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AL HB252
Bill
Status
3/22/2011
Primary Sponsor
Paul Beckman
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AI Summary
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Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing voters to choose between two options for setting legislative compensation: Proposition I permits legislators to vote to increase or decrease their own compensation, or Proposition II creates a Legislative Compensation Commission.
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Establishes a five-member Legislative Compensation Commission appointed by the Governor, Chief Justice of Alabama Supreme Court, State Treasurer, and Chair of Alabama Ethics Commission, with members serving staggered terms and unable to be state employees.
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Requires the Commission to make quadrennial determinations for total legislative compensation by the fifteenth legislative day of the fourth regular session of each legislative quadrennium, effective after the next general election unless rejected by the Legislature.
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Grants the Commission exclusive authority to modify legislative compensation; the Legislature cannot independently modify compensation or benefits under this amendment.
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Repeals conflicting compensation and expense reimbursement laws effective November 5, 2014, including Acts 87-209, 91-108, 2007-75, 1971 Act 1196, 91-95, 90-490, and Section 29-1-8 of the Code of Alabama.
Legislative Description
Legislature authorized to vote to increase or decrease their compensation, or establish a Legislative Compensation Commission, members, terms, quadrennial recommendations for the total compensation to be paid to members of Legislature, Amendment 57, (Sections 48.01 and 49, Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended) am'd.; Sec. 29-1-8 repealed; Act 1196, 1971 Reg. Sess., Act 87-209, 1987 Reg. Sess.; Act 90-490, 1990 Reg. Sess.; Act 91-95, 1991 Reg. Sess.; Act 91-108, 1991 Reg. Sess.; Act 2007-75, 2007 Reg. Sess. repealed, const. amend.
Constitutional Amendments
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Internal Affairs
3/22/2011