SB407 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Shadrack McGill

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Legislature, compensation same as the average gross income and same average benefits of public classroom teachers in Alabama and reimbursement of expenses to the same extent as paid to public classroom teachers, Sec. 29-1-8 repealed; Act 1196, 1971 Reg.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 repealed; Amendment 57 (Sections 48.01 and 49, Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended), am'd., const.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 and benefits for legislative service that is the same as the average gross income and receive the same average benefits of public classroom teachers in Alabama and reimbursement of expenses to the same extent as paid to public classroom teachers; to provide that each member of the Alabama Legislature may elect to be compensated at a rate lower than the average gross income of public classroom teachers and opt out of accepting the same benefits as granted to the teachers; and to repeal existing law on the subject.

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Subjects

Constitutional Amendments