HB507 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

John F. Knight Jr

Democrat

Co-Sponsor

Marcel Black

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Bingo, federally recognized bingo, authorized, regulated, and taxed in seven Congressional Districts, distrib., State Gaming Commission established, maritime gaming operators on cruise ships, further provided for, const. amend.

Description

This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to authorize federally recognized bingo at points of destination in each of the current seven Congressional Districts of the state, to levy taxes on federally recognized bingo operations, to distribute the proceeds to the Education Trust Fund and the General Fund for the benefit of the state Medicaid program, as well as to any county that has no local bingo constitutional amendment, to limit federally recognized bingo throughout the state while enhancing tourism through the creation of points of destination, to create a State Gaming Commission to regulate bingo in Alabama and enforce the gambling laws of the state, and to relieve operators of maritime gaming on cruise ships docked in Mobile from the application of certain laws in the state that adversely affect maritime gaming on cruise ships.

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Subjects

Constitutional Amendments