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YNOPSIS:
nder existi g law lotteries and gift
7 nterprises
are pro ibited by Section 65 of the
8
onstitution of Ala
ama of 1901, -
9
his bill
pr poses an amendMebt to Section
10
5 of the Constitution
of Alabama of
1901
o
11
stablish
an Alaba
ottery and the Alabama-
12
ottery
Corporation; to aiithoilze and regulate
13
aming by the
entit
es currently licensed to
14
onduct pari-mutuel wA4ering
at th four existing
15
acetracks
in Alaba. a Where7paTi-mutuel wagering is
16
urrently legal,
to Levy a state gross receipts tax
1 7
nd ,s'1_ocal,gross r
ceipts tax on gaming revenue of
18
tbe
racet:kACkSilevy a tax
on ven dors of gaming
19
quipirient; tet,provi•
e for the disposition of
20
ottery proceeds
a
tate gaming tax proceeds; to
21
reate
the Alabama
ottery and Gaming Commission to
2 2
mplement,
regulate, and ad mi ni st er gaming and
23
egulate and super ise the Alabama Lottery and
24
labama Lottery Cori. oration; to authorize the
25
overnor to negoti e a compact for gaming with the
26
oarch Band of Cre k Indians; and to require the
27
egislature to pas general laws to implement the
28
mendment.
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P r o p o s i n g a n a m e n d m e
C o n s t i t u t i o n o f A l a b a m a o f 1 9 0
L o t t e r y a n d t h e A l a b a m a L o t t e r
r e g u l a t e g a m i n g b y t h e e n t i t l e
p a r i - m u t u e l w a g e r i n g a t t h e f o
A l a b a m a w h e r e p a r i - m u t u e l w a g e
a s t a t e g r o s s r e c e i p t s t a x a nd
g a m i n g r e v e n u e; t o l e v y a t ax
t o p r o v i d e f o r t h e d i s p o s i t i o n
g a m i n g t ax p r o c e e d s ; t o c r e a t e
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A
TO BE
AN
ILL
NTITLED
ACT
t t o S e c t i o n 6 5 o f t h e
, t o e s t a b l i s h a n A l a b a m a
Co r p o r a t i o n ; t o a u t h o r i ze a n d
c u r r e n t l y 4 ce n s e d t o c o n d u c t
r ex i s t i n g r a c e t r a c k s i n
i n g i t curren t ly legal; t o levy
I d c a l g r o s s r e c e i p t s t ax o n
n v e n d o t s / of ga m i n g equ i p m e n t;
o f l o t t e rY7p r o c e e d s a n d s t a t e
t h -
;, A l a b a m a Lo tte r y a n d G a m ing
C o m m i s s i o n t o i m p l e m e n t , r e g u I t e i ?a n a 4 d m i n i s t e r g a m i n g a n d
r e g u l a t e a n d s u p e r v i Se - t h e A l a
O m a Lo t t e r y a n d t h e A l a b a m a
Lottery Corporation toauthor zethe Governor to negotiate a
compact fox,,,gaming
-
with 611 Band of Creek Indians; and
t o r e q u i r e t h e L e g i s l a t ur e t o . a s s g e n e r a l l a w s t o i m p l e m e n t
th e a m e n dm e nt.
BE IT ENACTED BY THELEGISLATURS OF ALABAMA:
SeOt i on I. The followi ng amen d men t t o t he
Co n s t i t u t i o n o f , - A l a ba m a o f 1 9 0 1 , a s a m e n d e d , i s p r o p o s e d a n d
s h a l l b e c o m e v a l i d a s a p a r t e r e o f w h e n a p p r o v e d b y a
m a j o r i t y o f t h e qu a l i f i e d e l e o r s v o t i n g t h e r e o n a n d i n
a c c o r d a n c e w i t h S e c t i o n s 2 8 4 , 2 8 5 , a n d 2 8 7 o f t h e C o n s t i t u ti o n
o f A l a b a m a o f 1 9 0 1 , a s a m e n d e
PR OPOSEEJ AMENDMENT
"Section 65.
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"Part
.
n P a r t II a n d P a r t ITT, th e Tb e
Exc e•t a s •r o y i de d
l e g i s l a t u r e s h a l l h a v e n o p o w e
o a u t h o r i z e l o t t e r i e s o r g i f t
e n t e r p r i s e s f o r a n y p u r p o s e s ,
: n d s h al l p a s s l aw s t o p r oh i b i t
t h e s a l e i n t h i s s t a t e o f l o t t - r y o r g i f t e n t e r p r i s e t i c ke t s ,
o r t i c k e t s i n a n y s c h e m e i n t h - n a t u r e o f a l o t t e r y ; a n d ,
e x ce . t a s • r o y i d e d i n P a r t II
P a r t III, aIl ac ts, r p a r t s
o f a c t s h e r e t o f o r e p a s s e d b y t
a u t h o r i z i n g a l o t t e r y o r l o t t e
t h e r e o f , o r s u p p l e m e n t a l t h e r e
"Part II.
e l e g i s l a t u r e o f t h i s s t a t e ,
i e s , a n d a l l a c t * a m e n d a t o r y
o , a r e h e r e b y a v o i de d.
T1ie,LegiSlature finds that
Section 1.
ecl a r a t i o n s.
l o t t e r i e s h a v e b e e n e n a c t e d i n
m a n y s t a t e s. an d t h e r ev e n u e s
g e n e r a t e d f r o m t h o s e l o t t e r i eS
. .
h av e c o n t r i b i.Te d t o t h e b e n ef i t
i n o t h e r
f th o se st a t e s.
a n y A l a b a m i a n s , ' a l r e 4 d y p a r t i c i p a t e
s t a t e l o t t e r i e s a n d*v i,S4t
c a s i i - ; k 5 s
in n e igh b o r ing st a t e s. Th e
m a o r i t
f A l a b a m i a n s . s u ••o r t
t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f a l a t t e r
.
a n d s u p p o r t _ t h e l i mI t a t i O n v r e. u i a t i o n ,
a n d t a x a t i o n o f g a m i n g
i n A l a b a m a . T h e r e f o r e , t h e p u r . o s e
o f t h e p r o p o s e d a m e n d m e n t
i s f ou rf ol d :
1 ) oestablish .
d p r o v i d e f o r a f a i r a n d
h o n e s t l o t t e r y t o
g e n e r a t e r e v
1
e n u e
for the state;
2 )
o l i m i t
a n d r e gu l a te g a m ing ' b y th e exi sting
r a c e t r a cks f o r wh ic h
g
a m i n g i s a l r e a d y l e g a l i n A l a b a m a ;
( 3 )
o l e v y taxe s o n
g a m i n g a t t h o s e r a c e t r a c k s t o
gene r a te r ev e nu e s
f o r t h e
a n d
4 )
o a u th o r ize th e
e n e f i t o f t h e S t a t e G e n e r a l F u n d;
G o v e r n o r t o n e g o t i a t e a c o m p a c t
f o r g a m in. w ith th e P o a r c h
Ba n d o f Cr e ek Indi a n s.
o f a n A l a b a m a Lo tte r y.
Sec tio n 2. Esta b l i sh m e nt
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(a)
he Legislature,
by general law,
hall provide
for
the establishment, administration, a•eration, and
re•ulation
of an Alabama Lotter
onsistent with this •art and
Part III.
the Alabama Lottery shall
be
(b)
The proceeds
f r o m
P-Pl
iedfl
,2i
nini-sterin
and operating the Alabama letter , includin., without
l i m i t a t i o n , the
•
nt of all .rizes,
with6Ut an
urther
appropriation required by law, and the blanceaf the proceeds
remaining after the payments shall
be
deposited, aprovided
by general law, and held in a special, separate account, in the
State Treasur reated and desi•natedthe Latter rust Fund"
until the time the proceed
s a
r ppropri
a
ted by the
Legislature.
tt*,Alabama Lottery shall
(c)
The administration,:af
I
be vested in a carpciration herby created and designated the
Alabama Lottery'.6orporation. The
;
duties,
powers, authority,
and composition of"the
A l a b a m a Lottery Corporation shall be
19 numerated in on>,or more general
laws enacted by the
20
egislature subsequent to
'
and supplemental to this
amendment.
2 1
. Part
22
SeCtiort 1. Definitions. As used in this amendment,
23
he following words and phrases shall have the following
24
espective meanings:
25
(1) COMMISSION. The Alabama Lotter and Gamin
26 ommission created by this amendment.
27 (2) COVERED GAME.
ny game or device included
28
ithin
the definition
of
Class III gaming, as
that term is
29
efined
in the
Indian Gamin
Re
ulatary Act, Section 2703(8)
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of Title 25 of the United Statzs Code,
inc l u din
n
n d al l
t a b l e g a m e s a n d e l e c t r o n i c r e p
e s e n t a t i o n s
of such _games, and
T he t e r m d o e s n o t i n c l u d e p a r i -
ny e l e c tr o nic g a m ing de v ic e s.
m u tu e l w a g e r ing.
A n y p e r s o n w h o
(3)
COVERED GA ME VE1DOR.
m a n u f a c t u r e s , d i s t r i b u t e s ,
np
l i e s , v e n d s , r l e a s e s c o v e r e d
e q ui p m e n t n e c e s s a r y t
~
c o n du c t
racetrack.
The' t o t al a m o u n t of m o n ey
(4)
GAMING GROSS REVENUE.
o r v a l u e i n
any form
r e c e iv e d
. : .
by a
.racetrack with respect to
th e .l a in. o f a n
o r m o f c o v _r e
& : ame,
ess the total* mone
o r v a l u e i n
any form paid as prizes or winnrngs
t o t h e p l a y e r s
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c o m m i s s i o n p u r s u a n t t o l a w t o o p e r a t e a n d c o n d u c t p a r i - m u t u e l
a • e r i n . o n l i v e o r s i m u l c a s t
r a c e s o n A r i l 1 5 , 2 0 1 5 , i n
Mob il e Cou nty , Mac o n Cou nty , t h e
C i t y o f B i r m i n g h a m i n
J e f f e r so n Cou nty , o r G r e e n e Cou nty.
Th e te r m inc l u de s a ny
b u s i n e s s e n t i t y o p e r a t i n g c o v e r e d
g a m e s u n d e r a r e e m e n t w i t h a
racetrack.
o n G a m ing in A l a b a m a.
Sec tio n 2. Lim ita ti o n
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u p p l i e s a n d a n y a n d a l l c o v e r e d g a m e s a n d e q u i p m e n t ,
m a t e r i a l s , p a r a p h e r n a li a , a n d s u p p l ie s m a y b e t r a n s p o r t e d i n
i n t e r s t a t e c o m m e r c e i n t o o r o u = o f t h e s t a t e w i t h o u t v i o l a t i n g
t h a t s e c t i o n , o r a n y o t h e r a p p l i c a b l e f e d e r a l l a w , i f t h e
l o t t e r y e q ui p m e n t , m a t e r i a l s , p a r a p h e r n a l i a , a n d s u p l i e s a r e
u s e d , t o b e u s e d , o r h av e b e e n u s e d i n t h e c o n d u c t a n d
f u r t h e r a n c e o f t h e A l a b a m a L o t t e r y , a n d i f t h e
'c ov e r e d ga m e s
a n d e q u i p m e n t , p a r a p h e r n a l i a , m a t e r i a l s ,
andsupplies are
u s e d ,
t o b e u s e d , o r h a v e b e e n u s e d , i n t h e c o n d u c t o f c o v e r e d
g a m e s b y r a c e t r a cks.
"Section 4. State Gross Receipts Tax and Use .of the
P r o c e e d s T h e r e o f ; L o c a l G r o s s R e c e i p t s T ax.
"(a)(1) A st a t e 4 rOSS r e c e ipt s, tax o f 1 3 p e r c e nt i s
l e v i e d o n t h e g a m i n g gross
reven4of each t4Cetr a ck. To th e
. . . .
e x t e n t a r a c e t r a c k o w n s a n d d o e s n o t l a s e ?c o v e r e d g a m e s
equ ipm e nt th a t pr o du c e s ga m ine gr o ss r ev e nu e, a n a dditio nal
.
s t a t e g r o s s
r e
c
e i pt s 'La* o f o n e p e r c e nt o f th e g a m ing g r o s s
revenue fro12-411 o w
n
e
ame s equ i p m e n t i s l ev i e d o n
the eqUipment.
.
. .
" (2 ) Th e - S t a t e g r o s s r e c e i p t s t a x o n g a m i n g g r o s s
revenue fdreach c4endar mon4 shall be said b each
r a c e t r a c k t o t h e D e P a r t m e n t
t R e v e n u e o n o r b e f o r e t h e
t w e n t i e t h d a y o f t h e n e x t s u c c e e d i n g c a l e n d a r m o n t h .
"(3)
A l o c a l dr o s s .r e c e ipt s t ax o f o n e p e r c e nt i s
l e v i e d o n t h e g a m i n g g r o s s r e v e n u e o f e a c h r a c e t r a c k.
"(4)
Exc e p t a s o t h e r w i s e p r o v i d e d i n s u b d i v i s i o n
(5), th e l o c a l g r o s s r e c e ipt s t ax o n g a m ing g r o s s r e v e nu e f o r
yy
e a c h c a l e n d a r m o n t h s h a l l be
a i d t o th e c o u nt in wh ic h th e
r a c e t r a ck i s l ic e n se d o n o r b e f o r e th e twe nti e th da y o f th e
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t suc
ceedi
n
c
alend
ar mon
th.
Th
e cou
nt
hal
l ret
ain on
e-
half
of t
he am
ount
and s
hall a
eport
ion t
he re
maini
ng ha
lf
am
ong t
he mu
nicip
aliti
es in
the
count
y
on
the b
asis
of th
e
L
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fthe
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o
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t u nic
ial
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t°the
°ula
tic n
of
all t
he mun
icipa
litie
s in
the c
ounty
and p
ay th
e amo
unts
apportioned to the municipalitie
s for
thwit
h.
(5) T
he lo
cal g
ross
recei
pts t
ax on
gamin
g gro
ss
re
venue
of a
racet
rack
opera
ting
in a
Class
1 or
Class
2
mun
icipa
lity
for e
ach c
alend
ar mo
nth s
hall b
e pai
d
to the
_
Clas
s 1 o
r Cla
ss 2
munic
ipali
ty on
or be
fore
the t
wenti
eth d
ay
of
the ne
xt su
cceed
ing c
alend
ar
m
onth.
The
munic
ipali
tysha
ll
s
halIp
AY on
e-qua
rter
of th
e
et
ain o
ne-hal
f of
the r
evenu
e
. .
re
venue
to th
e cou
nty i
n whi
ch th
e muni
cipal
ity i
s pri
ncipa
lly
lo
cated
, and
shall
appo
rtion
:Nthe
remain
ing o
ne-qu
arter
of t
he
reven
ue to
th
e mun
icipa
lities
in t
he CO
Unty
other
tha
n the
Cl
ass 1
or
Cla
sa'2
-Muni
cipal
ity-o
n the
basis
of t
he ra
tio o
f
thp.
nnlla
inn
: hp m
lnnn
alit v_
A-n
hen
nnlla
inn
l
8
un
icipa
litie
s in tl*co
unty.
-tier
than
the Cla
ss 1
or Cl
ass 2
1 9
un
icipa
lity.
2 0
(
6 )
A st
ate
co
vered
game
vendo
r tax
i
s her
eby
2 1
evie
d on
cover
ed ga
me ven
dors
condu
cting
busi
ness
in the
22
ta
te in
an am
ount.
equal
to
f
r p
ercen
t of t
he gr
oss r
evenu
es
2
3
oll
ected
b
y the
co
vered
game
vendo
r fro
m lea
ses o
r oth
er
2 4 eve
nue
sha
ring
arrang
ement
s wit
h
a
r
acetra
ck.
2 5
(7)
A co
vered
game
v
endor
shall
pay
the
state
2 6
o
vered
game
vendo
r tax
for
e ch
calen
dar m
onth
to the
2 7
e•a
rtmen
t of R
evenu
e on
or be
fore
the t
wenti
eth d
a of
the
2 8
ext
succe
eding
calen
dar m
onth
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"(8) he state
gross
receipts tax on
gaming gross
revenue, the local gross receipts
tax on
gaming
gross
revenue,
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ther s t at e or
local taxes or
to the conduct of covered games
by a
racetrack.
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beverage
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pari-mutu4, wagering at a racetrack.
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c o m m i s s i o n s h a l l a s s u m e t h e
regulation
a n d
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i m p l e m e n t a t i o n ,
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by the commission. The general
cc o r da nc e with rul e s a do pte d
l a w s e n a c t e d t o i m p l e m e n t t h i s
a m e n d m e n t s h a l l p r o v i d e a b a s i s
on which the commi s si on may refuse
to r e new a l ic e nse o r a
l ic e nse m ay b e r ev oke d o r su spe nde d.
g a m e s i n o p e r a t i o n b y a
(5) The number of
c o v e r e d
r a c e t r a c k
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,
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r ac ing c o m m issio n, o r th e
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n o t o p p a f e c o v e r e d g a m e s
with ou t r e m itting to th e sta te th e a ppl ic abl e sta te gr o ss
r ec e ipts t ax on ga m ing
g r o s s r e v e n u e .
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no t pl ay
an ov e r e d •am e
e e m•l o e d to o.er a te a n
overe d
same,
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at
t h e t h r e e l o c a t i O n s n A l a b
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where', on the effective date
of th is a m e ndMent th e P o a rch Barf oLof Cre ek India ns c o ndu c t
gaming . Any .such compact sha,l,
a~
then be submitted to the
L e g i s l a t u r e
for
r a t i f i c a t i o n . "
END OF P ROPOSED AMENDMENT
Section
l e c tio n u po n th e p r o p o s e d a m e n d m e n t
shall be held; in accordance with Sections
284
a n d 2 8 5 o f t h e
Constitu tio n
o f;Al a b a m a o f 1 9 0 ,
n ow ap p eari n g as Sect i on s 284
a n d 2 8 5
of th e Off icial R ec o m p l a tio n of th e Constitu tio n of
Al ab a m a of 1 9 0 1, a s a m e nde d , a d th e
e l e c t i o n l a w s o f t h i s
st a t e o n Se pte m b e r 1 5 , 2 0 1 5.
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a ssign a b all o t nu mb e r f o r th e pr o po se d c o nstitu tio n al
a m e ndm e nt o n th e el ec tio n b all t a nd sh all se t f o r th th e
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of
A l a b a m a o f 1 9 0 1 , t o e s t a b l i s h
l a b a m a
Lottery and the
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l evy a sta te gr o ss r ec e ipts
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tax on gaming->revenue of the
n d o r s o f -
ga m ing equ ipm e nt; to
o t t e r , p r o c e e d s a n d s t a t e
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Alabama Lottery Corporation;
by the four
existing r a c e tr ack
wagering is
currently legal; t
tax and a local gross
recei p t s
r a c e t r a c k s ;
to l evy a tax on v
p r o v i d e f o r t h e a l l o c a t i o n o f
language:
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