SB311 Alabama 2021 Session

This bill would implement the constitutional amendment proposed in SB214 of the 2021 Regular Session, to update existing criminal provisions in Title 13A of the Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for criminal penalties related to the unlawful activity associated with casino-style games and sports wagering authorized in the proposed constitutional amendment, and to repeal certain outdated gaming provisions

This bill would also prohibit certain campaign contributions and other activity by operators of gaming facilities, including certain associated individuals, to certain candidates for public office under certain conditions

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 890, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment

Relating to the lottery and gaming; to prohibit certain campaign contributions by operator of gaming facilities under certain conditions; to amend Sections 13A-12-20, 13A-12-21, 13A-12-22, 13A-12-23, 13A-12-24, 13A-12-25, 13A-12-26, 13A-12-27, 13A-12-28, and 13A-12-30, Code of Alabama 1975, to update certain criminal penalties for unlawful gaming activity associated with casino-style games and sports wagering; to add Sections 13A-12-32 through 13A-12-39, inclusive, to the Code of Alabama 1975, to prescribe certain activity relating to gaming as unlawful and to provide for criminal penalties for violations; to amend Section 13A-11-9, as last amended by Act 2019-465, 2019 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for loitering relating to unlawful gaming activity; to repeal Section 11-47-111, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to prohibition of gambling houses; to repeal Section 13A-12-29, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to lotteries drawn outside the state; to repeal Divisions 2, 3, and 4 of Article 2 of Chapter f Title 13A, commencing with Sections 13A-12-50, 13A-12-70, and 13A-12-90, respectively, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to suppression of gambling places, transportation of lottery paraphernalia, and the federal waging occupational tax stamp; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 890, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901.