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AL HB608
Bill
Status
3/13/2014
Primary Sponsor
Paul Beckman
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AI Summary
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Repeals the existing Article X of the Alabama Constitution of 1901 relating to exemptions and replaces it with a new Article X.
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Authorizes the Legislature to provide by general law for exemptions of homesteads, personal property, and other property from forced sale for debt payment, with amounts and conditions to be set by legislation.
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Allows exemption rights to be waived through a written instrument signed by the person granting the waiver and attested by one witness.
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Deletes specific provisions relating to homesteads, laborer's and mechanic liens, and property rights of females, and makes nonsubstantive technical amendments including capitalization and gender-neutral references.
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Amendment becomes operative on January 1, 2017, upon approval by a majority of qualified electors voting on the proposed constitutional amendment.
Legislative Description
Article X, Homestead exemptions, repealed and readopted as a new Article X to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, const. amend.
Constitutional Amendments
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
3/13/2014