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SB208
W11G855-1
By Senator Hatcher (Constitutional Amendment)
RFD: Finance and Taxation General Fund
First Read: 27-Feb-25
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First Read: 27-Feb-25
SYNOPSIS:
This bill would propose an amendment to the
Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to authorize the
members of the governing body of the City of Montgomery
to participate in the Employees' Retirement System of
Alabama.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama
of 2022, relating to the City of Montgomery, to allow the city
council to participate in the Employees' Retirement System of
Alabama.
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 elected or appointed members of the governing body
of the City of Montgomery may participate in the Employees'
Retirement System of Alabama upon the same terms and
conditions as may be specified by law for any other employee
in the same retirement system and shall be treated as
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in the same retirement system and shall be treated as
employees of the city. A member holding office at the time of
the ratification of this amendment may purchase service credit
in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama for the time
the official has served as a member. No individual may
participate in both a supernumerary program and the Employees'
Retirement System of Alabama.
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; harmonize
language; 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:
"Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama
of 2022, relating to Montgomery County, to authorize the
members of the Montgomery City Council to participate in the
Employees' Retirement System of Alabama.
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Employees' Retirement System of Alabama.
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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