SB76 By Senator Dial RFD Constitution, Ethics and Elections Rd 1 02-FEB-16

SYNOPSIS:

Under existing law, maximum age restrictions exist on the appointment or election of certain appointed and elected officials by constitution or by a general statutory provision.

This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to repeal any maximum age restriction on the appointment, election, or service of any elected or appointed official and would prohibit the Legislature from enacting any law with a maximum age limitation on the appointment, election, or service of an appointed or elected official.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT

To propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, to repeal any existing age restriction on the appointment, election, or service of an appointed or elected official currently imposed by a provision of the Constitution or other law; and to prohibit the Legislature from enacting any law imposing a maximum age limitation on the appointment, election, or service of an appointed or elected official.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, is proposed and shall become valid as a part thereof when approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon and in accordance with Sections 284, 285, and 287 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended:

PROPOSED AMENDMENT

1. Any provision of the constitution or other law that imposes a maximum age restriction for the appointment, election, or service of an appointed or elected official is repealed.

2. The Legislature may not enact any law imposing a maximum age restriction for the appointment, election, or service of any appointed or elected official.

Section 2. An election upon the proposed amendment shall be held in accordance with Sections 284 and 285 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Sections 284 and 285 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, 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:

"Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to repeal any existing age restriction on the appointment, election, or service of an appointed or elected official and to prohibit the Legislature from enacting any law imposing a maximum age limitation on the appointment, election, or service of any appointed or elected official.

"Proposed by Act ________."

This description shall be followed by the following language:

"Yes ( ) No ( )."

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