HB535 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Joe Hubbard

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Legislature, compensation same as the average gross family income in Alabama and reimbursement of expenses to the same extent as paid to state employees, if proration declared legislative compensation reduced by same percentage, Sec. 29-1-8 repealed; Act 1196, 1971 Reg.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 repealed; Amendment 57 (Sections 48.01 and 49, Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended), am'd., const. amend.

Description

Under Amendment 57 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Sections 48.01 and 49 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, members of the Legislature are provided certain compensation and an expense reimbursement authorized to be fixed by the Legislature. Several acts of the Legislature provide reimbursement for presiding officers and members of the Legislature.

This bill would propose a constitutional amendment to amend Amendment 57, to provide that the presiding officers and members of the Legislature would receive compensation for legislative service that is the same as the average gross family income in Alabama and reimbursement of expenses to the same extent as paid to state employees; and if proration is declared, the salary or compensation received by members of the Legislature would be reduced by the same percentage during the last quarter of the fiscal year in which proration is declared; and would repeal existing law on the subject.

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Subjects

Constitutional Amendments