SB452 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Trip Pittman

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Legislature, eligibility requirements to include minimum credit score of certain number, Section 47 (Section 47, Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended), am'd., const. amend.

Summary

This bill would amend the Alabama Constitution to require Senate and House candidates to have a minimum credit score of 650.

What This Bill Does

If enacted, it would add a new eligibility rule for legislators by requiring each candidate for the Alabama Senate or House of Representatives to have a credit score of at least 650, as reported by a nationally recognized credit reporting agency. The existing qualifications (age, citizenship, residency) would remain, and the change would be part of Section 47 of the Constitution. The election process to approve the amendment would follow current constitutional and election laws, including how the ballot describes the amendment.

Who It Affects

• Candidates seeking a seat in the Alabama Senate or Alabama House of Representatives would need to meet the 650 credit score requirement in order to be eligible to run.
• Election officials and the state’s election process would implement and verify this eligibility rule as part of candidate qualifications and ballot procedures.

Key Provisions

• Adds a new requirement to Section 47: Senate and House candidates must have a minimum credit score of 650 as reported by a nationally recognized consumer credit reporting agency.
• Preserves existing qualifications for legislators (age and residency) and places the new credit score requirement within the same constitutional section.
• Outlines that the amendment itself would be voted on under existing election laws, with the ballot description prepared by election officials.

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Subjects

Constitutional Amendments