Constitution of Virginia
Article X - Taxation and Finance
Section 7-A. Lottery Proceeds Fund; distribution of lottery
revenues.
The General Assembly shall establish the Lottery Proceeds Fund.
The Fund shall consist of the net revenues of any lottery conducted
by the Commonwealth. Lottery proceeds shall be appropriated from
the Fund to the Commonwealth's counties, cities and towns, and
the school divisions thereof, to be expended for the purposes
of public education.
Any county, city, or town which accepts a distribution from the
Fund shall provide its portion of the cost of maintaining an educational
program meeting the standards of quality prescribed pursuant to
Section 2 of Article VIII of this Constitution without the use
of distributions from the Fund.
The General Assembly shall enact such laws as may be necessary
to implement the Fund and the provisions of this section.
The General Assembly may appropriate amounts from the Fund for
other purposes only by a vote of four-fifths of the members voting
in each house, the name of each member voting and how he voted
to be recorded in the journal of the house.
The amendment ratified November 7, 2000 and effective July 1,
2001—Added a new section (7-A).