SB25 Alabama 2015 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Separation of powers of executive, legislative, and judicial branches, Article III and Amendment 582 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, combined into one section, Article III and Amendment 582 repealed and Article III added

Description

Article III of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, consists of two sections: Section 42, which establishes the three departments of state government, and Section 43, which provides for the separation of the powers of those three departments. In addition, Amendment 582 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 43.01 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, requires approval by the Legislature of court orders requiring disbursement of state funds.

This proposed constitutional amendment would repeal Article III and Amendment 582 and add a new Article III combining the substance of the repealed provisions in modernized language without making any substantive change.

To propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, to repeal Article III and Amendment 582 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and add Article III to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, relating to the separation of powers.

Subjects

Separation of Powers