HB551 Alabama 2015 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Auburn University, Board of Trustees, procedure for adjusting terms so that only three terms expire per year, two additional at-large members, Amendment 161 (Sec. 266, Recompiled Constitution of 1901, as amended) am'd, const. amend.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, the Board of Trustees of Auburn University consists of 13 members plus the Governor, who serves as chair</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to provide that in any calendar year in which four or more trustees have terms expiring in the same year, term expiration dates shall be automatically adjusted to ensure that no more than three trustees will have terms expiring in the same year</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would also propose to add two seats to the Board of Trustees to enhance the diversity of the board and delete obsolete transition language</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Amendment 161 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 670, now appearing as Section 266 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, relating to the Board of Trustees of Auburn University; to establish procedures for automatically adjusting term expiration dates in order to limit the number of terms that expire during the same calendar year to three; and to increase the membership of the board by two at-large members to enhance the diversity of the board. </p>

Subjects

Constitutional Amendments