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AL HB169

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/18/2022

Primary Sponsor

John Rogers

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Origin

House of Representatives

Regular Session 2022

AI Summary

  • Proposes a constitutional amendment to Section 65 of the Alabama Constitution to authorize an Alabama Lottery, overriding the current prohibition on lotteries and gift enterprises.

  • Creates an Alabama Lottery Corporation to establish, regulate, and administer the lottery through enabling legislation passed by the Legislature.

  • Allocates net lottery proceeds from the Lottery Trust Fund as follows: 40% to the state General Fund, 40% to the Education Trust Fund, and 20% to the Alabama Department of Corrections.

  • Prohibits lottery proceeds from replacing or supplanting existing education funding and allows the Alabama Lottery Corporation to enter reciprocal agreements with other jurisdictions.

  • Terminates the lottery and Alabama Lottery Corporation on December 31 of the tenth year following ratification of the amendment, with wind-down operations beginning on January 1 of that tenth year.

Legislative Description

Alabama lottery, Alabama Lottery Corporation established, distribution of proceeds, duties and power terminated after a specified time, Section 65, Constitution of Alabama of 1901, am'd, const. amd.

Lotteries

Last Action

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Economic Development and Tourism

1/18/2022

Committee Referrals

Economic Development and Tourism1/18/2022

Full Bill Text

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