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AL HB169
Bill
Status
1/18/2022
Primary Sponsor
John Rogers
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AI Summary
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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.
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Creates an Alabama Lottery Corporation to establish, regulate, and administer the lottery through enabling legislation passed by the Legislature.
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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.
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Prohibits lottery proceeds from replacing or supplanting existing education funding and allows the Alabama Lottery Corporation to enter reciprocal agreements with other jurisdictions.
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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