SB59 Alabama 2015 1st Special Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Steve Livingston

Republican

Session

First Special Session 2015

Title

Gaming, regulation of Class II games in Greene, Houston, and Macon Counties; regulation of Class III games at certain sites; Alabama Education Lottery and Education Lottery Corporation estab.; Alabama Education Lottery and Gaming Commission established to license and regulate gaming; negotiation of gaming compact with Poarch Creek Indians required; const. amend.

Description

This bill would propose a constitutional amendment to establish an Alabama Education Lottery and the Alabama Education Lottery Corporation and provide for the proceeds to go to the Education Trust Fund and postsecondary education scholarships. The amendment would also authorize and regulate Class II gaming, as defined in the Indian Gaming Control Act, at Greenetrack in Greene County, the Alabama Center Stage Bingo Facility in Houston County operated by the Houston County Economic Development Association, and at VictoryLand in Macon County, upon payment of an initial license fee of $25,000,000 for the first 25 years and a 25 percent tax on gaming profits, and authorize and regulate Class III gaming, as defined in the Indian Gaming Control Act, at a site in the downtown city center of the City of Birmingham to be selected on a request for proposal basis, and a site in DeKalb, Jackson, or Marshall County to be operated by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, each with a minimum license fee of $250,000,000 for gaming rights at the location for 25 years, a minimum capital investment of $250,000,000 to create a destination resort in the city center of Birmingham and DeKalb, Jackson, or Marshall County, respectively, and a tax of 25 percent of the gaming profits.

The proposed amendment would provide for the payment of the license fees into the General Fund and the division of the taxes on Class II and Class III gaming between the Education Trust Fund, the General Fund, the Alabama Education Lottery and Gaming Commission, and the respective local governments.

The amendment would also create the Alabama Education Lottery and Gaming Commission to supervise the Alabama Education Lottery and Alabama Education Lottery Corporation and to license and regulate the Class II and Class III gaming authorized by the amendment. The amendment would require the Governor to negotiate a compact with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and would repeal Amendments 743 and 744 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, authorizing charitable bingo in Greene and Macon Counties, respectively.

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Subjects

Constitutional Amendments