NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC is
hereby given that the following popular name and ballot proposed constitutional
amendment has been certified by the Arkansas Attorney General. Pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment
7, any party may contest the popular name and ballot title as an original
action with the Arkansas Supreme Court after the Secretary of State has
verified the petition as having the sufficient number of qualified electors’
signatures to have the measure placed on the ballot at the next general election.
Notice of Certification of Sufficiency
Pursuant to A.C.A. §7-9-107
On November 5, 2007, this
office received Opinion No. 2007-288 from the Attorney General for the State of
Arkansas whereby he approved and certified a Popular Name and Ballot Title. Pursuant to A.C.A. §7-9-107 the Secretary of
State shall also approve and certify the proposed Popular Name and Ballot Title
as certified by the Attorney General.
Therefore, I, Charlie Daniels, Secretary of State, State of
Arkansas, do hereby approve and certify the sufficiency of the following:
Popular Name
A Constitutional Amendment Authorizing the
General Assembly to Establish, Operate, and Regulate State Lotteries to Fund
Scholarships and Grants for Arkansas Citizens Enrolled in Certified Two-Year and
Four-Year Colleges and Universities in Arkansas
Ballot Title
An amendment to the Arkansas Constitution
authorizing the General Assembly to enact laws to establish, operate, and
regulate state lotteries; requiring lottery proceeds to be used solely to pay
the operating expenses of lotteries, including all prizes, and to fund or
provide for scholarships and grants to citizens of this state enrolled in
public and private non-profit two-year and four-year colleges and universities
located within the state that are certified according to criteria established
by the General Assembly; requiring the General Assembly to establish criteria
to determine who is eligible to receive the scholarships and grants; declaring
that lottery proceeds shall not be subject to appropriation by the General
Assembly; declaring lottery proceeds to be cash funds held in trust separate
and apart from the state treasury to be managed and maintained by the General
Assembly or an agency or department of the state as determined by the General
Assembly; requiring lottery proceeds remaining after payment of operating
expenses and prizeS to supplement, not supplant, non-lottery educational
resources; declaring that this amendment does not repeal, supersede, amend or
otherwise affect Amendment 84 to the Arkansas Constitution or games of bingo
and raffles permitted therein; prohibiting lotteries and the sale of lottery
tickets except as herein specifically provided.
AMENDMENT:
Be it enacted by the people of the State of
Section
14 of Article 19 of the Constitution of the State of
§
14. Lotteries prohibited.
No
lottery shall be authorized by this State, nor shall the sale of lottery
tickets be allowed.
(a) The General Assembly may enact laws to
establish, operate, and regulate State lotteries.
(b) Lottery proceeds shall be used solely
to pay the operating expenses of lotteries, including all prizes, and to fund
or provide for scholarships and grants to citizens of this State enrolled in public
and private non-profit two-year and four-year colleges and universities located
within the State that are certified according to criteria established by the
General Assembly. The General Assembly
shall establish criteria to determine who is eligible to receive the
scholarships and grants pursuant to this Amendment.
(c) Lottery proceeds shall not be subject
to appropriation by the General Assembly and are specifically declared to be
cash funds held in trust separate and apart from the State treasury to be
managed and maintained by the General Assembly or an agency or department of
the State as determined by the General Assembly.
(d) Lottery proceeds remaining after
payment of operating expenses and prizes shall supplement, not supplant,
non-lottery educational resources.
(e) This Amendment does not repeal,
supersede, amend or otherwise affect Amendment 84 to the
(f) Except as herein specifically
provided, lotteries and the sale of lottery tickets are prohibited.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the Office of the
Secretary of State on this the 5th day of November, 2007.
Charlie Daniels
Secretary of State
State of Arkansas
Paid for by:
Hope For Arkansas
Post Office Box 95027
North Little Rock, AR 72190
501-563-1748