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AL HB651
Bill
Status
5/12/2015
Primary Sponsor
Craig Ford
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AI Summary
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Proposes a constitutional amendment to establish the Alabama Lottery, overriding the existing prohibition on lotteries and gift enterprises in Section 65 of the Alabama Constitution.
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Creates the Alabama Lottery Corporation to administer, operate, and regulate lottery operations under general laws to be enacted by the Legislature.
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Establishes the Lottery Trust Fund to receive net lottery proceeds after payment of administrative expenses and prizes, with proceeds held in a special State Treasury account.
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Allocates 50 percent of Lottery Trust Fund proceeds exclusively for scholarships to Alabama A/B Honor Roll students attending universities, colleges, and junior/technical/community colleges in Alabama, and 50 percent to the state General Fund.
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Authorizes the Alabama Lottery Corporation to enter into reciprocal agreements with other jurisdictions and conduct only games of chance approved by the Corporation, including the sale of lottery tickets.
Legislative Description
Lottery, Education Alabama 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
5/12/2015