HB326 Alabama 2010 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: James O. Gordon
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2010
Title: Prichard, bingo authorized by nonprofit organizations for charitable and education purposes, const. amend.
Description: Under existing constitutional law, lotteries, gift enterprises, and any schemes in the nature of a lottery are prohibited. Bingo has been established by case law to be prohibited by Section 65 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. Specific counties which ratified local constitutional amendments permitting the operation of bingo for certain charitable or educational purposes are removed from the prohibition.
This bill would propose a local constitutional amendment for the City of Prichard in Mobile County to permit the operation of bingo by nonprofit organizations for charitable, educational, or other lawful purposes.
Subjects: Mobile County

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Mobile County Legislation