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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 607 Offered January 20, 1999 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia by adding in Article X a section numbered 7-A, relating to the distribution of lottery revenues. ----------
Patrons-- Howell, Blevins, Byron, Cantor, Drake, Griffith, Jones, S.C., Katzen, Kilgore, Landes, Nixon, Purkey, Ruff, Rust, Wagner, Wardrup and Wilkins
---------- Referred to Committee on Rules ----------

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, a majority of the members elected to each house agreeing, That the following amendment to the Constitution of Virginia be, and the same hereby is, proposed and referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates for its concurrence in conformity with the provisions of Section 1 of Article XII of the Constitution of Virginia, namely:

Amend the Constitution of Virginia by adding in Article X a section numbered 7-A as follows:

ARTICLE X TAXATION AND FINANCE

Section 7-A. Distribution of lottery revenues.

The General Assembly shall appropriate the net revenues from any lottery conducted by the Commonwealth to its counties, cities, and towns, and the school divisions thereof, to be expended for the purposes of public education.