SR89 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Senate, Special Order Calendar

Summary

A Senate resolution that sets SB379 and SB380 as the special, priority bills on specific days, focusing on definitions and regulatory/tax provisions for bingo and gaming (including maritime gaming) and possible constitutional changes.

What This Bill Does

SR89 designates SB379 and SB380 as the special, paramount, and continuing order of business for the Sixteenth through Eighteenth Legislative Day, taking precedence over all other matters until disposed of. SB379 would address definitions related to bingo, Class II gaming, federally recognized bingo, maritime gaming, and qualified persons. SB380 would authorize, regulate, and tax bingo and federally recognized bingo across seven Congressional Districts, establish a State Gaming Commission, cover maritime gaming on cruise ships, and include a constitutional amendment.

Who It Affects

• Bingo and gaming operators and groups that participate in federally recognized bingo or Class II gaming, who could be affected by the definitions and regulatory changes proposed.
• State regulators and residents in the seven congressional districts who would be involved in licensing, regulation, taxation, and maritime gaming on cruise ships as proposed.

Key Provisions

• Designates SB379 and SB380 as the special, paramount, and continuing order of business for the Sixteenth through Eighteenth Legislative Day, taking precedence over all other matters.
• SB379: definitions related to bingo, Class II gaming, federally recognized bingo, maritime gaming, and qualified persons.
• SB380: authorization, regulation, and taxation of bingo/federally recognized bingo in seven Congressional Districts, distribution, establishment of a State Gaming Commission, regulation of maritime gaming on cruise ships, and a constitutional amendment (const. amend.).

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Subjects

Resolutions, Legislative