S 1002 Joint Resolution, By Matthews, Cork, Glover, Holland, Hutto, Land, 
Mescher, Patterson and Saleeby

Similar(S 1, S 2, H 3192, H 3256)
 A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 7, ARTICLE XVII OF THE
 CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO A LOTTERY, SO AS TO ALLOW
 LOTTERIES TO BE CONDUCTED ONLY BY THE STATE AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE USE OF THE
 REVENUES DERIVED FROM THE LOTTERIES.

   02/10/98  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-6
   02/10/98  Senate Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-6

A JOINT RESOLUTION

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 7, ARTICLE XVII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO A LOTTERY, SO AS TO ALLOW LOTTERIES TO BE CONDUCTED ONLY BY THE STATE AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE USE OF THE REVENUES DERIVED FROM THE LOTTERIES.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. It is proposed that Section 7, Article XVII of the Constitution of this State be amended to read:

" Section 7. No Except when conducted by the State, no lottery shall ever be is allowed or may be advertised by newspapers, or otherwise, or its tickets be sold in this State. Only the State may conduct lotteries as provided by the General Assembly. The revenues derived from the state lottery must be paid into a state lottery fund to be invested by the State Treasurer with interest earned remaining a part of the fund. No more than fifteen percent of the revenues each year may be used for operational expenses of the state lottery, and fifty percent of the revenues must be expended in prizes. The remaining revenues each year must be used for nonrecurring expenses for public secondary education, public higher education, health care, water and sewer infrastructure, other capital improvements, or for the reduction of bonded indebtedness, or for any combination of these purposes, in the manner that the General Assembly provides by law.

The game of bingo, when conducted by charitable, religious, or fraternal organizations exempt from federal income taxation or when conducted at recognized annual State and county fairs, shall is not be deemed considered a lottery prohibited by this section."

SECTION 2. The proposed amendment must be submitted to the qualified electors at the next general election for representatives. Ballots must be provided at the various voting precincts with the following words printed or written on the ballot:

"Must Section 7, Article XVII of the Constitution of this State be amended so as to allow lotteries to be conducted only by the State as provided by the General Assembly with the revenues each year used for nonrecurring expenses for public secondary education, public higher education, health care, water and sewer infrastructure, other capital improvements, or for the reduction of bonded indebtedness, or for any combination of these purposes, in the manner that the General Assembly provides by law?

Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'Yes', and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'No'."