HB240 Alabama 2018 Session
In Committee
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2018
Title
University of Alabama, Board of Trustees, congressional districts for membership as constituted on 1/1/2018, State Superintendent of Education removed from membership, age restriction of 70 deleted, Section 264 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, am'd, const. amend.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, the membership of the
Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama
consists of members from each congressional
district in the state, an additional member from
the congressional district which includes the site
of the first campus of the university, the State
Superintendent of Education, and the Governor, as
ex officio president of the board</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would propose an amendment to
Section 264 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901,
as amended by Amendment 399 to the Constitution of
Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 264 of
the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of
Alabama of 1901, as amended, to specify that the
congressional districts continue to reflect those
as constituted on January 1, 2018, to remove the
State Superintendent of Education from membership,
and to delete the requirement that members vacate
office at the annual meeting of the board following
their seventieth birthday</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To propose an amendment to Section 264 of the
Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 399
to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as
Section 264 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution
of Alabama of 1901, as amended, relating to the University of
Alabama Board of Trustees; to specify that the congressional
districts continue to reflect those as constituted on January
1, 2018, to remove the State Superintendent of Education from
membership, and to delete the requirement that members vacate
office at the annual meeting of the board following their
seventieth birthday.
</p>
Subjects
Constitutional Amendments
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| February 8, 2018 | H | Pending third reading on day 11 Favorable from Education Policy |
| February 8, 2018 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| January 18, 2018 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy |
Bill Calendar
| Type | Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing | February 7, 2018 | Room 418 at 13:30 | House EP Hearing |
| Hearing | March 1, 2017 | Room 617 at 13:30 | House W&MGF Hearing |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB240 Alabama 2018 Session - Introduced |