Under existing law, bingo may be played in Greene County pursuant to Amendment 743 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901.
This bill proposes the repeal of Amendment 743 and proposes a local amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to provide that in Greene County, the game of bingo authorized by the amendment may be played on any electronic machine or device that is authorized pursuant to specified federal law; to limit bingo gaming in Greene County to qualified persons licensed by the Greene County Gaming Commission; to levy a state gross receipts tax and a local gross receipts tax on bingo gaming revenue of each bingo licensee; to levy a tax on vendors of bingo gaming equipment; to provide for the allocation of the proceeds from the state gross receipts tax, the local gross receipts tax, and the tax on vendors of bingo gaming equipment; and to create the Greene County Gaming Commission to implement, regulate, and administer bingo gaming.
Rereferred from Calendar to ED&T
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation
Engrossed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 473
Marsh motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 472
Tourism Amendment Offered
Marsh motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 471
Tourism Amendment Offered
Third Reading Passed
Chambliss motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
Tourism Amendment Offered
Tourism Amendment Offered
Pending third reading on day 13 Favorable from Tourism with 2 amendments
Reported from Committee
Read for the second time and rereferred to committee Tourism
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation
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