SB258 Alabama 2014 Session
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Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2014
Title
Legislative department, constitutional provisions, Article IV Constitution of Alabama of 1901, repealed certain provisions of Article 10 moved to Articles XVII and XVIII, new Article IV added, Amendments 1,12, 22, 26A, 39, 40, 49, 53, 57, 58, 88, 92, 93, 97, 112, 142, 159, 201, 214, 227, 247, 257, 315, 327, 339, 341, 354, 375, 383, 388, 389, 390, 397, 400, 401, 411, 427, 428, 443, 448, 449, 451, 452, 453, 454, 472, 474, 475, 491, 492, 513, 556, 558, 621, 715, 766, 772, 798, 871; Secs. 122, 280, 281, 282 repealed
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Article IV of the Constitution of Alabama
of 1901 contains provisions relating to the
Legislature. Other provisions relating to the
Legislature are contained in Article V, Executive
Department, and Article XVII, Miscellaneous
Provisions, and various amendments adopted since
1901</p><p class="bill_description">
The bill would propose a constitutional
amendment to revise and recast the existing
provisions of the Constitution relating to the
Legislature into a new Article IV by repealing the
existing Article IV and previously adopted
amendments relating to the Legislature and moving
provisions related to the Legislature from Articles
V and XVII to the new Article IV and moving some
current provisions of Article IV that are unrelated
to the Legislature to Article XVII</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To repeal existing Article IV of the Constitution of
Alabama of 1901, relating to the Legislature, and the
amendments thereto, to move the provisions of various
amendments to Article XVII, and to add a new Article IV
relating to the Legislature containing the provisions of
existing Article IV revised and recast and provisions in
Articles V and XVII relating to the Legislature.
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Subjects
Constitutional Amendments
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| January 21, 2014 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | SB258 Alabama 2014 Session - Introduced |