HB8 Alabama 2016 1st Special Session Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Craig Ford

Independent

Session

First Special Session 2016

Title

Hate crimes, motivated by victim's sexual orientation, additional penalties imposed, Sec. 13A-5-13 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, the operation of bingo games by qualifying nonprofit organizations in Etowah County is authorized by Amendment 506 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901.

This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to define bingo to include bingo played on any electronic machine or device authorized under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and operated by a Native American tribe in Alabama and played at a single location in Etowah County, create the Etowah County Gaming Commission and provide for its duties and powers, impose a local gross receipts tax of 12.5 percent on gaming revenue and a local bingo game vendor tax of four percent and provide for the distribution of the proceeds, and create the Etowah County Interstate 759 Extension Authority to which a portion of the proceeds would be distributed for specified purposes.

Subjects

Crimes and Offenses