HB458INTRODUCED
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7NKSVV-1
By Representative Yarbrough
RFD: Ways and Means General Fund
First Read: 11-May-23
2023 Regular Session
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SYNOPSIS:
Under existing law, the Lawrence County Board of
Registrars may meet a maximum of 140 working days each
fiscal year.
This bill would increase the maximum number of
working days the Lawrence County Board of Registrars
may meet each fiscal year.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to boards of registrars; to amend Section
17-3-8, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2022-112
of the 2022 Regular Session, to increase the maximum number of
working days the Lawrence County Board of Registrars may meet
each fiscal year.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 17-3-8, Code of Alabama 1975, as
last amended by Act 2022-112 of the 2022 Regular Session, is
amended to read as follows:
"ยง17-3-8
(a) Each member of the board of registrars in the
Counties of Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas, Escambia, Geneva,
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Lowndes, Perry, Sumter, and Wilcox may meet a maximum of 120
working days each fiscal year; each member of the board of
registrars in the Counties of Barbour, Blount, Butler,
Fayette, Greene, Marengo, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, and Winston
may meet a maximum of 168 working days each fiscal year,
except in Pike County each board of registrars may meet up to
an additional 30 session days each fiscal year, at the
discretion of the chair of the county commission, and such
days shall be paid from the respective county funds; each
member of the board of registrars in the Counties of Coffee,
Talladega, and Tallapoosa may meet a maximum of 220 working
days each fiscal year, except that in Talladega County the
board of registrars may meet up to an additional 30 session
days each fiscal year, at the discretion of the chair of the
county commission; each member of the board of registrars in
the Counties of Dale, Franklin, Houston, Marion, Marshall,
Bullock, Macon, and Tuscaloosa may meet a maximum of 216
working days each fiscal year; each member of the board of
registrars in the Counties of Limestone and Shelby may meet a
maximum of 167 working days each fiscal year; and each member
of the board of registrars in Russell County may meet a
maximum of 177 working days each fiscal year.
(b) In the Counties of Choctaw, Colbert, Cullman,
Lauderdale, and Monroe, each member of the board of registrars
may meet a maximum of 199 working days each fiscal year.
(c) Each member of the Board of Registrars of Autauga,
Elmore, and Bibb Counties may meet a maximum of 187 working
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days each fiscal year. Each member of the Board of Registrars
of Walker County may meet a maximum of 200 days each fiscal
year, and each member of the Board of Registrars of Lamar,
Cherokee, Clarke, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Hale, and Washington
Counties may meet a maximum of 140 days each fiscal year. Each
member of the board of registrars in the following counties
may meet the following maximum number of working days each
fiscal year: Henry - 140 working days; Covington - 188 working
days; DeKalb - 207 working days; Jackson - 207 working days;
Chambers - 180 working days; and Lawrence - 140200 working
days.
(d) Each member of the board of registrars in the
Counties of Baldwin, Calhoun, Chilton, Etowah, Lee, Madison,
Mobile, Montgomery, St. Clair, and Morgan are authorized to
meet not more than five days each week for the purpose of
carrying out their official duties. Jefferson County, which is
now operating under the provisions of local laws, shall be
exempted from this section. Provided, however, that where the
term each year is used in the local laws the term means each
fiscal year.
(e) The actual number of working days to be used as
session days shall be determined by a quorum of the board of
registrars according to the needs of the county.
(f) As many as 25 of the allotted working days may be
used for special registration sessions (i.e., those sessions
held away from the courthouse in the several precincts of the
county or sessions held on Saturday or between the hours of
5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.). Notice of any special session
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scheduled by the board shall be given at least 10 days prior
to the special session by: (1) Bills posted at three or more
public places in each election precinct affected, if the
session involves precinct visits; and (2) advertisement once a
week for two successive weeks in a newspaper published in the
county or by radio or television announcements on a local
station, or both by newspaper or announcement."
Section 2. Notwithstanding Section 17-3-5, Code of
Alabama 1975, any working days added for board of registrars
by the amendatory language of this act shall be paid by the
county commission and shall not be reimbursed by the state.
Section 3. This act shall become effective on the first
day of the third month following its passage and approval by
the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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