HB419 Alabama 2016 Session

Under existing law, bingo may be played in Greene County pursuant to Amendment 743 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901

This bill proposes an amendment to Amendment 743 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to clarify and provide that the game of bingo authorized by Amendment 743 may be played on any electronic machine or device that is authorized by the National Indian Gaming Commission pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq., and which is operated by any Native American tribe in Alabama; to limit bingo gaming in Greene County to a licensed racetrack in Greene County where pari-mutuel wagering is currently legal; to levy a state gross receipts tax and a local gross receipts tax on bingo gaming revenue of the racetrack; to levy a tax on vendors of bingo gaming equipment; to provide for the allocation of the local bingo gaming tax proceeds; and to create the Greene County Gaming Commission to implement, regulate, and administer bingo gaming

Proposing an amendment to Amendment 743 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to clarify and provide that the game of bingo authorized in Greene County by Amendment 743 may be played on any electronic machine or device that is authorized by the National Indian Gaming Commission pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq., and which is operated by any Native America tribe in Alabama; to limit bingo gaming in Greene County to a licensed racetrack in Greene County where pari-mutuel wagering is currently legal; to levy a state gross receipts tax and a local gross receipts tax on bingo gaming revenue of the racetrack; to levy a tax on vendors of bingo gaming equipment; to provide for the allocation of the local bingo gaming tax proceeds; and to create the Greene County Gaming Commission to implement, regulate, and administer bingo gaming.