HB234 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

John W. Rogers

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Alabama Gaming Commission established, members, duties, compensation, authority to license and regulate all gambling activities, criminal and civil penalties

Description

Currently, there is not a state gaming commission to regulate gambling in Alabama.

This bill would establish the Alabama Gaming Commission to regulate all aspects of gambling in the state; would provide for the appointment of the members, the meetings and compensation, the duties and responsibilities of the commission; and would provide penalties for violations of the act.

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.

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Subjects

Gaming Commission