HB106INTRODUCED Page 0 HB106 M2PA11H-1 By Representatives Clouse, Paramore(Constitutional Amendment) RFD: Local Legislation First Read: 06-Feb-24 1 2 3 4 5 6 M2PA11H-1 12/14/2023 FC (L)ma 2023-2565 Page 1 First Read: 06-Feb-24 SYNOPSIS: This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, relating to Dale County, to authorize a person to be elected or appointed as judge of probate of the county who is not over the age of 75 at the time of qualifying for election or appointment. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, relating to Dale County, to authorize a person to be elected or appointed as judge of probate of the county who is not over the age of 75 at the time of qualifying for election or appointment. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, is proposed: PROPOSED AMENDMENT Notwithstanding the provision of Section 155 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, a person who is not over the age of 75 at the beginning time of qualifying for election, or 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 HB106 INTRODUCED Page 2 age of 75 at the beginning time of qualifying for election, or at the time of his or her appointment, may be elected or appointed to the Office of Judge of Probate of Dale County. Upon ratification of this constitutional amendment, the Code Commissioner shall number and place this amendment as appropriate in the constitution omitting this instructional paragraph and may make the following nonsubstantive revisions: change capitalization, hierarchy, spelling, and punctuation for purposes of style and uniformity; correct manifest grammatical, clerical, and typographical errors; revise internal or external citations and cross-references; and translate effective dates. END PROPOSED AMENDMENT Section 2. An election upon the proposed amendment shall be held in accordance with Sections 284, 284.01, and 285 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, and the election laws of this state. The appropriate election official shall assign a ballot number for the proposed constitutional amendment on the election ballot and shall set forth the following description of the substance or subject matter of the proposed constitutional amendment: "Relating to Dale County, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to authorize a person to be elected or appointed as judge of probate of the county who is not over the age of 75 at the time of qualifying for election or appointment. Proposed by Act ____." This description shall be followed by the following language: 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 HB106 INTRODUCED Page 3 language: "Yes( ) No( )." Section 3. The proposed amendment shall become valid as part of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, when approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon. 57 58 59 60 61