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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 146
By Williams
HJR0146
001399
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A RESOLUTION to propose an amendment to Article XI, Section
5 of the Constitution of Tennessee, relative to
lotteries.
WHEREAS, local boards of education are charged with governing school districts so that
all students receive the best educational opportunities in order to graduate prepared to enter a
postsecondary institution or the workforce; and
WHEREAS, Article XI, Section 5, of the Constitution of Tennessee prohibits any lotteries
or lottery-type events except as provided in said Article; and
WHEREAS, local boards of education should have the authority to hold a lottery-type
event to assist in raising funds for educational programs and extracurricular activities held within
the school district; and
WHEREAS, the additional funding generated by these events would create a significant
benefit, as it would allow school districts the opportunity to better support current educational
programs and extracurricular activities as well as provide the opportunity to create new ones;
now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED
FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE
CONCURRING, that a majority of all the members of each house concurring, as shown by the
yeas and nays entered on their journals, that it is proposed that Article XI, Section 5, of the
Constitution of Tennessee be amended by adding the following language as its own paragraph
immediately following the second paragraph:
Local Boards of Education shall have the power to approve lotteries conducted
by a nonprofit school support organization, as defined by state law; provided, that the net
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proceeds of the lottery's revenues are allocated to the Local Education Agency to be
used for educational or extracurricular purposes.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the foregoing amendment be referred to the One
Hundred Fifteenth General Assembly and that this resolution proposing such amendment be
published by the Secretary of State in accordance with Article XI, Section 3, of the Constitution
of Tennessee by posting such amendment on the official website of the Secretary of State and
on the official website of the General Assembly.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is directed
to deliver a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of State, with this final resolving clause being
deleted from such copies.