HB208 Alabama 2016 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Craig Ford

Independent

Session

Regular Session 2016

Title

Alabama Lottery and Alabama Lottery Corporation estab., gaming regulated at racetracks where pari-mutuel wagering currently legal, state gross receipts tax and local gross receipts tax levied, tax on vendors of gaming equipment levied, disposition of proceeds provided, Alabama Lottery and Gaming Commission created to regulate and administer gaming, Governor authorized to negotiate a compact with Poarch Band of Indians, constitutional amendment

Description

Under existing law, lotteries and gift enterprises are prohibited by Section 65 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901.

This bill proposes an amendment to Section 65 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to authorize and regulate gaming by an entity licensed by the county commission of the county in which the sponsor of the amendment resides and by the entities currently licensed to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at the four existing racetracks in Alabama where pari-mutuel wagering is currently legal; to levy a state gross receipts tax and a local gross receipts tax on gaming revenue of the entities; to levy a tax on vendors of gaming equipment; to provide for the disposition of state gaming tax proceeds; to create the Alabama Gaming Commission to implement, regulate, and administer gaming and regulate; to authorize the Governor to negotiate a compact for gaming with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians; and to require the Legislature to pass general laws to implement the amendment.

Subjects

Constitutional Amendments