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Alabama Const. art. 4, § 53 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 53
Rules of proceedings of both houses; punishment for contempt or disorderly behavior; enforcement of process; protection of members from violence, bribes, etc.; expulsion of members. Each house shall h
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Sec. 53. Rules of proceedings of both houses; punishment for contempt or disorderly behavior; enforcement of process; protection of members from violence, bribes, etc.; expulsion of members. Each house shall have power to determine the rules of its proceedings and to punish its members and other persons, for contempt or disorderly behavior in its presence; to enforce obedience to its processes; to protect its members against violence, or offers of bribes or corrupt solicitation; and with the concurrence of two-thirds of the house, to expel a member, but not a second time for the same offense; and the two houses shall have all the powers necessary for the legislature of a free state.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 92 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 92
Rules and regulations to ascertain value of property exempted from sale under legal process. The legislature shall by law prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to ascertain the valu
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Sec. 92. Rules and regulations to ascertain value of property exempted from sale under legal process. The legislature shall by law prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to ascertain the value of real and personal property exempted from sale under legal process by this Constitution, and to secure the same to the

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claimant thereof as selected.
Alabama Const. art. 6, § 156 — Alabama Constitution / Article 6 / Section 156
Judicial Inquiry Commission. (a) A Judicial Inquiry Commission is created consisting of nine members. The Supreme Court shall appoint one appellate judge who shall not be a Justice on the Supreme Cour
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Sec. 156. Judicial Inquiry Commission. (a) A Judicial Inquiry Commission is created consisting of nine members. The Supreme Court shall appoint one appellate judge who shall not be a Justice on the Supreme Court; the Circuit Judges’ Association shall appoint two judges of the circuit court; the Governor shall appoint three persons who are not lawyers, who shall be subject to Senate confirmation before serving; the Lieutenant Governor shall appoint one district judge who shall be subject to Senate confirmation; and the governing body of the Alabama State Bar shall appoint two members of the state bar to serve as members of the commission. Provided, however, that on January 1, 2005, the appointment authority granted to the Lieutenant Governor shall revert to the Governor and the Governor shall thereafter be entitled to appoint three persons who are not lawyers and one district judge, all subject to Senate confirmation. The commission shall select its own chair. The terms of the members of the commission shall be four years. A vacancy on the commission shall be filled for a full term in the manner the original appointment was made. (b) The commission shall be convened permanently with authority to conduct investigations and receive or initiate complaints concerning any judge of a court of the judicial system of this state. The commission shall file a complaint with the Court of the Judiciary in the event that a majority of the members of the commission decide that a reasonable basis exists, (1) to charge a judge with violation of any Canon of Judicial Ethics, misconduct in office, failure to perform his or her duties, or (2) to charge that the judge is physically or mentally unable to perform his or her duties. All proceedings of the commission shall be confidential except the filing of a complaint with the Court of the Judiciary. The commission shall prosecute the complaints. (c) The Supreme Court shall adopt rules governing the procedures of the commission. (d) The commission shall have subpoena power and authority to appoint and direct its staff. Members of the commission who are not judges shall receive 86

per diem compensation and necessary expenses; members who are judges shall receive necessary expenses only. The Legislature shall appropriate funds for the operation of the commission.
Alabama Const. art. 5, § 123 — Alabama Constitution / Article 5 / Section 123
Reports and information to be given legislature by governor; presentation of budget to legislature. The governor shall, from time to time, give to the legislature information of the state of the gover
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Sec. 123. Reports and information to be given legislature by governor; presentation of budget to legislature. The governor shall, from time to time, give to the legislature information of the state of the government, and recommend for its consideration such measures as he may deem expedient; and at the commencement of each regular session of the legislature, and at the close of his term of office, he shall give information by written message of the condition of the state; and he shall account to the legislature, as may be prescribed by law, for all moneys received and paid out by him or by his order; and at the commencement of each regular session he shall present to the legislature estimates of the amount of money required to be raised by taxation for all purposes.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 50 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 50
Number of senators and representatives; apportionment of legislators. The legislature shall consist of not more than thirty-five senators, and not more than one hundred and five members of the house o
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Sec. 50. Number of senators and representatives; apportionment of legislators. The legislature shall consist of not more than thirty-five senators, and not more than one hundred and five members of the house of representatives, to be apportioned among the several districts and counties, as prescribed in this Constitution; provided that in addition to the above number of representatives, each new county hereafter created shall be entitled to one representative.
Alabama Const. art. 5, § 117 — Alabama Constitution / Article 5 / Section 117
Qualifications of governor and lieutenant governor; lieu tenant governor ex officio president of senate. The governor and lieutenant governor shall each be at least thirty years of age when elected, a
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Sec. 117. Qualifications of governor and lieutenant governor; lieu tenant governor ex officio president of senate. The governor and lieutenant governor shall each be at least thirty years of age when elected, and shall have been citizens of the United States ten years and resident citizens of this state at least seven years next before the date of their election. The lieutenant governor shall be ex officio president of the senate, but shall have no right to vote except in the event of a tie.
Alabama Const. art. 7, § 175 — Alabama Constitution / Article 7 / Section 175
County officers, and officers of an incorporated city or town. A county officer and officer of an incorporated city or town may be tried for impeachment for any of the causes specified in Section 173 
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Sec. 175. County officers, and officers of an incorporated city or town. A county officer and officer of an incorporated city or town may be tried for impeachment for any of the causes specified in Section 173 and upon conviction be removed from office by a court having jurisdiction to try felony cases in the county or circuit in which the officer holds his or her office. The Legislature shall provide by law the method of proceeding under this section, provided the right to trial by jury and appeal in such cases shall be secured.

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Alabama Const. art. 4, § 75 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 75
Change of venue in civil and criminal cases. The power to change the venue in civil and criminal causes is vested in the courts, to be exercised in such manner as shall be provided by law.
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Sec. 75. Change of venue in civil and criminal cases. The power to change the venue in civil and criminal causes is vested in the courts, to be exercised in such manner as shall be provided by law.
Alabama Const. art. 14, § 270 — Alabama Constitution / Article 14 / Section 270
Applicability of article to Mobile County. The provisions of this article and of any act of the legislature passed in pursuance thereof for educational purposes, shall apply to Mobile county only so f
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Sec. 270. Applicability of article to Mobile County. The provisions of this article and of any act of the legislature passed in pursuance thereof for educational purposes, shall apply to Mobile county only so far as to authorize and require the authorities designated by law to draw the portions of the funds to which said county shall be entitled for school purposes and to make reports to the superintendent of education as may be prescribed by law; and all special incomes and powers of taxation as now authorized by law for the benefit of public schools in said county shall remain undisturbed until otherwise provided by the legislature.
Alabama Const. art. 1, § 15 — Alabama Constitution / Article 1 / Section 15
Excessive fines; cruel or unusual punishment. That excessive fines shall not be imposed, nor cruel or unusual punishment inflicted.
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Sec. 15. Excessive fines; cruel or unusual punishment. That excessive fines shall not be imposed, nor cruel or unusual punishment inflicted.
Alabama Const. art. 6, § 146 — Alabama Constitution / Article 6 / Section 146
Qualifications of judges. Judges of the supreme court, courts of appeals, circuit court and district court shall be licensed to practice law in this state and have such other qualifications as the leg
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Sec. 146. Qualifications of judges. Judges of the supreme court, courts of appeals, circuit court and district court shall be licensed to practice law in this state and have such other qualifications as the legislature may prescribe. Judges of the probate court shall have such qualifications as may be provided by law.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 68 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 68
Extra compensation not to be granted public officer, employee, contractor, etc., after service rendered or con tract made; increase or decrease of compensation of officers during term of office. The l
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Sec. 68. Extra compensation not to be granted public officer, employee, contractor, etc., after service rendered or con tract made; increase or decrease of compensation of officers during term of office. The legislature shall have no power to grant or to authorize or require any county or municipal authority to grant, nor shall any county or municipal authority have power to grant any extra compensation, fee, or allowance to any public officer, servant, or employe, agent or contractor, after service shall have been rendered or contract made, nor to increase or decrease the fees and compensation of such officers during their terms of office; nor shall any officer of the state bind the state to the payment of any sum of money but by authority of law; provided this section shall not apply to allowances made by commissioners’ courts or boards of revenue to county officers for ex officio services, nor prevent the legislature from increasing or diminishing at any time the allowance to sheriffs or other officers for feeding, transferring, or guarding prisoners.

Sec. 68.01. Increasing or decreasing salaries, etc., of state and county officers. Any provisions of this Constitution or amendments thereto to the contrary notwithstanding, neither the legislature, nor any county of the state shall, by the imposition of new, different, and additional duties or otherwise, increase, or authorize the increase of, the salary, fees or other compensation of any officer of the state or of any county of the state, who is elected or appointed for a fixed term, during the term for which he is elected or appointed, regardless of whether such officer may be removed at the pleasure of the authority electing or appointing him or only upon impeachment; nor shall the legislature or any county of the state in any manner or by any means decrease, or authorize the decrease of, the salary, fees or other compensation of any such

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officer, during the term for which he is elected or appointed; nor shall the legislature or any county of the state increase or decrease, or authorize the increase or decrease of, the salary, fees or other compensation of any person filling an unexpired term in any such office during the remainder of such term, either before or after the appointment or election of such person to fill the unexpired term. As to officers who are members of any court, board, commission, or similar body whose terms do not run concurrently, any increase or decrease in the salary, fees, or other compensation of the members of any such court, board, commission, or similar body shall become effective as to all such members thereof immediately after the expiration of the term or terms of office of the member or members whose term or terms first expire.
Alabama Const. art. 5, § 132 — Alabama Constitution / Article 5 / Section 132
Qualifications of attorney-general, state auditor, secretary of state, state treasurer, and commissioner of agriculture and industries. No person shall be eligible to the office of attorney-general, s
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Sec. 132. Qualifications of attorney-general, state auditor, secretary of state, state treasurer, and commissioner of agriculture and industries. No person shall be eligible to the office of attorney-general, state auditor, secretary of state, state treasurer, or commissioner of agriculture and industries unless he shall have been a citizen of the United States at least seven years, and shall have resided in this state at least five years next preceding his election, and shall be at least twenty-five years old when elected.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 110 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 110
‘‘General law,’’ ‘‘local law’’ and ‘‘special law’’ defined. A general law is a law which in its terms and effect applies either to the whole state, or to one or more municipalities of the state less t
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Sec. 110. ‘‘General law,’’ ‘‘local law’’ and ‘‘special law’’ defined. A general law is a law which in its terms and effect applies either to the whole state, or to one or more municipalities of the state less than the whole in a class. A general law applicable to such a class of municipalities shall define the class on the basis of criteria reasonably related to the purpose of the law, provided that the legislature may also enact and change from time to time a general schedule of not more than eight classes of municipalities based on population according to any designated federal decennial census, and general laws for any purpose may thereafter be enacted for any such class. Any law heretofore enacted which complies with the provisions of this section shall be considered a general law. No general law which at the time of its enactment applies to only one municipality of the state shall be enacted, unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shall have been given and shown as provided in Section 106 of this Constitution for special, private or local laws; provided, that such notice shall not be deemed to constitute such law a local law. A special or private law is one which applies to an individual, association or corporation. A local law is a law which is not a general law or a special or private law. Act No. 79–263 (House Bill No. 68) entitled ‘‘An Act to establish eight classes of municipalities, by population, based on the 1970 Federal decennial census’’ approved June 28, 1979, and each and every Act of the legislature thereafter enacted referred or relating to a class of municipalities as established in said Act No. 79–263 are hereby in all things ratified, approved, validated and confirmed as of the date of their enactment, any provision or provisions of the Constitution of Alabama, as amended, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Alabama Const. art. 14, § 262 — Alabama Constitution / Article 14 / Section 262
Selection, Qualifications, Powers, Duties and Tenure of State Board of Education and Superintendent of Edu cation. 1. General supervision of the public schools in Alabama shall be vested in a state bo
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Sec. 262. Selection, Qualifications, Powers, Duties and Tenure of State Board of Education and Superintendent of Edu cation. 1. General supervision of the public schools in Alabama shall be vested in a state board of education, which shall be elected in such manner as the legislature may provide. 2. The chief state school officer shall be the state superintendent of education, who shall be appointed by the state board of education and serve at its pleasure. The authority and duties of the superintendent of education shall be determined by the state board of education according to such regulations as the legislature may prescribe. The superintendent of education shall receive an annual salary which shall be fixed by the legislature of Alabama and shall be paid from the state treasury in installments as the salaries of other state officers are paid. 3. The legislature shall enact appropriate laws to implement or enforce this article of amendment. 4. The provisions of article V and XIV of the Constitution of Alabama as amended in conflict with this article are expressly repealed. However, this amendment shall not be so construed as to effect the election or term of the state superintendent of education chosen before it becomes valid as a part of 242

the Constitution.
Alabama Const. art. 1, § 24 — Alabama Constitution / Article 1 / Section 24
Navigable waters declared free public highways; taxes, tolls, etc., for use of shores or wharves. That all navigable waters shall remain forever public highways, free to the citizens of the state and 
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Sec. 24. Navigable waters declared free public highways; taxes, tolls, etc., for use of shores or wharves. That all navigable waters shall remain forever public highways, free to the citizens of the state and the United States, without tax, impost, or toll; and

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that no tax, toll, impost, or wharfage shall be demanded or received from the owner of any merchandise or commodity for the use of the shores or any wharf erected on the shores, or in or over the waters of any navigable streams, unless the same be expressly authorized by law.
Alabama Const. art. 6, § 151 — Alabama Constitution / Article 6 / Section 151
Number of circuit and district judges. (a) The supreme court shall establish criteria for determining the number and boundaries of judicial circuits and districts, and the number of judges needed in e
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Sec. 151. Number of circuit and district judges. (a) The supreme court shall establish criteria for determining the number and boundaries of judicial circuits and districts, and the number of judges needed in each circuit and district. If the supreme court finds that a need exists for increasing or decreasing the number of circuit or district judges, or for changing the boundaries of judicial circuits or districts, it shall, at the beginning of any session of the legislature, certify its findings and recommendations to the legislature. (b) If a bill is introduced at any session of the legislature to increase or decrease the number of circuit or district judges, or to change the boundaries of any judicial circuit or district, the supreme court must, within three weeks, report to the legislature its recommendations on the proposed change. No change shall be made in the number of circuit or district judges, or the boundaries of any judicial circuit or district unless authorized by an act adopted after the recommendation of the supreme court on such proposal has been filed with the legislature. (c) An act decreasing the number of circuit or district judges shall notaffect the right of any judge to hold his office for his full term.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 63 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 63
Number of readings for bills; recordation of votes on bills; majority vote required for passage of bills. Every bill shall be read on three different days in each house, and no bill shall become alaw,
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Sec. 63. Number of readings for bills; recordation of votes on bills; majority vote required for passage of bills. Every bill shall be read on three different days in each house, and no bill shall become alaw, unless on its final passage it be read at length,and the vote be taken by yeas and nays, the names of the members voting for and against the same be entered upon the journals, and a majority of each house be recorded thereon as voting in its favor, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 103 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 103
Regulation, etc., of common carriers, partnerships, associations, trusts, monopolies and combinations of capital. The legislature shall provide by law for the regulation, prohibition, or reasonable re
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Sec. 103. Regulation, etc., of common carriers, partnerships, associations, trusts, monopolies and combinations of capital. The legislature shall provide by law for the regulation, prohibition, or reasonable restraint of common carriers, partnerships, associations, trusts, monopolies, and combinations of capital, so as to prevent them or any of them from making scarcearticles of necessity, trade, or commerce, or from increasing unreasonably the cost thereof to the consumer, or preventing reasonable competition in any calling, trade, or business.
Alabama Const. art. 5, § 121 — Alabama Constitution / Article 5 / Section 121
Governor may require reports from officers of executive department and officers and managers of state institutions; false reports or failure to file reports constitutes impeachable offense. 70
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Sec. 121. Governor may require reports from officers of executive department and officers and managers of state institutions; false reports or failure to file reports constitutes impeachable offense. 70

The governor may require information in writing, under oath, from the officers of the executive department, named in this article, or created by statute, on any subject, relating to the duties of their respective offices, and he may at any time require information in writing, under oath, from all officers and managers of state institutions, upon any subject relating to the condition, management and expenses of their respective offices and institutions. Any such officer or manager who makes a willfully false report or fails without sufficient excuse to make the required report on demand, is guilty of an impeachable offense.
Alabama Const. art. 1, § 8 — Alabama Constitution / Article 1 / Section 8
Proceeding against person by information; grand jury not required in misdemeanor cases. No person shall for any indictable offense be proceeded against criminally by information, except in cases arisi
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Sec. 8. Proceeding against person by information; grand jury not required in misdemeanor cases. No person shall for any indictable offense be proceeded against criminally by information, except in cases arising in the militia and volunteer forces when in actual service, or when assembled under arms as a military organization, or, by leave of the court, for misfeasance, misdemeanor, extortion, and oppression in office, otherwise than is provided in the Constitution. In cases of misdemeanor, the Legislature may by law dispense with a grand jury and

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authorize prosecutions and proceedings before any inferior courts as may be by law established. In all felony cases, except those punishable by capital punishment, the Legislature may by law dispense with a grand jury and authorize prosecutions and proceedings in any manner as may be provided by law if the defendant, after having had the advice of counsel of his or her choice or in the event he or she is unable to employ counsel, the advice of counsel which shall be appointed by the court, makes known in open court to a judge of a court having jurisdiction of the offense that he or she desires to plead guilty.