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SB141
VS6RPPP-2
By Senator Bell (Constitutional Amendment)
RFD: Local Legislation
First Read: 20-Feb-24
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First Read: 20-Feb-24
Enrolled, An Act,
To propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama
of 2022, relating to St. Clair County, to add Section 59-5.00
to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to define the
residential zones from which qualified electors may vote for
the county superintendent of education and the members of the
county board of education; and to amend Section 59A-2.00 of
the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to change the Pell City
Board of Education from an elected to an appointed board and
to specify the residential zones from which members may be
appointed.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution
of Alabama of 2022, is proposed:
PROPOSED AMENDMENT
Section 59-5.00 is added to the Constitution of Alabama
of 2022, and Section 59A-2.00 of the Constitution of Alabama
of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
Section 59-5.00
(a) The office of St. Clair County Superintendent of
Education, if elected, shall be elected by the qualified
electors of St. Clair County who are served by the St. Clair
County Board of Education, excluding those qualified electors
who reside within the Pell City School Attendance Zone and Tax
District established in Section 59-10.21.
(b) The members of the St. Clair County Board of
Education shall be elected by the qualified electors of St.
Clair County who are served by the St. Clair County Board of
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Clair County who are served by the St. Clair County Board of
Education, excluding those qualified electors who reside
within the Pell City School Attendance Zone and Tax District
established in Section 59-10.21.
"Section 59A-2.00
This legislature may by local act provide for the
election of theCommencing upon the expiration of the terms of
office of the members of the board of education of the City of
Pell City Board of Education in St. Clair County serving on
January 1, 2024, the members of the board shall be appointed
as provided by general law. The appointed members shall be
qualified electors who reside within the Pell City School
Attendance Zone and Tax District established in Section
59-10.21, with at least two of those members being appointed
from the county portion of the Pell City School Attendance
Zone and Tax District ."
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
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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 St. Clair County, proposing an amendment
to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to specify that only
the qualified electors of St. Clair County who are served by
the St. Clair County Board of Education may vote for the
county superintendent of education and the members of the
county board of education; to change the Pell City Board of
Education from an elected to an appointed board; to specify
that the appointed members of the Pell City Board of Education
shall be qualified electors who reside within the Pell City
School Attendance Zone and Tax District; and to specify that
at least two members of the Pell City Board of Education shall
reside within the county portion of the Pell City School
Attendance Zone and Tax District.
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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a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon.
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President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
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I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and passed
the Senate.
Patrick Harris,
Secretary.
House of Representatives
Passed: 23-Apr-24
By: Senator Bell
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