Article III of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, consists of two sections: Section 42, which establishes the three departments of state government, and Section 43, which provides for the separation of the powers of those three departments. In addition, Amendment 582 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 43.01 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, requires approval by the Legislature of court orders requiring disbursement of state funds.
This proposed constitutional amendment would repeal Article III and Amendment 582 and add a new Article III combining the substance of the repealed provisions in modernized language without making any substantive change.
Pending third reading on day 29 Favorable from Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
Engrossed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 991
Fielding motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 990
Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections Amendment Offered
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections
Source: Alabama Legislature