HB6 Alabama 2016 1st Special Session Session

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 scholarships and to create an Alabama Lottery Corporation to implement and to regulate the operation of the lottery

The amendment dedicates the net proceeds from the lottery to the Lottery Trust Fund for scholarships for students to attend a public two- or four-year college located in Alabama

The amendment also establishes the Lottery Trust Fund and authorizes the Legislature to pass general laws to implement the amendment

Proposing an amendment to Section 65 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 65 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, to establish an Alabama Lottery; to establish an Alabama Lottery Corporation; to establish the Lottery Trust Fund; to provide for the allocation of the lottery proceeds to the Lottery Trust Fund for scholarships for students to attend a public two- or four-year college located in Alabama; and to authorize the Legislature to implement the amendment through enabling legislation.