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HB47
VH1XPPL-1
By Representative Hill (Constitutional Amendment)
RFD: Economic Development and Tourism
First Read: 04-Feb-25
PFD: 01-Oct-24
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PFD: 01-Oct-24
SYNOPSIS:
Under the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, the
Legislature has no power to enact laws providing for a
lottery or gift enterprise and is instead required to
pass laws prohibiting such activities.
This bill would propose an amendment to the
Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to provide that the
Legislature, by general law, may authorize, license,
tax, and provide for the operation of traditional paper
raffles and traditional paper bingo when conducted for
noncommercial charitable purposes only.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to gaming; to propose an amendment to Section
65 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, and to add Section
65.1 to the Constitution of Alabama 2022, to provide that the
Legislature, by general law, may authorize, license, tax, and
provide for the operation of traditional paper raffles and
paper bingo conducted for noncommercial charitable purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution
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Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution
of Alabama of 2022, is proposed:
PROPOSED AMENDMENT
Part 1. Section 65 of the Constitution of Alabama of
2022, is amended to read as follows:
Section 65
(a) The legislature Except as otherwise provided in
this constitution, the Legislature shall have no power to
authorize lotteries or gift enterprises for any purposes, and
shall pass laws to prohibit such activitiesthe sale in this
state of lottery or gift enterprise tickets, or tickets in any
scheme in the nature of a lottery; and all acts, or parts of
acts heretofore passed by the legislature of this state,
authorizing a lottery or lotteries, and all acts amendatory
thereof, or supplemental thereto, are hereby avoided .
(b) Any law enacted by the Legislature in violation of
this section shall be void.
Part 2. The following Section 65.1 is added to the
Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to read as follows:
Section 65.1
(a) Notwithstanding Section 65, the Legislature, by
general law, may authorize, license, tax, and provide for the
operation of the following activities:
(1) Traditional raffles, using only cardboard, paper,
plastic, or some functionally similar material.
(2) Traditional bingo, using only cardboard, paper,
plastic, or some functionally similar material.
(b) Any activity conducted pursuant to the authority of
this section shall be conducted only for noncommercial
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this section shall be conducted only for noncommercial
charitable fundraising purposes.
Upon ratification of this constitutional amendment, the
Code Commissioner shall number and place this amendment as
appropriate in the constitution omitting this instructional
paragraph and may make the following nonsubstantive revisions:
change capitalization, hierarchy, spelling, and punctuation
for purposes of style and uniformity; correct manifest
grammatical, clerical, and typographical errors; revise
internal or external citations and cross-references; harmonize
language; and translate effective dates.
END OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT
Section 2. An election upon the proposed amendment
shall be held in accordance with Sections 284 and 285 of the
Constitution of Alabama of 2022, and the election laws of this
state. The appropriate election official shall assign a ballot
number for the proposed constitutional amendment on the
election ballot and shall set forth the following description
of the substance or subject matter of the proposed
constitutional amendment:
"Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama
of 2022, to provide that the Legislature, by general law, may
authorize, license, tax, and provide for the operation of
traditional paper raffles and traditional paper bingo when
conducted for noncommercial charitable purposes only .
Proposed by Act ____. "
This description shall be followed by the following
language:
"Yes ( ) No( )."
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"Yes ( ) No( )."
Section 3. The proposed amendment shall become valid as
a part of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, when approved
by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon.
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