HB166 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Yvonne Kennedy

Democrat

Co-Sponsor

Spencer Collier

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Mobile Co., county commission to provide for the number and districts for election of members, initial districts to be same as Board of School Commissioners, Act 181, 1957 Reg. Sess. repealed

Summary

HB166 would move Mobile County to a five-member, single-member district county commission, with initial district boundaries matching the Mobile County Board of School Commissioners and future boundaries aligned unless reapportioned.

What This Bill Does

It establishes a five-member county commission elected from single-member districts. The initial districts are the same as those used for the Mobile County Board of School Commissioners, and future districts will follow the School Board's boundaries unless the commission reapportions them. It requires commissioners to be residents of their district for at least 90 days before qualifying and during their tenure. It repeals Act 181, 1957, and sets up a public referendum to decide whether these changes will take effect; the referendum timing and costs are defined, with the act taking effect if a majority votes Yes.

Who It Affects

• Mobile County voters who would elect five single-member district commissioners and vote in the referendum.
• Mobile County government and election officials (including the county commission and the judge of probate) who would implement the new district structure, run the referendum, and certify results; the county would cover election costs not reimbursed by others.

Key Provisions

• The Mobile County Commission shall be composed of five members elected from single-member districts; initial districts will match the Mobile County Board of School Commissioners' districts, and future districts will match those boundaries unless reapportioned by the commission under Section 11-3-1.1.
• Each commissioner must be a bona fide resident of the district from which elected at least 90 days prior to qualifying and during tenure.
• Act 181, 1957 Regular Session is repealed.
• A public election will decide whether Sections 1-2 become operative; if the majority votes Yes, the changes take effect immediately; if No, the act is repealed and has no effect.
• The act becomes effective immediately after passage and governor's approval, or otherwise becomes law.

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Subjects

Mobile County