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HB 602

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  • 1 Bill Summary
  • 2 Bill Text
  • 3 Bill Actions
  • 4 Bill Votes
  • 5 Bill Documents

Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Kerry Rich
Session
Regular Session 2019
Title
Marshall Co., feeding of prisoners further provided for, Discretionary Fund established, const. amend.
Description

This bill would propose a local constitutional amendment relating to Marshall County to provide that all allowances or amounts received by the Sheriff of Marshall County for feeding prisoners would be deposited in a special account and used for feeding prisoners in the county jail and any excess would be authorized to be used by the sheriff for law enforcement purposes

To propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, relating to Marshall County, to provide that all allowances received by the sheriff for feeding prisoners would be deposited in a special account and used for feeding of prisoners in the county jail and that any excess in the fund would be authorized to be used for law enforcement purposes by the sheriff.

Subjects
Constitutional Amendments

Bill Text

Note: Bills that change current law do not show the amended text correctly below. Please view Original PDF to see amended sections: HB 602 - Enrolled - PDF

This bill would propose a local constitutional amendment relating to Marshall County to provide that all allowances or amounts received by the Sheriff of Marshall County for feeding prisoners would be deposited in a special account and used for feeding prisoners in the county jail and any excess would be authorized to be used by the sheriff for law enforcement purposes

To propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, relating to Marshall County, to provide that all allowances received by the sheriff for feeding prisoners would be deposited in a special account and used for feeding of prisoners in the county jail and that any excess in the fund would be authorized to be used for law enforcement purposes by the sheriff.

Section 1

The following amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, is proposed and shall become valid as a part of the Constitution when all requirements of this act are fulfilled: PROPOSED AMENDMENT Effective immediately upon ratification of this amendment, any allowances or other amounts received by the Sheriff of Marshall County for feeding prisoners shall be deposited in a separate account in the county treasury to be known as the "Sheriff's Discretionary Fund" and shall be used by the sheriff for the feeding of prisoners in the county jail. Any funds in the Sheriff's Discretionary Fund over the amounts needed for feeding prisoners may be used by the sheriff for law enforcement purposes and for the operation of the office of the sheriff. Any funds in the Sheriff's Discretionary Fund shall be carried over from year to year. In the event additional amounts are needed by the sheriff for the feeding of prisoners, the amounts shall be paid by the sheriff from any other discretionary funds available for the operation of the office of the sheriff. The sheriff shall not be subject to the competitive bid law for the purchase of food or supplies used for feeding prisoners in the county jail.

Section 2

An election upon the proposed amendment shall be held at the primary election in 2020 in accordance with Sections 284 and 284.01 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Sections 284 and 284.01 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, and the election laws of this state.

Section 3

The appropriate election official shall assign a ballot number for the proposed constitutional amendment on the election ballot and shall set forth the following description of the substance or subject matter of the proposed constitutional amendment:

Relating to Marshall County, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to provide that, effective immediately upon ratification of this amendment, all allowances or amounts received by the sheriff for feeding prisoners would be deposited in a special account and used for feeding prisoners in the county jail and any excess in the fund would be authorized to be used for law enforcement purposes by the sheriff.

Proposed by Act _________" This description shall be followed by the following language:

Yes ( ) No ( )."

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
May 23, 2019 H Forwarded to Secretary of State on May 23, 2019 at 11:44 a.m. on May 23, 2019.
May 23, 2019 H Assigned Act No. 2019-232.
May 23, 2019 H Clerk of the House Certification
May 23, 2019 H Enrolled
May 23, 2019 S Signature Requested
May 23, 2019 H Passed Second House
May 23, 2019 S Scofield motion to adopt Local Application Resoultion adopted Roll Call 1035
May 23, 2019 S Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1034
May 23, 2019 S Third Reading Passed
May 22, 2019 S Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
May 16, 2019 S Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation
May 16, 2019 H Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 792
May 16, 2019 H Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 791
May 16, 2019 H Third Reading Passed
May 15, 2019 H Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
May 14, 2019 H Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation

Bill Votes

Scofield motion to adopt Local Application Resoultion
2019-05-23
Chamber: Senate
Result: Passed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
2019-05-23
Chamber: Senate
Result: Passed
Motion to Local Application
2019-05-16
Chamber: House
Result: Failed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
2019-05-16
Chamber: House
Result: Passed

Bill Documents

Document Type Document Location
Bill Text http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019RS/PrintFiles/HB602-enr.pdf
Bill Text http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019RS/PrintFiles/HB602-int.pdf

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