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AL HB308
Bill
Status
1/21/2014
Primary Sponsor
Craig Ford
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AI Summary
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Proposes a constitutional amendment to Section 65 of the Alabama Constitution to establish a state lottery and create an Alabama Lottery Corporation to operate and regulate it.
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Dedicates net lottery proceeds to the Education Trust Fund for two purposes: $50 million annually for local public schools to hire and equip resource officers, and remaining funds for scholarships for A/B Honor Roll students at Alabama universities, colleges, and technical institutions.
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Prohibits lottery proceeds from replacing or reducing existing education revenues and establishes a separate Lottery Trust Fund account in the State Treasury to hold proceeds pending disbursement.
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Explicitly prohibits the Alabama Lottery from operating casinos or any form of casino gambling, while allowing pari-mutuel betting and nonprofit bingo to continue under existing law.
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Requires voter approval by majority vote and allows the Legislature to pass enabling legislation during the same session to implement the amendment.
Legislative Description
Education lottery, Education Lottery Corporation, and Lottery Trust Fund, estab., distrib. of revenues for college scholarships and other ed. purposes, operation of casinos prohib., Sec. 65, Constitution of Alabama of 1901 am'd., const. amend.
Constitutional Amendments
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education
1/21/2014