SB40 Alabama 2017 Session

Under existing law, bingo may be played in the Town of White Hall pursuant to Amendment 674 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. This bill proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, that would provide that electronic bingo may be played in the Town of Whitehall and Lowndes County on any 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; levy a state gross receipts tax and a county gross receipts tax on electronic bingo gaming; levy a tax on vendors of bingo gaming equipment; provide for the administration of electronic bingo by the Town Council of White Hall; provide for the allocation of the gaming tax proceeds to the State of Alabama and Lowndes County; and provide for the distribution of the local gaming tax proceeds by the Lowndes County Commission

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, relating to legalizing certain operations of electronic bingo games for prizes or money in the Town of White Hall and Lowndes County; to authorize the Town of White Hall to operate and license electronic bingo games; to levy a state gross receipts tax and a county gross receipts tax on electronic bingo to be administered by the Lowndes County Commission; to levy a state and local tax on vendors of bingo equipment to be administered by the Lowndes County Commission; to provide for the distribution of tax proceeds of the tax; and to prohibit persons under the age of 18 from playing electronic bingo.