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SB77
7P85EEV-2
By Senator Elliott
RFD: County and Municipal Government
First Read: 07-Feb-24
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First Read: 07-Feb-24
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to the Department of Archives and History; to
amend Sections 41-6-3 and 41-6-4, Code of Alabama 1975; to
further provide for the composition of the Board of Trustees
of the Department of Archives and History; to further provide
for the filling of vacancies on the board; and to make
nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing
code language to current style.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Sections 41-6-3 and 41-6-4, Code of Alabama
1975, are amended to read as follows:
"§41-6-3
(a) The department shall be under the control of the
Board of Trustees of the Department of Archives and History,
which shall consist of one member from each congressional
district and the additional members selected pursuant to
subsection (b)18 at-large members and the Governor or his or
her designee.
(b) Two additional at-large members shall be selected
and an additional member shall be selected from each U.S.
Congressional District. The additional members shall be
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Congressional District. The additional members shall be
selected by the board of trustees and their names shall be
communicated to the Senate not later than the fifth
legislative day of the 2004 Regular Session of the
Legislature. Newly selected members shall be confirmed by the
Senate in the same manner as vacancies filled pursuant to
Section 41-6-4. The board of trustees shall select three of
the new members to serve initial terms of two years, three of
the new members to serve initial terms of four years, and
three of the new members to serve initial terms of six years.
All successor members shall serve terms of six years and shall
be selected as provided in Section 41-6-4.
(c) The membership of the board of trustees appointing
authorities shall becoordinate their appointments to assure
the board of trustees is inclusive and shall reflect reflects
the racial and, gender, geographic, urban, rural, and economic
diversity of the state.
(d) On August 1, 2024, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate
shall each select one additional new at-large member to serve
a term of six years.
(e) Beginning January 1, 2024, each board vacancy, as
it arises, shall be filled by an at-large member serving a
term of six years appointed by he following appointing
authorities in the following order:
(1) The Lieutenant Governor.
(2) The Governor.
(3) The Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives.
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Representatives.
(4) The Minority Leader of the Senate.
(5) The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(6) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
(7) The Lieutenant Governor.
(8) The Governor.
(9) The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(10) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
(11) The Lieutenant Governor.
(12) The Governor.
(13) The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(14) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
(15) The Lieutenant Governor.
(16) The Governor.
(f)All new and successor members shall serve at the
pleasure of their respective appointing authority. "
"§41-6-4
(a) The board of trustees respective appointing
authorities described in Section 41-6-3(d)and(e) shall fill
all vacancies occurring on the board, whether by expiration of
term of service or by death or resignation, but the names of
all successor members shall be communicated to the current
session or the next ensuing regular session of the state
Senate for confirmation. If the Senate rejects any successor
trustee, the board respective appointing authority shall
proceed forthwith to fill the vacancy.
(b) A trustee appointed to succeed a member whose term
has expired shall serve for a term of six years. A person An
individual appointed to fill a vacancy occurring by death or
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individual appointed to fill a vacancy occurring by death or
resignation shall only serve out the unexpired term of his or
her predecessor. A person An individual whose appointment to
the board has been confirmed by the Senate shall serve beyond
his or her expired term until a successor has been confirmed
by the Senate.
(c) The board shall hold at the State Capital at least
one regular meeting during every year and as many special
meetings as may be necessary, and at any meeting a majority of
the trustees shall constitute a quorum. The Governor of the
state shall be a voting member of the board as authorized by
Section 41-6-3, and he or she shall, as far as possible, shall
lend every encouragement to the success and upbuilding
development of the department. The director shall be the
secretary of the board. The trustees shall receive no
compensation for their services. Each member of the board of
trustees shall be reimbursed at the same per diem and travel
allowance amounts paid by law to state employees for each day
of attendance of the business of the board.
(d) The board may do all of the following :
(1) Adopt rules for its own government and also for the
government of the department.
(2) Elect a director and provide for the selection or
appointment of other officials or employees as may be
authorized.
(3) Provide for the publication of historical material
pertaining to the state under the supervision of the director.
(4) Control and expend such appropriations as may be
made for the maintenance of the department.
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made for the maintenance of the department.
(5) Perform such other acts as may be necessary to
carry out the intent and purposes of this article."
Section 2. This act shall become effective on June 1,
2024.
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2024.
Senate
Read for the first time and referred
to the Senate committee on County
and Municipal Government
................07-Feb-24
Read for the second time and placed
on the calendar:
1 amendment
................13-Feb-24
Read for the third time and passed
as amended
Yeas 28
Nays 5
Abstains 0
................14-Feb-24
Patrick Harris,
Secretary.
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