HB667 Summary

• Amends Alabama Code Section 28-2A-1 to increase the minimum time period between municipal option elections regarding alcohol sales from 720 days to 1,440 days.

• Municipalities with a population of 1,000 or more may continue to hold elections to change their classification from dry to wet or wet to dry, but must wait at least 1,440 days (approximately 3.9 years) between consecutive elections.

• Elections require a petition signed by 30 percent of voters from the last preceding general election and must follow the same procedures as other municipal elections.

• County wet-dry elections or special method referendums remain unaffected and may be held at any time without regard to the lapse of time between municipal option elections.

• The act became effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor, having passed the House on May 28, 2015 with 95 yeas, 0 nays, and 2 abstentions.