HB153 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021

House Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2011

Session

1

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Charles O. Newton
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: Legislative Compensation Commission, established, members, quadrennial recommendations for the total compensation to be paid to members of Legislature, Amendments 39 and 57, Constitution of Alabama of 1901, am'd.; Section 49, Constitution of Alabama of 1901, repealed; Sec. 29-1-8 repealed; Act 1196, 1971 Reg. Sess., Act 87-209, 1987 Reg. Sess.; Act 90-490, 1990 Reg. Sess.; Act 91-95, 1991 Reg. Sess.; Act 91-108, 1991 Reg. Sess.; Act 2007-75, 2007 Reg. Sess. repealed, const. amend.
Description: Under Amendment 57, now appearing as Section 48.01 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, members of the Legislature are provided certain compensation and expense reimbursement authorized by law. Several acts of the Legislature provide reimbursement for presiding officers and members of the Legislature.
This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to create a Legislative Compensation Commission; to provide for its members and terms of office; to provide that the commission would make quadrennial recommendations for the total compensation to be paid to members of the Alabama Legislature; and to repeal conflicting laws regarding compensation and expense reimbursement.
Subjects: Constitutional Amendments

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Internal Affairs