HB19ENROLLED Page 0 HB19 NVDY8J8-2 By Representative Kirkland (Constitutional Amendment) RFD: Local Legislation First Read: 06-Feb-24 PFD: 01-Dec-23 1 2 3 4 5 6 HB19 Enrolled Page 1 PFD: 01-Dec-23 Enrolled, An Act, To propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, relating to Jackson County, to authorize the mayors of municipalities in the county to participate in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama under the same terms and conditions as other employees in the same retirement system. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, is proposed and shall become valid as a part of the constitution when all requirements of this act and applicable constitutional provisions are fulfilled: PROPOSED AMENDMENT In Jackson County, the mayors of municipalities in the county may participate in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama under the same terms and conditions as other employees in the same retirement system. Any mayor holding office at the time of the ratification of this amendment shall be eligible to purchase service credit in the Employees' Retirement System for the time the official has served in the current office. No person may participate in both a supernumerary program and the Employees' Retirement System based on the same service. 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: 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 HB19 Enrolled Page 2 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. 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. Section 3. 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 Jackson County, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to authorize the mayors of municipalities in the county to participate in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama under the same terms and conditions as other employees in the same retirement system. Proposed by Act ____." This description shall be followed by the following language: "Yes( ) No( )." 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 HB19 Enrolled Page 3 "Yes( ) No( )." ________________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives ________________________________________________ President and Presiding Officer of the Senate House of Representatives I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and was passed by the House 23-Apr-24. John Treadwell Clerk Senate 02-May-24 Passed 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83