SB164 Alabama 2015 Session

Under existing law, Section 106 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended (Amendment 341), the substance of any bill proposing a special, private, or local law is required to be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in the county for four weeks prior to introduction in either house of the Legislature. Additionally, Section 106 does not provide any specific procedure for a special, private, or local bill to be substantively amended during the legislative process

This proposed amendment would provide that a special, private, or local bill would be required to be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in the county for three weeks prior to introduction and would provide for exceptions when there is no newspaper of general circulation in the county. The proposed amendment would provide procedures for the amendment of a special, private, or local bill during the legislative process under procedures established relating to the adoption of proposed changes to the special, private, or local bill prior to final passage in the house of the amendment's origin. The proposed amendment would also limit the introduction of a special, private, or local bill after the twenty-fifth legislative day

To amend Section 106 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 341, now appearing as Section 106 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, relating to the enactment of special, private, or local bills and the notice required prior to their introduction; to provide procedures for advertising and other notice of private, special, or local bills prior to introduction in the Legislature; to provide procedures for amendments of the bills; and to limit the introduction of the bills after a certain legislative day.