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AL SB452
Bill
Status
2/18/2010
Primary Sponsor
Trip Pittman
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AI Summary
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Proposes a constitutional amendment to Section 47 of the Alabama Constitution requiring legislative candidates to have a minimum credit score of 650 as reported by a nationally recognized consumer credit reporting agency.
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Applies the credit score requirement to all candidates for the Alabama Senate and Alabama House of Representatives.
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Maintains existing eligibility requirements for legislators including age minimums (25 for senators, 21 for representatives), state citizenship and residency, and county/district residency requirements.
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Election on the proposed amendment shall be held in accordance with Sections 284 and 285 of the Alabama Constitution and state election laws.
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Ballot description shall inform voters that the amendment requires legislative candidates to have a minimum credit score of 650 from a nationally recognized consumer credit reporting agency.
Legislative Description
Legislature, eligibility requirements to include minimum credit score of certain number, Section 47 (Section 47, Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended), am'd., const. amend.
Constitutional Amendments
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections
2/18/2010