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Alabama Const. art. 14, § 265 — Alabama Constitution / Article 14 / Section 265
Annual payment of interest on funds of University of Alabama; authority to abolish military system at uni versity. After the ratification of this Constitution there shall be paid out of the treasury o
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Sec. 265. Annual payment of interest on funds of University of Alabama; authority to abolish military system at uni versity. After the ratification of this Constitution there shall be paid out of the treasury of this state at the time and in the manner provided by law, the sum of not less than thirty-six thousand dollars per annum as interest on the funds of the University of Alabama, heretofore covered into the treasury, for the maintenance and support of said institution; provided, that the legislature shall have the power at any time they deem proper for the best interest of said university to abolish the military system at said institution or reduce the said system to a department of instruction, and that such action on the part of the legislature shall not cause any diminution of the amount of the annual interest payable out of the treasury for the support and maintenance of said university.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 70 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 70
Revenue bills to originate in House of Representatives; preparation of general revenue bill; amendments to revenue bills by Senate; time limit for passage of revenue bills. All bills for raising reven
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Sec. 70. Revenue bills to originate in House of Representatives; preparation of general revenue bill; amendments to revenue bills by Senate; time limit for passage of revenue bills. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of representatives. The governor, auditor, and attorney-general shall, before each regular session of the legislature, prepare a general revenue bill to be submitted to the legislature, for its information, and the secretary of state shall have printed for the use of the legislature a sufficient number of copies of the bill so prepared, which the governor shall transmit to the house of representatives as soon as organized, to be used or dealt with as that house may elect. The senate may

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propose amendments to revenue bills. No revenue bill shall be passed during the last five days of the session.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 87 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 87
Deductions from salaries or compensation of public officers for neglect of duty. It shall be the duty of the legislature to regulate by law the cases in which
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Sec. 87. Deductions from salaries or compensation of public officers for neglect of duty. It shall be the duty of the legislature to regulate by law the cases in which

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deduction shall be made from the salaries or compensation of public officers for neglect of duty in their official capacities, and the amount of such deduction.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 56 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 56
Immunity of legislators. Members of the legislature shall, in all cases, except treason, felony, violation of their oath of office, and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their atte
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Sec. 56. Immunity of legislators. Members of the legislature shall, in all cases, except treason, felony, violation of their oath of office, and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective houses, and in going to and

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returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either house shall not be questioned in any other place.
Alabama Const. art. 14, § 268 — Alabama Constitution / Article 14 / Section 268
Provision for taking school census. The legislature shall provide for taking a school census by townships and districts throughout the state not oftener than once in two years, and shall provide for t
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Sec. 268. Provision for taking school census. The legislature shall provide for taking a school census by townships and districts throughout the state not oftener than once in two years, and shall provide for the punishment of all persons or officers making false or fraudulent enumerations and returns; provided, the state superintendent of education may order and supervise the taking of a new census in any township, district, or county, whenever he may have reasonable cause to believe that false or fraudulent returns have been made.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 80 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 80
Bribery — Offer, gift, etc., of money, etc., to executive or judicial officers or members of legislature to influence official acts. Any person who shall, directly or indirectly, offer, give, or promi
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Sec. 80. Bribery — Offer, gift, etc., of money, etc., to executive or judicial officers or members of legislature to influence official acts. Any person who shall, directly or indirectly, offer, give, or promise any money, or thing of value, testimonial, privilege, or personal advantage, to any executive or judicial officer or member of the legislature to influence him in the performance of any of his public or official duties, shall be guilty of bribery, and be punished in such manner as may be provided by law.

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Alabama Const. art. 1, § 26 — Alabama Constitution / Article 1 / Section 26
Right to bear arms. (a) Every citizen has a fundamental right to bear arms in defense of himself or herself and the state. Any restriction on this right shall be subject to strict scrutiny. (b) No cit
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Sec. 26. Right to bear arms. (a) Every citizen has a fundamental right to bear arms in defense of himself or herself and the state. Any restriction on this right shall be subject to strict scrutiny. (b) No citizen shall be compelled by any international treaty orinternational law to take an action that prohibits, limits, or otherwise interferes with his or her fundamental right to keep and bear arms in defense of himself or herself and the state, if such treaty or law, or its adoption, violates the United States Constitution.
Alabama Const. art. 1, § 19 — Alabama Constitution / Article 1 / Section 19
Bills of attainder of treason by legislature prohibited; conviction not to work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate. That no person shall be attainted of treason by the legislature; and no 9
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Sec. 19. Bills of attainder of treason by legislature prohibited; conviction not to work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate. That no person shall be attainted of treason by the legislature; and no 9

conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate.
Alabama Const. art. 1, § 29 — Alabama Constitution / Article 1 / Section 29
Titles of nobility, hereditary distinction, etc.; restriction on appointments to office. That no title of nobility or hereditary distinction, privilege, honor, or emolument shall ever be granted or co
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Sec. 29. Titles of nobility, hereditary distinction, etc.; restriction on appointments to office. That no title of nobility or hereditary distinction, privilege, honor, or emolument shall ever be granted or conferred in this state; and that no office shall be created, the appointment to which shall be for a longer time than during good behavior.

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Alabama Const. art. 15, § 272 — Alabama Constitution / Article 15 / Section 272
Conformance with regulations of United States department of defense and laws of United States; administration of
Status: in_force

Sec. 272. Conformance with regulations of United States department of defense and laws of United States; administration of

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military affairs by military department and adjutant general. The legislature, in providing for the organization, equipment, and discipline of the state military forces, shall conform as nearly as practicable to the regulations of the department of defense of the United States, and the laws of the United States, governing the armed forces of the United States. All affairs pertaining to the state military forces shall be administered by a state military department, which shall be headed by the adjutant general, and who shall be responsible to the governor as commander-in-chief.
Alabama Const. art. 15, § 271 — Alabama Constitution / Article 15 / Section 271
Composition of militia; organizing, arming and disciplin ing militia; naval militia may be organized. The legislature shall have power to declare who shall constitute the militia of the state, and to 
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Sec. 271. Composition of militia; organizing, arming and disciplin ing militia; naval militia may be organized. The legislature shall have power to declare who shall constitute the militia of the state, and to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the same; and the legislature may provide for the organization of a state and naval militia.
Alabama Const. art. 12, § 224 — Alabama Constitution / Article 12 / Section 224
Debt limit for counties. No county shall become indebted in an amount including present indebted ness, greater than five percentum of the assessed value of the property therein. Nothing herein contain
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Sec. 224. Debt limit for counties. No county shall become indebted in an amount including present indebted ness, greater than five percentum of the assessed value of the property therein. Nothing herein contained shall prevent any county from issuing bonds, or other obligations, to fund or refund any indebtedness now existing or authorized by existing laws to be created.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 51 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 51
Election of president pro tem of senate and speaker of house of representatives; temporary president and speaker; officers of each house; each house judge of election, returns and qualifications of me
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Sec. 51. Election of president pro tem of senate and speaker of house of representatives; temporary president and speaker; officers of each house; each house judge of election, returns and qualifications of members. The senate, at the beginning of each regular session, and at such other times as may be necessary, shall elect one of its members president pro tem. thereof, to preside over its deliberations in the absence of the lieutenant- governor; and the house of representatives, at the beginning of each regular session, and at such other times as may be necessary, shall elect one of its members as speaker; and the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall hold their offices respectively, until their successors are elected and qualified. In case of the temporary disability of either of said presiding officers, the house to which he belongs may elect one of its membersto preside over that house and to perform all the duties of such officer during the continuance of his disability; and such temporary officer, while performingduty as such, shall receive the same compensation to which the permanent officer is entitled by law, and no other. Each house shall choose its own officersand shall judge of the election, returns, and qualifications of its members.

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Alabama Const. art. 6, § 150 — Alabama Constitution / Article 6 / Section 150
Power to make rules. The supreme court shall make and promulgate rules governing the administration of all courts and rules governing practice and procedure in all courts; provided, however, that such
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Sec. 150. Power to make rules. The supreme court shall make and promulgate rules governing the administration of all courts and rules governing practice and procedure in all courts; provided, however, that such rules shall not abridge, enlarge or modify the substantive right of any party nor affect the jurisdiction of circuit and district courts or venue of actions therein; and provided, further, that the right of trial by jury as at common law and declared by section 11 of the Constitution of Alabama 1901 shall be preserved to the parties inviolate. These rules may be changed by a general act of statewide application.
Alabama Const. art. 12, § 229 — Alabama Constitution / Article 12 / Section 229
Authority of Legislature to pass general laws pertaining to corporations and other entities. The Legislature shall pass general laws under which corporations and other entities may be organized, autho
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Sec. 229. Authority of Legislature to pass general laws pertaining to corporations and other entities. The Legislature shall pass general laws under which corporations and other entities may be organized, authorized to do business or conduct their affairs, operated, dissolved, and regulated; such laws, now existing or hereafter passed, shall be subject to amendment or repeal by general law. The Legislature, by general law, shall provide for the payment to the State of Alabama of a tax on the privilege of doing business in Alabama or being organized, incorporated, qualified, or registered under the laws of Alabama. Strictly benevolent, educational, or religious corporations shall not be re quired to pay such a tax on their withdrawable or repurchasable shares to the extent they have such shares.
Alabama Const. art. 1, § 21 — Alabama Constitution / Article 1 / Section 21
Suspension of laws.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21. Suspension of laws. 
That no power of suspending laws shall be exercised except by the 
legislature.
Alabama Const. art. 13, § 255 — Alabama Constitution / Article 13 / Section 255
Applicability of article. The provisions of this article shall apply to all banks except national banks, and to all trust companies and individuals doing a banking business, whether incorporated or no
Status: in_force

Sec. 255. Applicability of article. The provisions of this article shall apply to all banks except national banks, and to all trust companies and individuals doing a banking business, whether incorporated or not.
Alabama Const. art. 18, § 287 — Alabama Constitution / Article 18 / Section 287
Votes by legislature on proposed amendments or bills or resolutions calling conventions; acts or resolutions pro posing amendments or calling conventions not to be submitted to governor for approval. 
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Sec. 287. Votes by legislature on proposed amendments or bills or resolutions calling conventions; acts or resolutions pro posing amendments or calling conventions not to be submitted to governor for approval. All votes of the legislature upon proposed amendments to this Constitution, and upon bills or resolutions calling a convention for the purpose of altering or amending the Constitution of this state, shall be taken by yeas and nays and entered on the journals. No act or resolution of the legislature passed in accordance with the provisions of this article, proposing amendments to this Constitution, or calling a convention for the purpose of altering or amending the Constitution of this state, shall be submitted for the approval of the governor, but shall be valid without his approval.

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Alabama Const. art. 15, § 273 — Alabama Constitution / Article 15 / Section 273
Appointment, suspension, discharge, removal and retire ment of officers of state military forces; qualifications of personnel of federally-recognized national guard. Officers of the state military for
Status: in_force

Sec. 273. Appointment, suspension, discharge, removal and retire ment of officers of state military forces; qualifications of personnel of federally-recognized national guard. Officers of the state military forces, including the adjutant general, shall be appointed, and shall be subject to suspension, discharge, removal, or compulsory retirement as such, solely on the basis of military proficiency, character and service, as determined by department of defense regulations and military usages sanctioned by the military laws of the United States, anything in this Constitution to the contrary notwithstanding. The qualifications of personnel of the federally recognized national guard shall be as prescribed in pertinent regulations and policies of the United States department of defense.
Alabama Const. art. 12, § 238 — Alabama Constitution / Article 12 / Section 238
Authority of legislature to revoke charters of incorpo ration. The legislature shall have the power to alter, amend, or revoke any charter of incorporation now existing and revocable at the ratificati
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Sec. 238. Authority of legislature to revoke charters of incorpo ration. The legislature shall have the power to alter, amend, or revoke any charter of incorporation now existing and revocable at the ratification of this Constitution, or any that may be hereafter created, whenever, in its opinion, such charter may be injurious to the citizens of this state, in such manner, however, that no injustice shall be done to the stockholders.
Alabama Const. art. 14, § 267 — Alabama Constitution / Article 14 / Section 267
Change of location of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Ala
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Sec. 267. Change of location of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Ala 
bama Schools for the Deaf and Blind or Alabama Girls 
Industrial School. 
The legislature shall not have power to change the location of the state 
university, or the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, or the Alabama Schools for 
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the Deaf and Blind, or the Alabama Girls’ Industrial School, as now established by law, except upon a vote of two-thirds of the legislature taken by yeasand nays and entered upon the journals.
Alabama Const. art. 12, § 239 — Alabama Constitution / Article 12 / Section 239
Telegraph and telephone companies. Any association or corporation organized for the purpose, or any individual, shall have the right to construct and maintain lines of telegraph and tele phone within 
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Sec. 239. Telegraph and telephone companies. Any association or corporation organized for the purpose, or any individual, shall have the right to construct and maintain lines of telegraph and tele phone within this state, and connect the same with other lines; and the legislature shall, by general law of uniform operation, provide reasonable regulations to give full effect to this section.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 90 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 90
Acquisition of foreign territory; rights and privileges of inhabitants of acquired territory. In the event of the annexation of any foreign territory to this state, the legislature shall enact laws ex
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Sec. 90. Acquisition of foreign territory; rights and privileges of inhabitants of acquired territory. In the event of the annexation of any foreign territory to this state, the legislature shall enact laws extending to the inhabitants of the acquired territory all the rights and privileges which may be required by the terms of acquisition not inconsistent with this Constitution. Should the state purchase such foreign territory, the legislature, with the approval of the governor, shall be authorized to expend any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and, if necessary, to provide also for the issuance of state bonds, to pay for the purchase of such foreign territory.
Alabama Const. art. 1, § 31 — Alabama Constitution / Article 1 / Section 31
Residence not forfeited by temporary absence from state.
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Sec. 31. Residence not forfeited by temporary absence from state. 
That temporary absence from the state shall not cause a forfeiture of 
residence once obtained.
Alabama Const. art. 5, § 112 — Alabama Constitution / Article 5 / Section 112
Composition; officers enumerated. The executive department shall consist of a governor, lieutenant governor, attorney-general, state auditor, secretary of state, state treasurer, superintendent of edu
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Sec. 112. Composition; officers enumerated. The executive department shall consist of a governor, lieutenant governor, attorney-general, state auditor, secretary of state, state treasurer, superintendent of education, commissioner of agriculture and industries, and a sheriff for each county.
Alabama Const. art. 12, § 241 — Alabama Constitution / Article 12 / Section 241
‘‘Corporation’’ defined. The term ‘‘corporation,’’ as used in this article shall be construed to include all joint stock companies, and all associations having any of the powers or privileges of corpo
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Sec. 241. ‘‘Corporation’’ defined. The term ‘‘corporation,’’ as used in this article shall be construed to include all joint stock companies, and all associations having any of the powers or privileges of corporations, not possessed by individuals or partnerships.

RAILROADS AND CANALS.
Alabama Const. art. 1, § 28 — Alabama Constitution / Article 1 / Section 28
Quartering of soldiers in houses. That no soldier shall, in time of peace,be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner; nor, in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Status: in_force

Sec. 28. Quartering of soldiers in houses. That no soldier shall, in time of peace,be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner; nor, in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Alabama Const. art. 5, § 118 — Alabama Constitution / Article 5 / Section 118
Compensation and residency requirements for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney-general, state auditor, secretary of state, state treasurer, and commissioner of agriculture and industries. The gov
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Sec. 118. Compensation and residency requirements for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney-general, state auditor, secretary of state, state treasurer, and commissioner of agriculture and industries. The governor, lieutenant governor, attorney-general state auditor, secretary of state, state treasurer, and commissioner of agriculture and industries, shall receive compensation to be fixed by law, which shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which they shall have been elected, and shall, except the lieutenant governor, reside at the state capital during the time they continue in office, except during epidemics. The compensation of the lieutenant governor shall be the same as that received by the speaker of the house, except while serving as governor, during which time his compensation shall bethe same as that allowed the governor.
Alabama Const. art. 1, § 9 — Alabama Constitution / Article 1 / Section 9
Double jeopardy; discharge of juries from cases. That no person shall, for the same offense, be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; but courts may, for reasons fixed by law, discharge juries from t
Status: in_force

Sec. 9. Double jeopardy; discharge of juries from cases. That no person shall, for the same offense, be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; but courts may, for reasons fixed by law, discharge juries from the consideration of any case, and no person shall gain an advantage by reason of such discharge of the jury.
Alabama Const. art. 6, § 155 — Alabama Constitution / Article 6 / Section 155
01. Retirement — District attorneys and circuit clerks.
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Sec. 155.01. Retirement — District attorneys and circuit clerks.

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The Legislature is authorized to provide a retirement program for district attorneys and circuit clerks of the state who are first elected or appointed on or after November 8, 2016.
Alabama Const. art. 15, § 277 — Alabama Constitution / Article 15 / Section 277
Safe keeping of arms, ammunition, military records, etc. The legislature shall provide for the safe keeping of the arms, ammunition, and accoutrements, and military records, banners, and relics of the
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Sec. 277. Safe keeping of arms, ammunition, military records, etc. The legislature shall provide for the safe keeping of the arms, ammunition, and accoutrements, and military records, banners, and relics of the state.
Alabama Const. art. 1, § 33 — Alabama Constitution / Article 1 / Section 33
Protection of suffrage. The privilege of suffrage shall be protected by laws regulating elections, and prohibiting, under adequate penalties, all undue influences from power, bribery, tumult, or other
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Sec. 33. Protection of suffrage. The privilege of suffrage shall be protected by laws regulating elections, and prohibiting, under adequate penalties, all undue influences from power, bribery, tumult, or other improper conduct.