Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB319 Compare Versions

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1	1		1 HB319
2		-	2 216074-3
	2	+	2 216074-1
3	3		3 By Representatives Coleman, McCutcheon, Daniels, Garrett,
4	4		4 Robbins and Drummond (Constitutional Amendment)
5	5		5 RFD: Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
6	6		6 First Read: 09-FEB-22
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8		-	Page 0 HB319
9		-	1
10		-	2 ENROLLED, An Act,
11		-	3 To propose an amendment to the Constitution of
12		-	4 Alabama of 1901, to authorize the Code Commissioner,
13		-	5 contingent upon the ratification of an official Constitution
14		-	6 of Alabama of 2022, to renumber and place ratified
15		-	7 constitutional amendments, based on a logical sequence and the
16		-	8 particular subject or topic of the amendment, and to provide
17		-	9 for the transfer of existing annotations to any section of the
18		-	10 Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to the section as it is
19		-	11 numbered or renumbered in the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
20		-	12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
21		-	13 Section 1. The following amendment to the
22		-	14 Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, is proposed and
23		-	15 shall become valid as a part thereof when approved by a
24		-	16 majority of the qualified electors voting thereon and in
25		-	17 accordance with Sections 284, 285, and 287 of the Constitution
26		-	18 of Alabama of 1901, as amended:
27		-	19 PROPOSED AMENDMENT
28		-	20 Contingent upon the ratification of the Constitution
29		-	21 of Alabama of 2022:
30		-	22 (a) The Code Commissioner shall number and place any
31		-	23 constitutional amendment ratified on the date of ratification
32		-	24 of this amendment as appropriate in the Constitution of
33		-	Page 1 HB319
34		-	1 Alabama of 2022, based upon a logical sequence and the
35		-	2 particular subject or topic of the amendment.
36		-	3 (b)(1) Any judicial decision interpreting a
37		-	4 provision of the Alabama Constitution of 1901, shall remain
38		-	5 valid as to the appropriate provision in the Constitution of
39		-	6 Alabama of 2022, that has not been substantively changed by
40		-	7 the Constitution of Alabama of 2022. Any case annotation to
41		-	8 any section of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, compiled
42		-	9 and published prior to the ratification of this amendment
43		-	10 shall apply to the section as it is numbered or renumbered in
44		-	11 the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, as authorized by
45		-	12 Amendment 951.
46		-	13 (2) The Code Commissioner shall instruct the
47		-	14 publisher of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of
48		-	15 Alabama of 1901, to transfer, organize, and otherwise arrange
49		-	16 annotations to the same or renumbered sections of the
50		-	17 Constitution of Alabama of 2022, except to the extent
51		-	18 substantively changed.
52		-	19 Section 2. An election upon the proposed amendment
53		-	20 shall be held in accordance with Sections 284 and 285 of the
54		-	21 Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Sections 284
55		-	22 and 285 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of
56		-	23 Alabama of 1901, as amended, and the election laws of this
57		-	24 state.
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59		-	1 Section 3. The appropriate election official shall
60		-	2 assign a ballot number for the proposed constitutional
61		-	3 amendment on the election ballot and shall set forth the
62		-	4 following description of the substance or subject matter of
63		-	5 the proposed constitutional amendment:
64		-	6 "Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
65		-	7 Alabama of 1901, to authorize the Code Commissioner,
66		-	8 contingent upon the ratification of an official Constitution
67		-	9 of Alabama of 2022, to renumber and place constitutional
68		-	10 amendments ratified before or on the same day as the
69		-	11 Constitution of Alabama of 2022, based on a logical sequence
70		-	12 and the particular subject or topic of the amendment, and to
71		-	13 provide for the transfer of existing annotations to any
72		-	14 section of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to the section
73		-	15 as it is numbered or renumbered in the Constitution of Alabama
74		-	16 of 2022.
75		-	17 "Proposed by Act ________."
76		-	18 This description shall be followed by the following
77		-	19 language:
78		-	20 "Yes ( ) No ( )."
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84		-	Speaker of the House of Representatives
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86	12		5
87		-	6 President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
88		-	House of Representatives7
89		-	I hereby certify that the within Act originated in8
90		-	9 and was passed by the House 24-FEB-22.
91		-	10
92		-	11 Jeff Woodard
93		-	12 Clerk
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97		-	Senate16 17-MAR-22 Passed
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	15	+	8 SYNOPSIS: This bill would propose an amendment to the
	16	+	9 Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to authorize the
	17	+	10 Code Commissioner, contingent upon the ratification
	18	+	11 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to renumber
	19	+	12 and place ratified constitutional amendments, based
	20	+	13 on a logical sequence and the particular subject or
	21	+	14 topic of the amendment, and to provide for the
	22	+	15 transfer of existing annotations to any section of
	23	+	16 the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to the section
	24	+	17 as it is numbered or renumbered in the Constitution
	25	+	18 of Alabama of 2022.
	26	+	19
	27	+	20 A BILL
	28	+	21 TO BE ENTITLED
	29	+	22 AN ACT
	30	+	23
	31	+	24 To propose an amendment to the Constitution of
	32	+	25 Alabama of 1901, to authorize the Code Commissioner,
	33	+	26 contingent upon the ratification of an official Constitution
	34	+	27 of Alabama of 2022, to renumber and place ratified
	35	+	Page 1 1 constitutional amendments, based on a logical sequence and the
	36	+	2 particular subject or topic of the amendment, and to provide
	37	+	3 for the transfer of existing annotations to any section of the
	38	+	4 Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to the section as it is
	39	+	5 numbered or renumbered in the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
	40	+	6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
	41	+	7 Section 1. The following amendment to the
	42	+	8 Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, is proposed and
	43	+	9 shall become valid as a part thereof when approved by a
	44	+	10 majority of the qualified electors voting thereon and in
	45	+	11 accordance with Sections 284, 285, and 287 of the Constitution
	46	+	12 of Alabama of 1901, as amended:
	47	+	13 PROPOSED AMENDMENT
	48	+	14 Contingent upon the ratification of the Constitution
	49	+	15 of Alabama of 2022:
	50	+	16 (a) The Code Commissioner shall number and place any
	51	+	17 constitutional amendment ratified on the date of ratification
	52	+	18 of this amendment as appropriate in the Constitution of
	53	+	19 Alabama of 2022, based upon a logical sequence and the
	54	+	20 particular subject or topic of the amendment.
	55	+	21 (b)(1) Any judicial decision interpreting a
	56	+	22 provision of the Alabama Constitution of 1901, shall remain
	57	+	23 valid as to the appropriate provision in the Constitution of
	58	+	24 Alabama of 2022, that has not been substantively changed by
	59	+	25 the Constitution of Alabama of 2022. Any case annotation to
	60	+	26 any section of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, compiled
	61	+	27 and published prior to the ratification of this amendment
	62	+	Page 2 1 shall apply to the section as it is numbered or renumbered in
	63	+	2 the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, as authorized by
	64	+	3 Amendment 951.
	65	+	4 (2) The Code Commissioner shall instruct the
	66	+	5 publisher of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of
	67	+	6 Alabama of 1901, to transfer, organize, and otherwise arrange
	68	+	7 annotations to the same or renumbered sections of the
	69	+	8 Constitution of Alabama of 2022, except to the extent
	70	+	9 substantively changed.
	71	+	10 Section 2. An election upon the proposed amendment
	72	+	11 shall be held in accordance with Sections 284 and 285 of the
	73	+	12 Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Sections 284
	74	+	13 and 285 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of
	75	+	14 Alabama of 1901, as amended, and the election laws of this
	76	+	15 state.
	77	+	16 Section 3. The appropriate election official shall
	78	+	17 assign a ballot number for the proposed constitutional
	79	+	18 amendment on the election ballot and shall set forth the
	80	+	19 following description of the substance or subject matter of
	81	+	20 the proposed constitutional amendment:
	82	+	21 "Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
	83	+	22 Alabama of 1901, to authorize the Code Commissioner,
	84	+	23 contingent upon the ratification of an official Constitution
	85	+	24 of Alabama of 2022, to renumber and place constitutional
	86	+	25 amendments ratified before or on the same day as the
	87	+	26 Constitution of Alabama of 2022, based on a logical sequence
	88	+	27 and the particular subject or topic of the amendment, and to
	89	+	Page 3 1 provide for the transfer of existing annotations to any
	90	+	2 section of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to the section
	91	+	3 as it is numbered or renumbered in the Constitution of Alabama
	92	+	4 of 2022.
	93	+	5 "Proposed by Act ________."
	94	+	6 This description shall be followed by the following
	95	+	7 language:
	96	+	8 "Yes ( ) No ( )."
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