SB175 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Jan 10, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Bryan Taylor
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: Legislature, certain expense allowances deemed compensation, compensation may not be increased during a current term of office, Legislature may be reimbursed only for actual expenses, Amendment 92 (Section 68.01, Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended), am'd., const. amend.
Description: Under existing law, the Legislature or a county of the state may not increase or decrease the salary, fees, or other compensation of any officer of the state or of any county of the state who is elected or appointed for a fixed term during the term for which he or she is elected or appointed.
This bill would amend Amendment 92 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 68.01 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, to provide that, except for reimbursements made for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties and substantiated in the manner provided by law, any expense allowance authorized to members of the Legislature shall be deemed part of their personal compensation subject to the limitation of the amendment.
Subjects: Constitutional Amendments

Acted on by Rules as Indefinitely Postponed

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Rules