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.

Description

Under existing law, lotteries and gift enterprises are prohibited.

This bill would propose an amendment to Section 65 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to establish an Alabama Lottery to fund certain Education Trust Fund programs, to create an Alabama Lottery Corporation to implement and to regulate the operation of such lottery, and to prohibit the operation of casinos in the State.

The amendment dedicates the net proceeds from the lottery to the Education Trust Fund for classroom instructional supplies, resource officers and scholarships. The amendment provides that lottery proceeds will not supplant or replace existing education revenues, establishes the Lottery Trust Fund, and authorizes the Legislature to pass general laws to implement the amendment.

Subjects

Constitutional Amendments