SB88 Alabama 2018 Session

Updated Apr 26, 2021

Senate Bill

In Committee

Current Status

Regular Session 2018

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Gerald O. Dial
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2018
Title: Lieutenant Governor, duties and powers over Senate, removed, salary established, const. amend.
Description: Under existing constitutional provisions, the Lieutenant Governor is the President of the Senate, is entitled to vote in the event of a tie, and is vested with certain prescribed legislative duties, powers, and responsibilities.
This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, which would remove the power of the Lieutenant Governor to preside over the Senate and to vote in the event of a tie and would provide that the sole duty of the Lieutenant Governor would be to succeed to the Office of Governor upon the Governor's removal from office, death, or resignation.
This bill would require the members of the Senate to elect from its membership a President and President Pro Tempore of the Senate and would provide that the prior legislative duties, responsibilities, and powers of the Lieutenant Governor would be vested in the President of the Senate.
This bill would specify that the annual salary of the Lieutenant Governor would be an amount equal to 75 percent of the annual salary paid to the Governor.
Subjects: Constitutional Amendments