HB1 By Representative Warren RFD Economic Development and Tourism Rd 1 04-FEB-20

SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, Amendment 744 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, authorizes the game of bingo to be played in Macon County.

This bill would propose a local amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, relating to Macon County, to provide that the game of bingo authorized to be played in Macon County may be played on any electronic machine authorized by the National Indian Gaming Commission pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and operated by any Native American tribe in Alabama.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT

To propose a local constitutional amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, relating to Macon County, to allow the game of bingo authorized to be played in Macon County by Amendment 744 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and to be played on any electronic machine authorized by the National Indian Gaming Commission pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and which is operated by any Native American tribe in Alabama.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, is proposed and shall become valid as a part of the Constitution when all requirements of this act are fulfilled:

PROPOSED AMENDMENT

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that based upon the history of the times, the existing order of things, the state of the law when Amendment 744 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, was adopted, and the conditions necessitating its adoption, the voters in Macon County intended to and did authorize the Sheriff of Macon County to adopt rules for the licensing and operation of bingo games in Macon County, Alabama, including bingo games to be played on paper, machine, or electronic devices.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 65 of this Constitution, for the purpose of Amendment 744 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the game of bingo authorized to be played in Macon County by Amendment 744 may be played on any electronic machine authorized by the National Indian Gaming Commission pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, Chapter 29 of Title 25 of the United States Code, 25 U.S.C. §2701 et seq., and operated by any Native American tribe in Alabama. Sections 8-1-150, 13A-12-20, 13A-12-21, 13A-12-22, 13A-12-23, 13A-12-24, 13A-12-25, 13A-12-26, 13A-12-27, and 13A-12-30 of the Code of Alabama 1975, shall not apply to any bingo game authorized by this amendment and operated in accordance with the rules adopted by the Sheriff of Macon County.

Section 2. An election upon the proposed amendment shall be held in accordance with Section 284.01 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 284.01 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, and the election laws of this state.

Section 3. 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:

"Relating to Macon County, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to provide that the game of bingo authorized in Macon County by Amendment 744 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, may be played on any electronic machine that is authorized by the National Indian Gaming Commission pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and is operated by any Native American tribe in Alabama.

"Proposed by Act _________."

This description shall be followed by the following language:

"Yes ( ) No ( )."

Constitutional Amendments

Bingo

Macon County

Gambling

Indians