Under current law there exist a number of statutory and constitutional earmarks for the spending of state revenues.
This proposed amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to become effective January 1, 2017, would eliminate all requirements that limit the appropriation or spending of state revenues in a particular manner contained in the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 and prohibit any general or local law that directs state revenue to be appropriated or spent in a particular manner. The proposed amendment would further allow for a unified appropriations bill.
Indefinitely Postponed
Marsh motion to Carry Over adopted Voice Vote
Smitherman motion to Carry Over Lost Roll Call 1294
Third Reading Carried Over
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund
Source: Alabama Legislature