A Tennessee lawmaker is proposing a 5% tax on sales of lottery tickets.
House Bill 51 by Rep. Kelly Keisling, R-Byrdtown, would require counties to collect the tax and remit it to the state.
The tax only applies to ticket sales and "shares," which are defined as "intangible evidence of participation in a lottery game," according to the bill.
Half of the proceeds would distributed the same as property taxes for local school systems, and the other distribution would be determined by where the sale occurred, according to the Tennessee Code referred to in the bill.
