HB563 Alabama 2021 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jeff SorrellsRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2021

Title

Geneva Co., economic development, provisions for in certain named counties, Geneva Co., deleted from amendments, Amendment 429 and 759, Constitution of Alabama of 1901, am'd, const. amend.

Summary

HB563 would remove Geneva County from the local economic-development provisions of Amendments 429 and 759, while keeping Amendment 772 applicable to Geneva and protecting Geneva's prior actions.

What This Bill Does

The bill proposes amending the Constitution to delete Geneva County from the counties listed in Constitutional Amendments 429 and 759, which otherwise empower local governments to pursue economic and industrial development. It provides a savings clause to protect any actions Geneva County took under those amendments before this amendment is ratified. It also states that Amendment No. 772 (the statewide economic-development amendment) would continue to apply to Geneva County. Finally, it would place the amendment on the ballot for voter approval in an election.

Who It Affects

• Geneva County residents and government: would lose the local economic-development powers granted by Amendments 429 and 759 for Geneva, but would still be subject to Amendment No. 772 and any prior Geneva actions under the old amendments would be protected.
• Other counties and their municipalities covered by Amendments 429 and 759 (the list includes Bullock, Coffee, Coosa, Dallas, Etowah, Houston, Jefferson, Lawrence, Macon, Marengo, Mobile, Morgan, Talladega, Madison, Shelby, and Tuscaloosa): would retain their local economic-development powers under those amendments without Geneva included.

Key Provisions

• Deletes Geneva County from the lists in Constitutional Amendment No. 429 and Constitutional Amendment No. 759, removing its applicability to those local economic-development provisions.
• Provides a savings clause to protect Geneva County's actions taken before the amendment is ratified.
• Keeps Amendment No. 772 (the statewide economic-development amendment) applicable to Geneva County.
• Requires an election to vote on the proposed constitutional amendment and provides ballot language.

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Subjects

Geneva County