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. ยง 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.
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass Lost Roll Call 582
Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 581
Singleton Amendment Offered
Rules Committee Petition to Cease Debate adopted Roll Call 580
Third Reading
Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
Singleton motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
Singleton motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 549
Singleton first Substitute Offered
Singleton motion to Table adopted Voice Vote
Local Legislation first Amendment Offered
Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
Reported from Committee
Read for the second time and referred to committee Tourism and Marketing per Senate Rule 50(a)
Reported Favorable from Local Legislation w/ 1 amendment
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation
Source: Alabama Legislature