HB86 Alabama 2015 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jack W. WilliamsSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Mobile Co., county commission, members, referendum on increasing to five members

Summary

HB86 would put Mobile County on a ballot to decide whether to keep the current three-member county commission or expand to five members elected from single-member districts.

What This Bill Does

The bill requires Mobile County to hold a referendum at the 2016 general election with two questions: one about continuing the three-member commission and one about forming a five-member, single-member-district commission. If the three-member option wins, the county will keep three commissioners. If the five-member option wins, starting with the next county commission election the county would have five full-time commissioners elected from five single-member districts, with salaries and benefits equal to those in the prior term, and district boundaries drawn to roughly equal population using the most recent federal census; conflicting laws would be repealed. The act takes effect immediately after the governor approves it (or when it otherwise becomes law).

Who It Affects

• Mobile County voters, who will decide, through the referendum, whether to keep three commissioners or move to five, and how districts are drawn.
• Mobile County government and potential commissioners, who would shift from a three-member to a five-member, single-member district system with related salary/benefit rules and redistricting requirements.

Key Provisions

• Requires a Mobile County referendum at the 2016 general election with two ballot questions about (a) continuing a three-member commission and (b) creating a five-member, single-member-district commission.
• If the five-member option is approved, the next county commission election will elect five full-time commissioners from single-member districts, with salaries/benefits equal to those of the prior term, districts drawn to approx. equal population using the most recent federal decennial census, and conflicting laws repealed; the plan becomes effective upon governor's approval (or when the act becomes law).

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 24, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Mobile County