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.

Summary

This constitutional amendment would create an Alabama Lottery with a governing corporation and dedicated funds to support education and general state programs, with a sunset after about 10 years.

What This Bill Does

It would establish the Alabama Lottery and a dedicated Alabama Lottery Corporation to run it. Net proceeds would go into a Lottery Trust Fund and be allocated 40% to the State General Fund, 40% to the Education Trust Fund, and 20% to the Alabama Department of Corrections; the funds must not replace existing education funding. The Legislature could pass laws to implement the amendment, and the lottery would terminate on December 31 of the tenth year after adoption, with wind-down beginning in the tenth year.

Who It Affects

• Alabama residents and lottery players, whose purchases would fund education and general state programs through the Lottery Trust Fund (and potential winnings).
• State government and programs, including the General Fund, the Education Trust Fund, and the Alabama Department of Corrections, which would receive specified portions of lottery proceeds.

Key Provisions

• Prohibits existing lotteries or gift enterprises except as provided by the new amendment.
• Establishes the Alabama Lottery and creates the Alabama Lottery Corporation to administer it; the corporation's duties and structure are defined by general law.
• Creates the Lottery Trust Fund in the State Treasury to hold net proceeds until allocated.
• Allocates net proceeds: 40% to the State General Fund, 40% to the Education Trust Fund, and 20% to the Alabama Department of Corrections.
• Allows reciprocal agreements with other jurisdictions for operation and promotion of lotteries.
• Requires the Legislature to implement the amendment through enabling laws and to define implementation details.
• Sets a sunset: the lottery and the Alabama Lottery Corporation terminate on December 31 of the tenth year after adoption, with wind-down beginning in that tenth year.

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Subjects

Lotteries