HB172 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Craig Ford

Independent

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Education lottery, Education Lottery Corporation, and Lottery Trust Fund, estab., distrib. of revenues for college scholarships and other ed. purposes, operation of casinos prohib., Sec. 65, Constitution of Alabama of 1901 am'd., const. amend.

Summary

This bill would amend Alabama’s Constitution to create an Alabama Lottery and Lottery Corporation, dedicate lottery proceeds to education, and ban casinos.

What This Bill Does

If enacted, it would establish the Alabama Lottery and a governing Alabama Lottery Corporation to run and regulate it. Lottery proceeds would first cover administration and prizes, with the remaining funds placed in a Lottery Trust Fund and then allocated to the Education Trust Fund for specific uses: classroom supplies, local school resource officers, and scholarships for Alabama students with A/B honors to attend state colleges and universities. The funding would not replace existing education revenues, and the Legislature could implement the details through general laws. The amendment would also prohibit casino gambling and would require a statewide election for approval.

Who It Affects

• Public school students and teachers in Alabama, who would receive increased funding for classroom instructional supplies and for school resource officers.
• Alabama students who are A/B Honor Roll and their families, who would be eligible for scholarships to attend Alabama colleges, universities, or technical/community colleges.
• Casinos and casino operators in Alabama, who would be prohibited from gambling operations under the amendment.

Key Provisions

• Establishes an Alabama Lottery to fund Education Trust Fund programs and creates an Alabama Lottery Corporation to operate and regulate the lottery.
• Creates a Lottery Trust Fund to hold and disburse lottery proceeds once administrative and prize costs are paid.
• Allocates funds to the Education Trust Fund: (a) up to $1,000 per teacher unit for classroom supplies; (b) at least $25 million annually to hire/train/equip resource officers; (c) the remainder for scholarships for Alabama A/B Honor Roll students to attend Alabama colleges and universities.
• Prohibits the operation of casinos in the state and restricts activities to approved lottery games.
• Requires that lottery revenues do not supplant existing education revenues and allows the Legislature to implement the plan via general law.

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Subjects

Constitutional Amendments