SB110 Summary

• Creates the Association of Former Members of the Alabama Legislature as a voluntary bipartisan alliance to promote public service and strengthen representative democracy through educational outreach and legislative process awareness.

• Establishes a 10-member board of directors jointly appointed by the Speaker of the House and President Pro Tempore of the Senate, with one member from each of seven congressional districts and three at-large members, with equal major party representation and rotating chair positions between parties.

• Board members receive no compensation but are entitled to per diem and travel allowance at state employee rates; board may employ a part-time or full-time executive director and staff to carry out association functions.

• Authorizes the board by resolution to allow non-legislative employees to participate in the State Employees Health Insurance Plan and Employees' Retirement System of Alabama, with all employer costs borne solely by the association.

• Prohibits the association from participating in electoral activities, endorsing candidates, or lobbying; allows dissolution only by legislative act, with residual assets distributed to Section 501(c)(3) organizations or the Alabama Department of Archives and History.