HB43 Alabama 2016 1st Special Session Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

John W. Rogers

Democrat

Session

First Special Session 2016

Title

Slot machines, Legislature authorized to legalize, tax, and regulate, State Gaming Commission and State Casino Location Commission, established, certain campaign contributions restricted, penalties, Section 65 (Section 65, Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended), am'd., const. amend.

Description

This bill would propose a constitutional amendment to require the Legislature to establish an Alabama Lottery; to create an Alabama Lottery Corporation to regulate the Alabama Lottery; to authorize, tax, and regulate the use of covered games in the state; to require the creation of a State Gaming Commission; to license and regulate the covered games locations licensed to the highest responsible bidder; to provide for a state gross receipts tax of 40 percent and a local gross receipts tax of eight percent; to create the State Casino Gaming Fund in the State General Fund and provide for the allocation of the proceeds deposited in the fund; and to prohibit certain political contributions by licensees or persons with a pecuniary interest in the covered games.

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Subjects

Constitutional Amendments