territory. "For tourism, the regulation of the first type of enterprise is of interest, which attracts international groups and promotes business tourism and events," says Rocha in the justification of his proposal that was already read in the Plenary and that now would join Irajá’s project.
In Bill 2648, authorization for the exploitation of games in casinos will be allowed, with the granting authority observing, among some requirements, the following: integration of the enterprise with the environmental and social sustainability conditions of the area chosen for its implementation; hiring, preferably, local labor; making investments, by the authorized party, in the maintenance of the casino, observing the safety rules in the construction, expansion, renovation or refit of casinos; and implementation of training programs with effective use of professionals in hotels, tourism and related services.
Source: GMB
