Under existing law, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources has the authority to manage, control, and lease sixteenth section and school land, originally granted by Congress to each township in the state for the use of the inhabitants of the township for the use of schools, and income arising from the sixteenth section trust fund is applied to the support and maintenance of the public schools in the state.
This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to grant sixteenth section and school lands located in Winston County to the Winston County Board of Education, to authorize the Winston County Board of Education to manage, sell, lease, and control those lands and any timber, minerals, or other natural resources of the land, and to provide for the distribution of any proceeds and interest generated by the properties.
Delivered to Secretary of State at 6:08 p.m. on May 26, 2015.
Assigned Act No. 2015-219.
Clerk of the House Certification
Enrolled
Signature Requested
Passed Second House
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1178
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 655
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation
Source: Alabama Legislature