Under existing law and pursuant to Act 2019-529, candidates for office at any level of government have five days to file a statement of economic interests with the State Ethics Commission after officially qualifying to run for office.
This bill would provide that for purposes of 2020 municipal elections, candidates for municipal office must file their statement of economic interests simultaneously with the date they qualify to run for office and that the provisions of Act 2019-529 do not apply to municipal elections until after January 1, 2021.
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs
Engrossed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 187
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 186
Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Amendment Offered
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
Source: Alabama Legislature