SB259 Alabama 2014 Session

Article V of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, provides for the Executive Department in Alabama

This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to repeal existing Article V, and those amendments to the constitution that have been recompiled as part of Article V; to repeal and add amendments, relating to appointments and promotions in civil service, conveyance of Alabama State Docks Department property, use of assets of State Retirement Systems, and health care benefits for retired state and education employees, respectively, to Article XVII, Miscellaneous; and to readopt Article V to make nonsubstantive technical amendments, including renumbering sections, capitalization, and gender neutral references, throughout the article and to make all of the following substantive changes: Section 114. The rewritten section would combine Section 114 and Section 116, relating to holding of elections and terms of office, respectively

Section 116. The rewritten Article V would include the provisions of this section in Section 114

Section 118. The rewritten section would require only the Governor to reside in the state capital

Section 119. The rewritten Article V would delete this provision which relates to increasing the salary of the Governor at the session of the Legislature following ratification of the constitution

Section 122. The rewritten section would require two days' notice for calling the Legislature into extraordinary session and would require the notice be provided to the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate

Section 125. The rewritten section would simplify the procedure for presenting bills to the Governor for his or her signature, the veto power of the Governor and the procedure for passing a bill after veto by the Governor, and the effect of the Governor failing to sign a bill

Section 127. The rewritten section would clarify provisions relating to succession to office of Governor, replaces the term "disability" with the term "incapacity," and deletes the requirement of an election if a vacancy occurs in both the office of Governor and Lieutenant Governor more than 60 days before the next general election

Section 128. The rewritten section would replace the term "disability" with the term "incapacity." Section 132. The rewritten section would combine Section 132, Section 134, Section 136, and Section 137, relating to the qualifications, duties, and vacancies in office of the Attorney General, State Auditor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, and Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, would require the Attorney General to be licensed to practice law in Alabama for five years before election, would replace the term "disability" with the term "incapacity," and would replace the term "insane" with the term "of unsound mind." Section 134. The rewritten Article V would include the provisions of this section in Section 132

Section 136. The rewritten Article V would include the provisions of this section in Section 132

Section 137. The rewritten Article V would include the provisions of this section in Section 132

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to repeal and readopt existing Article V relating to the Executive Department, and the amendments related thereto, and to repeal and move existing amendments that have been recompiled as part of Article V of the recompiled constitution, to Article XVII, Miscellaneous, to make technical nonsubstantive changes and substantive changes to provisions relating to the Executive Department.