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Alabama House Bill HB430

Alabama 2022 Regular Session

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33 3 By Representative Sells (Constitutional Amendment)
44 4 RFD: Local Legislation
55 5 First Read: 01-MAR-22
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8-1
9-2 ENROLLED, An Act,
10-3 To propose and amendment to the Constitution of
11-4 Alabama of 1901, relating to Butler County, to prohibit any
12-5 municipality lying within the county from establishing a
13-6 separate city school system without the prior approval of a
14-7 majority of the qualified electors of the county voting at
15-8 a referendum election.
16-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
17-10 Section 1. The following amendment to the
18-11 Constitution of Alabama of 1901, is proposed and shall become
19-12 valid as a part of the Constitution when all requirements of
20-13 this act are fulfilled:
21-14 PROPOSED AMENDMENT
22-15 In Butler County, no municipality lying within the
23-16 county may establish a separate city school system after
24-17 January 1, 2022, without the prior approval of a majority of
25-18 the qualified electors of the county voting at
26-19 a referendum election held during a regularly scheduled
27-20 statewide general election in the county.
28-21 Upon ratification of this constitutional amendment
29-22 and contingent upon the ratification of the Constitution of
30-23 Alabama of 2022, the Code Commissioner shall number and place
31-24 this amendment as appropriate in the constitution based upon a
32-25 logical sequence and the particular subject or topic of the
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34-1 amendment. In this amendment, the Code Commissioner may change
35-2 capitalization, spelling, and punctuation for the purpose of
36-3 style and uniformity; correct manifest grammatical, clerical,
37-4 and typographical errors; and correct incorrect
38-5 cross-references. When publishing the Constitution of Alabama
39-6 of 2022, the Code Commissioner may omit this instructional
40-7 paragraph.
41-8 Section 2. An election upon the proposed amendment
42-9 shall be held in accordance with Section 284.01 of the
43-10 Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section
44-11 284.01 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of
45-12 Alabama of 1901, as amended, and the election laws of this
46-13 state.
47-14 Section 3. The appropriate election official shall
48-15 assign a ballot number for the proposed constitutional
49-16 amendment on the election ballot and shall set forth the
50-17 following description of the substance or subject matter of
51-18 the proposed constitutional amendment:
52-19 "Relating to Butler County, proposing an amendment
53-20 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to prohibit any
54-21 municipality lying within the county from forming a separate
55-22 city school system after January 1, 2022, without the prior
56-23 approval of a majority of the qualified electors of Butler
57-24 County voting at a referendum election.
58-25 "Proposed by Act _________"
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60-1 This description shall be followed by the following
61-2 language:
62-3 "Yes ( ) No ( )."
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68-Speaker of the House of Representatives
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7011 5
71-6 President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
72-House of Representatives7
73-I hereby certify that the within Act originated in8
74-9 and was passed by the House 03-MAR-22.
75-10
76-11 Jeff Woodard
77-12 Clerk
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12+6
13+7
14+8 SYNOPSIS: This bill would propose an amendment to the
15+9 Constitution of Alabama of 1901, relating to Butler
16+10 County, to prohibit any municipality lying within
17+11 the county from forming a separate city school
18+12 system without the prior approval of a majority of
19+13 the qualified electors of Butler County voting at a
20+14 referendum election.
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81-Senate16 17-MAR-22 Passed
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22+16 A BILL
23+17 TO BE ENTITLED
24+18 AN ACT
25+19
26+20 To propose and amendment to the Constitution of
27+21 Alabama of 1901, relating to Butler County, to prohibit any
28+22 municipality lying within the county from establishing a
29+23 separate city school system without the prior approval of a
30+24 majority of the qualified electors of the county voting at
31+25 a referendum election.
32+26 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
33+Page 1 1 Section 1. The following amendment to the
34+2 Constitution of Alabama of 1901, is proposed and shall become
35+3 valid as a part of the Constitution when all requirements of
36+4 this act are fulfilled:
37+5 PROPOSED AMENDMENT
38+6 In Butler County, no municipality lying within the
39+7 county may establish a separate city school system after
40+8 January 1, 2022, without the prior approval of a majority of
41+9 the qualified electors of the county voting at
42+10 a referendum election held during a regularly scheduled
43+11 statewide general election in the county.
44+12 Upon ratification of this constitutional amendment
45+13 and contingent upon the ratification of the Constitution of
46+14 Alabama of 2022, the Code Commissioner shall number and place
47+15 this amendment as appropriate in the constitution based upon a
48+16 logical sequence and the particular subject or topic of the
49+17 amendment. In this amendment, the Code Commissioner may change
50+18 capitalization, spelling, and punctuation for the purpose of
51+19 style and uniformity; correct manifest grammatical, clerical,
52+20 and typographical errors; and correct incorrect
53+21 cross-references. When publishing the Constitution of Alabama
54+22 of 2022, the Code Commissioner may omit this instructional
55+23 paragraph.
56+24 Section 2. An election upon the proposed amendment
57+25 shall be held in accordance with Section 284.01 of the
58+26 Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section
59+27 284.01 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of
60+Page 2 1 Alabama of 1901, as amended, and the election laws of this
61+2 state.
62+3 Section 3. The appropriate election official shall
63+4 assign a ballot number for the proposed constitutional
64+5 amendment on the election ballot and shall set forth the
65+6 following description of the substance or subject matter of
66+7 the proposed constitutional amendment:
67+8 "Relating to Butler County, proposing an amendment
68+9 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to prohibit any
69+10 municipality lying within the county from forming a separate
70+11 city school system after January 1, 2022, without the prior
71+12 approval of a majority of the qualified electors of Butler
72+13 County voting at a referendum election.
73+14 "Proposed by Act _________"
74+15 This description shall be followed by the following
75+16 language:
76+17 "Yes ( ) No ( )."
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