Lotteries. Charitable Raffles. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.
	Official Title and Summary prepared by the Attorney General
Full Text of Proposed Law	Lotteries. Charitable Raffles. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.

• Modifies current constitutional prohibition against private lotteries to permit legislative authorization of raffles conducted by eligible private nonprofit organizations for the purpose of funding beneficial and charitable works.
• Requires at least 90% of a raffle's gross receipts to go directly to beneficial or charitable purposes in California, but permits this percentage to be later amended by statute passed by two-thirds vote of each house without voter approval.

Summary of Legislative Analyst's
Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact:

• Probably no significant fiscal impact on state and local governments.

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