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HB24
7X992E2-1
By Representative Hammett (Constitutional Amendment)
RFD: Local Legislation
First Read: 05-Feb-24
2024 Regular Session
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2024 Regular Session
SYNOPSIS:
This bill would propose an amendment to the
Constitution of Alabama of 2022, relating to Covington
County, to authorize the Legislature to fix, alter, and
regulate court costs in the county and provide for
their distribution.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama
of 2022, relating to Covington County, to authorize the
Legislature to fix, alter, and regulate court costs in the
county and provide for their distribution.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution
of Alabama of 2022, is proposed:
PROPOSED AMENDMENT
The Legislature, by local law, may fix, alter, and
regulate court costs in Covington County and provide for
distribution of the costs.
Upon ratification of this constitutional amendment, the
Code Commissioner shall number and place this amendment as
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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 Covington County, proposing an amendment
to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to authorize the
Legislature to fix, alter, and regulate court costs in the
county and provide for their distribution.
Proposed by Act ____."
This description shall be followed by the following
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.
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