HB7 Alabama 2016 1st Special Session Session

Under existing law, lotteries and gift enterprises are prohibited by Section 65 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901

This bill proposes an amendment to Section 65 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to authorize and regulate gaming by an entity licensed by the county commission of the county in which the sponsor of the amendment resides and by the entities currently licensed to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at the four existing racetracks in Alabama where pari-mutuel wagering is currently legal; to levy a state gross receipts tax and a local gross receipts tax on gaming revenue of the entities; to levy a state tax on vendors of gaming equipment; to provide for the disposition of the state tax proceeds; to create the Alabama Gaming Commission to implement, regulate, and administer gaming and regulate; to authorize the Governor to negotiate a compact for gaming with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians; to establish an Alabama Lottery to fund scholarships; to create an Alabama Lottery Corporation to implement and to regulate the operation of the lottery; to dedicate the net proceeds from the lottery to the Lottery Trust Fund for scholarships for students to attend a public two- or four-year college located in Alabama; to establish the Lottery Trust Fund; and to require the Legislature to pass general laws to implement the amendment

Proposing an amendment to Section 65 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to authorize and regulate gaming by an entity licensed by the county commission of the county in which the sponsor of the amendment resides and the entities currently licensed to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at the four existing racetracks in Alabama where pari-mutuel wagering is currently legal; to levy a state gross receipts tax and a local gross receipts tax on gaming revenue; to levy a state tax on vendors of gaming equipment; to provide for the disposition of the state tax proceeds; to create the Alabama Gaming Commission to implement, regulate, and administer gaming and regulate; to authorize the Governor to negotiate a compact for gaming with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians; to establish an Alabama Lottery; to establish an Alabama Lottery Corporation; to establish the Lottery Trust Fund; to provide for the allocation of the lottery proceeds to the Lottery Trust Fund for scholarships for students to attend a public two- or four-year college located in Alabama; and to require the Legislature to implement the amendment through enabling legislation.