HB161 Alabama 2021 Session

This bill would permit wagering on the results of certain professional or collegiate sports or athletic events and other events authorized as sports wagering activities

This bill would create the Alabama Sports Wagering Commission, provide for its composition, powers, and duties

This bill would provide rule-making authority to the Alabama Sports Wagering Commission

This bill would allow the Alabama Sports Wagering Commission to issue licenses relating to sports wagering

This bill would provide for four types of licenses to be issued related to sports betting

This bill would establish license requirements and prohibitions

This bill would authorize licensing fees

This bill would define the duties of an operator conducting sports wagering

This bill would require the posting of betting limits

This bill would authorize sports wagering agreements with other governments

This bill would create the Alabama Sports Wagering Fund

This bill would authorize the collection of license fees

This bill would authorize the Alabama Sports Wagering Commission to levy and collect a tax in the amount of 10 percent of adjusted gross sports wagering receipts

This bill would provide for the distribution of moneys deposited in the Alabama Sports Wagering Fund

This bill would authorize certain agreements between the Alabama Sports Wagering Commission and law enforcement

This bill would impose civil penalties for certain violations

This would establish crimes related to unauthorized sports wagering and impose criminal penalties

This bill would provide an exemption from Alabama's criminal gambling statutes for wagering on professional, collegiate, and amateur sports contests and athletic events

This bill would provide for the forfeiture of property for certain violations

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment

Relating to sports wagering; to permit wagering on the results of certain professional or collegiate sports or athletic events and other events authorized as sports wagering activities; to create the Alabama Sports Wagering Commission; to provide rule-making authority to the Alabama Sports Wagering Commission; to allow the Alabama Sports Wagering Commission to issue licenses relating to sports wagering; to provide for four types of licenses to be issued related to sports betting; to establish license requirements and prohibitions; to authorize licensing fees; to define the duties of an operator conducting sports wagering; to require the posting of betting limits; to authorize sports wagering agreements with other governments; to create the Alabama Sports Wagering Fund; to authorize the collection of license fees; to authorize the Alabama Sports Wagering Commission to collect an administrative allowance from gross sports wagering receipts; to authorize the Alabama Sports Wagering Commission to levy and collect a tax in the amount of 10 percent of adjusted gross sports wagering receipts; to provide for the distribution of moneys deposited in the Alabama Sports Wagering Fund; to authorize certain agreements between the Alabama Sports Wagering Commission and law enforcement; to impose civil penalties for certain violations; to establish crimes related to unauthorized sports wagering and impose criminal penalties; to provide for the forfeiture of property for certain violations; to amend Section 13A-12-31, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide an exemption from Alabama's criminal gambling statutes for wagering on professional, collegiate, and amateur sports contests and athletic events; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.