HB123 Alabama 2018 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2018

Title

Legislature, House or Senate, vacancies, if less than two years left in term, gov. would appt., adding new Sec. 46, const. amend.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, a vacancy in either the Alabama House of Representatives or Senate is filled by a special election called by the Governor</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution to provide a vacancy in either the House of Representatives or the Senate that occurs with less than two years remaining in the term would be filled by a person qualified to hold the office and appointed by the Governor. The amendment also would provide that a person appointed to the vacancy is not eligible to run for the office in the election for the next full term for the office</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901; to provide that a vacancy in either house of the Legislature occurring with less than two years remaining in the term would be filled by appointment by the Governor rather than by a special election and to prohibit a person appointed to fill the vacancy from running for election to the office for the next full term of office. </p>

Subjects

Constitutional Amendments