HB112 Alabama 2018 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Craig FordIndependent - Session
- Regular Session 2018
- Title
- Lottery, authorized, Alabama Lottery Corporation, created, distrib. of revenues for college scholarships, Sec. 65, Constitution of Alabama of 1901 am'd., const. amend.
- 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
- Constitutional Amendments
Bill Actions
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Economic Development and Tourism
Bill Text
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature