SB340 Alabama 2016 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Bobby D. SingletonSenator

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2016

Title

Greene Co., bingo on electronic machines or devices authorized for licensed racetracks, Greene Co. Gaming Commission, established, const. amend.

Summary

SB340 would amend Amendment 743 to allow Greene County bingo on National Indian Gaming Commission–authorized electronic devices operated by Native American tribes, limit the game to a licensed Greene County racetrack, impose taxes, and create a Greene County Gaming Commission to oversee bingo.

What This Bill Does

It clarifies that bingo can be played on devices approved by the National Indian Gaming Commission and operated by Native American tribes in Alabama. It limits bingo in Greene County to a licensed racetrack where pari-mutuel wagering is legal. It imposes a 4% state gross receipts tax, an 8.5% local gross receipts tax, and a 4% local vendor tax on bingo revenues and equipment, with proceeds allocated to various county and municipal services and nonprofits. It establishes the Greene County Gaming Commission to regulate, administer, and enforce bingo gaming, with rules on licensing, rules, and ethics; it also preserves some oversight by local racing authorities.

Who It Affects

• Native American tribes in Alabama operating bingo games, as the bill authorizes their electronic bingo devices to be used in Greene County under federal Indian gaming laws.
• Greene County residents and local governments (county and municipalities, schools, fire, E-911, hospital, housing, nonprofit services) who would pay and receive local taxes from bingo and benefit from specified distribution of proceeds, as well as nonprofit racetracks that operate the games under regulation.

Key Provisions

• Amends Amendment 743 to authorize bingo on electronic devices or machines approved by the National Indian Gaming Commission under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and operated by Native American tribes in Alabama.
• Limits Greene County bingo gaming to a licensed racetrack in Greene County where pari-mutuel wagering is legal at present.
• Imposes a 4% state gross receipts tax and an 8.5% local gross receipts tax on bingo gaming revenue; imposes a 4% local tax on bingo equipment vendors.
• Allocates local gross receipts tax proceeds among the Greene County Gaming Commission, county and municipalities (by population share), Firefighters Association, Board of Education, E-911, Hospital, Industrial Development, Ambulance, Housing Authority, and nonprofits that provide services to residents.
• Creates the Greene County Gaming Commission (five members, appointed by Governor, U.S. Representative, State Senator, and Greene County House delegation) to regulate and supervise bingo, with ethics, open records, and openness requirements.
• Establishes regulatory framework for licensing, operation, and enforcement of bingo by the nonprofit racetrack, including age and location restrictions, advertising rules, and equipment labeling requirements.
• Declares that violations of the amendment would be treated as a Class A misdemeanor under general law.

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Subjects

Constitutional Amendments