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AL HB10
Bill
Status
2/7/2017
Primary Sponsor
Craig Ford
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AI Summary
HB10 Summary
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Proposes a constitutional amendment to Section 65 of the Alabama Constitution to establish an Alabama Lottery for funding educational scholarships.
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Creates an Alabama Lottery Corporation to administer, operate, and regulate the lottery with duties and composition to be defined by general law.
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Establishes a Lottery Trust Fund in the State Treasury to receive net lottery proceeds after payment of administrative costs and prizes, with funds used exclusively for scholarships.
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Allocates lottery scholarships for up to two years to Alabama citizens attending public two- or four-year colleges located in the state.
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Allows the Alabama Lottery Corporation to enter reciprocal agreements with other jurisdictions and authorizes only Legislature-approved games of chance, including lottery ticket sales, while preserving existing legal activities like pari-mutuel betting and bingo.
Legislative Description
Alabama Public Transportation Trust Fund, established, ADECA required to administer trust fund; Public Transportation Trust Fund Advisory Committee, created.
Transportation
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Economic Development and Tourism
2/7/2017