HB651 Alabama 2015 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Craig Ford

Independent

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Lottery, Education Alabama 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 the Alabama Lottery. The amendment would also create the Lottery Trust Fund and the Alabama Lottery Corporation to implement and regulate the operation of the lottery.

The amendment provides for net proceeds from the lottery to be deposited in the Lottery Trust Fund and allocates one-half of the Lottery Trust Fund for scholarships for qualifying students to attend a college or junior college located in Alabama and one-half for the state General Fund.

The amendment requires the Legislature to enact general legislation to provide for the administration, operation, and regulation of the lottery and powers, duties, and authority of the Alabama Lottery Corporation.

Subjects

Constitutional Amendments