HB308 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

John W. Rogers

Democrat

Co-Sponsor

Mary Moore

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Alabama lottery, Alabama Lottery Corporation established, distribution of proceeds, duties and power terminated after a specified time, Section 65, Constitution of Alabama of 1901, am'd, const. amd.

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 education and general fund programs; to create an Alabama Lottery Corporation; to provide that lottery proceeds will not supplant or replace existing education revenues; to establish the Lottery Trust Fund; to permit the Legislature to pass general laws to implement the amendment; and to terminate the lottery and the Alabama Lottery Corporation after a specified period of time.

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Subjects

Lotteries