HB10 Alabama 2017 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Craig Ford

Independent

Session

Regular Session 2017

Title

Alabama Public Transportation Trust Fund, established, ADECA required to administer trust fund; Public Transportation Trust Fund Advisory Committee, created.

Description

Under existing law, lotteries and gift enterprises are prohibited.

This bill would propose an amendment to Section 65 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to establish an Alabama Lottery to fund scholarships and to create an Alabama Lottery Corporation to implement and to regulate the operation of the lottery.

The amendment dedicates the net proceeds from the lottery to the Lottery Trust Fund for scholarships for students to attend a public two- or four-year college located in Alabama.

The amendment also establishes the Lottery Trust Fund and authorizes the Legislature to pass general laws to implement the amendment.

Subjects

Transportation