Title 29 — Title 29
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Ala. Code § 29-1-1.2 House Districts; Legal Actions; Official Maps; Severability; Effective
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Date. THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED AND REENACTED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-556 EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 4, 2021. The Alabama House of Representatives shall consist of 105 members. Each member elected shall reside in the district which he or she represents or seeks to represe…
Ala. Code § 29-1-10 Appropriation for Organization Sessions and Legislative Interim
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Committees. (a) There shall be appropriated from the General Fund to the Legislature the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the expenses of the Legislature in its organizational session and for the expense of such legislati…
Ala. Code § 29-1-11 Certification of Compensation Due Officers and Members
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The compensation due to the officers and members of the Legislature must be certified by the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, respectively, to the Comptroller, who must issue his warrant therefor on the Treasurer. History: (Code 1852, §45; Code 1…
Ala. Code § 29-1-12 Journals of House and Senate - Compiling and Filing
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The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House shall be allowed 16 weeks within which to check, compare, and deliver the journals of the Senate and the House of Representatives of each session of the Legislature to the Secretary of State and the state printer. The journal…
Ala. Code § 29-1-13 Journals of House and Senate - Delivery to Secretary of State;
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Compensation. The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall be allowed 16 weeks from the date of the final adjournment of each session of the Legislature of Alabama, other than the 10-day or organization session, in which to check, compare, and d…
Ala. Code § 29-1-14 Papers and Documents of Legislature - Deposit with Secretary of State
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At the close of each session of the Legislature, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and Secretary of State must select all the papers belonging to the Legislature, except such as relate to unfinished business, and deposit them in the office…
Ala. Code § 29-1-15 Papers and Documents of Legislature - Engrossed Copies of Laws,
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Etc., to Be Preserved. The engrossed copies of all laws and joint resolutions passed by the Legislature must be preserved by the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House, and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State. History: (Code 1867, §39; Code 1876, §45; Code 1…
Ala. Code § 29-1-16 Papers and Documents of Legislature - How Filed and Arranged
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(a) The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives must, within 10 days after the adjournment of each session, assort all papers and documents of their respective houses relating to the unfinished business of the session and arrange them in files, as fo…
Ala. Code § 29-1-17 Papers and Documents of Legislature - Secretary of State to Receipt for
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Papers. The records, papers and documents thus arranged, filed and labeled must be delivered to the Secretary of State, who, upon receipt of the same, must certify that such secretary and clerk have, respectively, complied with the requirements of Section 29-1-16. No warrant shal…
Ala. Code § 29-1-18 Maximum Number of Members on Standing Committees of House of
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Representatives. No standing committee of the House of Representatives, except a committee on local legislation, shall be composed of more than 15 members. History: (Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 208, p. 213; Code 1940, T. 32, §6; Acts 1963, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 46, p. 162.)
Ala. Code § 29-1-19 Use of Space in Capitol; Control of Space When Legislature Convenes
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Outside Capitol. (a) The House of Representatives shall have the use of all offices, rooms, corridors, lavatories, and other usable space located on the second floor in the south wing of the Capitol. The Senate shall have the use of all offices, rooms, corridors, lavatories, and …
Ala. Code § 29-1-19.1 Legislature Authorized to Control Streets Adjacent to Capitol, in
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Cooperation with Chief of Services. (a) The Legislature of the State of Alabama may control the usage of a certain portion of those streets adjacent to the State Capitol complex in the City of Montgomery and the grounds of the State Capitol building, viz: That portion of King Str…
Ala. Code § 29-1-2.3 Senate Districts; Legal Actions; Official Maps; Severability; Effective
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Date. (a) The Alabama Senate shall consist of 35 members. Each member elected shall reside in the district which he or she represents or seeks to represent. The State of Alabama is divided into 35 Senate Districts as provided in subsection (b). (b) The numbers and boundaries of t…
Ala. Code § 29-1-2.4 Effective Date
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THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED IN THE 2001 SECOND SPECIAL SESSION BY ACT 2001-727 AND ACT 2001-729, EFFECTIVE JULY 3, 2001. History: (Acts 1982, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 82-629, p. 3, §5; Acts 1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-154, p. 163, §5.)
Ala. Code § 29-1-2.5 Contesting Redistricting or Reapportionment Plans
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(a) Any legal action which contests the validity of any redistricting or reapportionment plan, or any portion of any such plan, for the state Senate, state House of Representatives, United States Congress, State Board of Education, or any other statewide redistricting or reapport…
Ala. Code § 29-1-20 Trade of Old Equipment Upon Purchase of New Equipment for House
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or Senate. The Clerk of the House is hereby authorized to trade in any equipment purchased for the use of the House of Representatives of the Alabama Legislature when purchasing new equipment for the use of the House. The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to trade in any equi…
Ala. Code § 29-1-21 Salaries of Legislative Officers and Employees
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Salaries or compensation of officers and employees of the Alabama Legislature and any other persons paid by or by authority of the legislative department of the State of Alabama whose salary is established by statute or whose salary is subject to minimum or maximum amounts establ…
Ala. Code § 29-1-22 Appropriation for Legislative Costs; Legislature to Present Budget
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Annually; Contents. Repealed by Act 2015-408, effective June 10, 2015. History: (Acts 1984, No. 84-130, p. 158; Acts 1986, No. 86-401, p. 591.)
Ala. Code § 29-1-23 Purchase of Legislative Chairs or Desks by Members of Legislature;
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Establishment of Price; Disposition of Generated Revenues; Disposition of Unsold Chairs or Desks. (a) Any provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Historical Commission shall establish a rate or price for the production of each restored desk of the legislative chamb…
Ala. Code § 29-1-24 Ozone Transport Oversight
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(a) This section may be referred to as the Ozone Transport Oversight Act of 1997. (b) The Legislature of the State of Alabama finds all of the following: (1) The Federal Clean Air Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., contains a comprehensive regulatory scheme for the control …
Ala. Code § 29-1-25 Alternate Distribution and Publication of Materials Supplied to
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Legislature. (a) Any state agency, state department, or public entity required to supply paper copies of annual reports and other documents and materials to members of the Legislature shall develop and implement an alternative method of distribution and publication. (b) The alter…
Ala. Code § 29-1-26 Legislative Double Dipping Prohibited
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(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Legislative Double Dipping Prohibition Act. (b) Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, and except as provided in subsection (c), a member of the Legislature, during his or her term of office, may not be …
Ala. Code § 29-1-3 Annual Sessions; Place of Meeting
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The Legislature shall meet annually at the Capitol, in the Senate chamber and in the hall of the House of Representatives, unless at any time it should, from any cause, become impossible or dangerous for the Legislature to meet or remain at the Capitol or for the Senate to meet o…
Ala. Code § 29-1-4 Time of Meeting and Length of Organizational and Regular Sessions
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The Legislature shall convene in organizational session on the second Tuesday in January following its election and shall remain in session for not longer than 10 consecutive calendar days. Commencing in the year 1999, the annual regular sessions of the Alabama Legislature shall …
Ala. Code § 29-1-40 Creation; Composition; Terms and Appointment of Members; Quorum
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Defined and Required to Conduct Business; Failure of Appointing Authority to Make Appointment; Certain Persons Ineligible to Serve. Repealed by Act 99-347, p. 499, § 1, 1999 Regular Session, effective June 4, 1999. History: (Acts 1991, No. 91-669, p. 1304, §1.)
Ala. Code § 29-1-41 Compensation; Expenses
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Repealed by Act 99-347, p. 499, § 1, 1999 Regular Session, effective June 4, 1999. History: (Acts 1991, No. 91-669, p. 1304, §2.)
Ala. Code § 29-1-42 Record-Keeping, Clerical Assistance, Etc
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Repealed by Act 99-347, p. 499, § 1, 1999 Regular Session, effective June 4, 1999. History: (Acts 1991, No. 91-669, p. 1304, §3.)
Ala. Code § 29-1-43 Duties of Commission; Study of Compensation; Report of Findings and
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Recommendations; Authority to Travel and Conduct Public Hearings. Repealed by Act 99-347, p. 499, § 1, 1999 Regular Session, effective June 4, 1999. History: (Acts 1991, No. 91-669, p. 1304, §4.)
Ala. Code § 29-1-44 Recommendations to Be Sent to Legislature, Governor, Etc.;
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Compensation of Legislature to Remain the Same Unless Recommendations Adopted by Majority of Both Houses. Repealed by Act 99-347, p. 499, § 1, 1999 Regular Session, effective June 4, 1999. History: (Acts 1991, No. 91-669, p. 1304, §5.)
Ala. Code § 29-1-5 Length of Special Sessions
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No special session of the Legislature shall continue for longer than 12 legislative days and 30 calendar days. History: (Acts 1939, Ex. Sess., No. 12, p. 11; Code 1940, T. 32, §5; Acts 1951, No. 33, p. 242, §2.)
Ala. Code § 29-1-6 Administration of Oath of Office to Members
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The oath of office may be administered to the members of the Legislature by any judge of the Supreme Court, Court of Civil Appeals, Court of Criminal Appeals, circuit, district or probate court, the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The Presi…
Ala. Code § 29-1-7 Privilege of Members from Arrest and Civil Process
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(a) Members of the Legislature of Alabama shall in all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest and shall not be subject to service of any summons, citation or other civil process during their attendance at the session of their respective h…
Ala. Code § 29-1-8 Compensation and Mileage of Officers and Members
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(a) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each receive $12.00, and each member of the Legislature shall receive $10.00, for each day during the period in which the Legislature is in session, but not exceeding in any event the number of …
Ala. Code § 29-1-8.1 Treatment of Legislators’ Travel Expenses for State Income Tax
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Purposes. Repealed by Act 98-502, p. 1083, effective December 31, 1998. History: (Acts 1981, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 81-1142, p. 422.)
Ala. Code § 29-1-9 Compensation of Legislative Interim Committees
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The compensation of all members of the legislative interim committees provided for by joint resolution or by act of the two houses of the Legislature shall be $10.00 per day for the entire time while engaged in its work, except in cases of adjournment exceeding three days. The me…