SB131 Alabama 2015 Session
In Committee
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2015
Title
Elections, voter registration lists, publication by judge of probate on website of co. or Association of Co. Commissioners website, comp., Secs. 17-4-1, 17-4-10, 17-9-5 am'd.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, a list of registered
voters is required to be published in a newspaper
of general circulation in the county prior to each
regular primary election. Additionally, a list of
the registered voters to be removed from the voters
list is required to be published when statewide
voter file maintenance is conducted. Also under
existing law, notice of all elections and a list of
inspectors and clerks for an election are required
to be published in a newspaper of general
circulation in the county</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would eliminate the requirement to
publish these lists and notices, except the lists
of voters to be removed, and have this information
posted on the county website, or if there is no
website maintained by the county, on the website of
the Association of County Commissions of Alabama</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would also require that this information
would be available for review upon request at a
reasonable cost and that the county place a display
advertisement at least one-half page in size in
some newspaper of general circulation in the county
providing information about where the lists and
notices are available</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would limit payment to one list
per election</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Sections 17-4-1, 17-4-10, and 17-9-5, Code
of Alabama 1975, to remove the requirement to publish certain
lists of registered voters and inspectors and clerks and
election notices in a newspaper of general circulation in the
county; to require the information to be posted on a county
website and made available upon request at a reasonable cost
to the person making this request; to require the county to
place a display advertisement in a newspaper of general
circulation in the county identifying where voter list and
election notice information is available.
</p>
Subjects
Elections
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| June 3, 2015 | S | Indefinitely Postponed |
| March 18, 2015 | S | Sanford motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote |
| March 5, 2015 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| March 18, 2015 | S | Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair |
| March 3, 2015 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on County and Municipal Government |
Bill Calendar
| Type | Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing | March 4, 2015 | Room 316 at 14:30 | Senate C&MG Hearing |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | SB131 Alabama 2015 Session - Introduced |