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AL SB407
Bill
Status
4/14/2011
Primary Sponsor
Shadrack McGill
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AI Summary
SB407 Summary
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Proposes a constitutional amendment to Amendment 57 of the Alabama Constitution to link legislative compensation and benefits to the average gross income and average benefits of Alabama public classroom teachers, effective beginning January 1, 2013.
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Requires the Department of Finance to determine the average compensation and benefits of public classroom teachers for the preceding calendar year, with adjustments made annually in January.
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Provides legislators with reimbursement for session attendance, committee meetings, and legislative travel at the same rates paid to public classroom teachers for in-state and out-of-state official business.
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Allows individual legislators to elect to receive lower compensation than the teacher average and to opt out of receiving teacher benefits.
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Repeals multiple existing acts governing legislative compensation and benefits, including Act 87-209, Act 91-108, Act 2007-75, Act 1196 of 1971, Act 91-95, Act 90-490, and Section 29-1-8 of the Code of Alabama 1975.
Legislative Description
Legislature, compensation same as the average gross income and same average benefits of public classroom teachers in Alabama and reimbursement of expenses to the same extent as paid to public classroom teachers, Sec. 29-1-8 repealed; Act 1196, 1971 Reg.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 repealed; Amendment 57 (Sections 48.01 and 49, Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended), am'd., const. amend.
Constitutional Amendments
Last Action
Acted on by Rules as Indefinitely Postponed
4/14/2011