Amendment SSA2-SJR3

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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 2, To 1995 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 3

February 15, 1995 - Offered by Senators Decker and Clausing.

SJR3-SSA2,1,3 To amend section 24 (6) (a) of article IV of the constitution; relating to: authorizing a sports lottery, with the proceeds dedicated to recreational uses (first consideration).

SJR3-SSA2,1,4 Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That:

SJR3-SSA2, s. 1 Section 1. Section 24 (6) (a) of article IV of the constitution is amended to read:

SJR3-SSA2,2,3 [Article IV] Section 24 (6) (a) The legislature may authorize the creation of a lottery to be operated by the state as provided by law. The expenditure of public funds or of revenues derived from lottery operations to engage in promotional advertising of the Wisconsin state lottery is prohibited. Any advertising of the state lottery shall indicate the odds of a specific lottery ticket to be selected as the winning ticket for each prize amount offered. The net proceeds of the state lottery shall be deposited in the treasury of the state, to be used for property tax relief as provided by law. As part of the lottery authorized under this subsection, the state may operate separate and distinct lottery games denominated the Wisconsin sports lottery, and the proceeds of the Wisconsin sports lottery shall be dedicated to recreational uses and shall be distributed to the counties on the basis that the receipts from the games in a county is to the receipts from the games in the state. The county board of supervisors of each county shall determine which recreational uses are to be funded from the distribution received by the county.

SJR3-SSA2,2,6 Be it further resolved, That this proposed amendment be referred to the legislature to be chosen at the next general election and that it be published for 3 months previous to the time of holding such election.

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