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Alabama Const. art. 4, § 62 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 62
Referral of bills to standing committees. No bill shall become a law until it shall have been referred to a standing 28
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Sec. 62. Referral of bills to standing committees. No bill shall become a law until it shall have been referred to a standing 28

committee of each house, acted upon by such committee in session, and returned therefrom, which facts shall affirmatively appear upon the journal of each house.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 65 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 65
Lotteries and gift enterprises prohibited. The legislature shall have no power to authorize lotteries or gift enterprises for any purposes, and shall pass laws to prohibit the sale in this state of lo
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Sec. 65. Lotteries and gift enterprises prohibited. The legislature shall have no power to authorize lotteries or gift enterprises for any purposes, and shall pass laws to prohibit the sale in this state of lottery or gift enterprise tickets, or tickets in any scheme in the nature of a lottery; and all acts, or parts of acts heretofore passed by the legislature of this state, authorizing a lottery or lotteries, and all acts amendatory thereof, or supplemental thereto, are hereby avoided.
Alabama Const. art. 9, § 197 — Alabama Constitution / Article 9 / Section 197
Ratio of senators to representatives.
Status: in_force

Sec. 197. Ratio of senators to representatives. 
The whole number of senators shall be not less than one-fourth or more than 
one-third of the whole number of representatives.
Alabama Const. art. 6, § 157 — Alabama Constitution / Article 6 / Section 157
Court of the Judiciary.
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Sec. 157. Court of the Judiciary. 
(a) The Court of the Judiciary is created consisting of one judge of an 
appellate court, other than the Supreme Court, who shall be selected by the 
Supreme Court and shall serve as Chief Judge of the Court of the Judiciary; 
two judges of the circuit court, who shall be selected by the Circuit Judges’ 
Association; and one district judge who shall be selected by theDistrict Judges’ 
Association. Other members of the Court of the Judiciary shall consist of two 
members of the state bar, who shall be selected by the governing body of the 
Alabama State Bar; two persons who are not lawyers who shall be appointed 
by the Governor; and one person appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. 
Members appointed by the Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be subject 
to Senateconfirmation before serving. 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, subject to Senateconfirmation. The court 
shall be convened to hear complaints filed by the Judicial Inquiry Commission. 
The court shall have authority, afternotice and public hearing (1) to remove 
from office, suspend without pay, or censure a judge, or apply such other 
sanction as may prescribedby law, for violation of a Canon of Judicial Ethics, 
misconduct in office,failure to perform his or her duties, or (2) to suspend with 
or without pay, or to retire a judge who is physically or mentally unable to 
performhis or her duties. 
(b) A judge aggrieved by a decision of the Court of the Judiciary may appeal 
to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court shall review the record of the 
proceedings on the law and the facts. 
(c) The Supreme Court shall adopt rules governing the procedures of the 
Court of the Judiciary. 
(d) The Court of the Judiciary shall have power to issue subpoenas. The 
Legislature shall provide by law for the expenses of the court. 

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Alabama Const. art. 4, § 98 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 98
Payments or grants to retiring officers. The legislature shall not retire any officer on pay, or part pay, or make any grant to such retiring officer; however, the legislature shall have the authority
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Sec. 98. Payments or grants to retiring officers. The legislature shall not retire any officer on pay, or part pay, or make any grant to such retiring officer; however, the legislature shall have the authority to provide that superintendents of education shall be eligible to participate in the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama as the legislature may see fit.
Alabama Const. art. 10, § 204 — Alabama Constitution / Article 10 / Section 204
Personal property of value of one thousand dollars exempt from sale, execution or other process of court issued for collection of debt. The personal property of any resident of this state to the value
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Sec. 204. Personal property of value of one thousand dollars exempt from sale, execution or other process of court issued for collection of debt. The personal property of any resident of this state to the value of one thousand dollars, to be selected by such resident, shall be exempt from sale or execution, or other process of any court, issued for the collection of any debt contracted since the thirteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight or after the ratification of this Constitution.
Alabama Const. art. 6, § 142 — Alabama Constitution / Article 6 / Section 142
Circuit court. (a) The state shall be divided into judicial circuits. For each circuit, there shall be one circuit court having such divisions and consisting of such number of judges as shall be provi
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Sec. 142. Circuit court. (a) The state shall be divided into judicial circuits. For each circuit, there shall be one circuit court having such divisions and consisting of such number of judges as shall be provided by law. (b) The circuit court shall exercise general jurisdiction in all cases except as may otherwise be provided by law. The circuit court may be authorized by law to review decisions of state administrative agencies and decisions of inferior courts. It shall have authority to issue such writs as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate its powers, and shall have such other powers as may be provided by law.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 73 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 73
Appropriations to charitable or educational institutions not under absolute control of state. No appropriation shall be made to any charitable or educational institution not under the absolute control
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Sec. 73. Appropriations to charitable or educational institutions not under absolute control of state. No appropriation shall be made to any charitable or educational institution not under the absolute control of the state, other than normal schools established by law for the professional training of teachers for the public schools of the state, except by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house.
Alabama Const. art. 13, § 247 — Alabama Constitution / Article 13 / Section 247
Authority of Legislature. (a) The Legislature shall not have the power to establish or incorporate any bank or banking company or moneyed institution for the purpose of issuing bills of credit or bill
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Sec. 247. Authority of Legislature. (a) The Legislature shall not have the power to establish or incorporate any bank or banking company or moneyed institution for the purpose of issuing bills of credit or bills payable to order or bearer, except under the conditions prescribed in this Constitution. No bank shall be established otherwise than under a general banking law. (b) There shall be no limit of time for the duration of a corporation organized as abank or banking company,and it shall not be necessary to renew or extend the life or charter of any such corporation now existing. All extensions of the life or charter of any such corporations are ratified and confirmed. (c) Neither the state, nor any political subdivision thereof, shall be a stockholder in any bank, nor shall the credit of the state or any political subdivision thereof be given or lent to any banking company, banking association, or banking corporation. (d) The Legislature, by appropriate laws, shall provide for the examination, by some public officer, of all banks and banking institutions and trust companies engaged in banking business in this state; and each of such banks and banking companies or institutions, through its president, or such other officer as the Legislature may designate, shall make a report under oath of itsresources and liabilities at least twice a year.

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Alabama Const. art. 11, § 4 — Alabama Constitution / Article 11 / Section 4
Beginning with the state’s 2012–2013 fiscal year and continuing
Status: in_force

Section 4. Beginning with the state’s 2012–2013 fiscal year and continuing 
through the state’s 2014–2015 fiscal year, there is hereby transferred 
$145,796,943 annually to the State General Fund from the Alabama Trust 
Fund.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 82 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 82
Disclosure of personal or private interest in bills, etc., by legislators. A member of the legislature who has a personal or private interest in any measure or bill proposed or pending before the legi
Status: in_force

Sec. 82. Disclosure of personal or private interest in bills, etc., by legislators. A member of the legislature who has a personal or private interest in any measure or bill proposed or pending before the legislature, shall disclose the fact to the house of which he is a member, and shall not vote thereon. Sec. 83. Voting in elections by legislature. In all elections by the legislature the members shall vote viva voce, and the votes shall be entered on the journal.
Alabama Const. art. 11, § 5 — Alabama Constitution / Article 11 / Section 5
All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this amendment are
Status: in_force

Section 5. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this amendment are 
repealed, including, but not limited to: Those portions of Amendments 450, 543, 
and 666 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, relating to the distribution of 
trust income, realized capital gains, and unrealized capital gains; Amendment 
668 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, relating to the distribution of trust 
income; those portions of Amendment 803 to the Constitution of Alabama of 
1901, relating to additional transfers to the Countyand Municipal Government 
Capital Improvement Fund and the distribution of investment income on 
repayments to the Education Trust Fund and State General Fund Rainy Day 
Accounts; and Sections 11–66–5 and 11–29–5 of the Code of Alabama 1975, as 
amended, relating to appropriations of trust income to the County and 
Municipal Government Capital Improvement Trust Funds.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 89 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 89
Municipalities not to pass laws in conflict with general laws of state. The legislature shall not have power to authorize any municipal corporation to pass any laws inconsistent with the general laws 
Status: in_force

Sec. 89. Municipalities not to pass laws in conflict with general laws of state. The legislature shall not have power to authorize any municipal corporation to pass any laws inconsistent with the general laws of this state.
Alabama Const. art. 15, § 278 — Alabama Constitution / Article 15 / Section 278
Officers and men not entitled to compensation when not in active service. The officers and men of the militia and volunteer forces shall not be entitled to or receive any pay, rations, or emoluments w
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Sec. 278. Officers and men not entitled to compensation when not in active service. The officers and men of the militia and volunteer forces shall not be entitled to or receive any pay, rations, or emoluments when not in active service.
Alabama Const. art. 6, § 147 — Alabama Constitution / Article 6 / Section 147
Prohibited activities. (a) No judge of any court of this state shall, during his continuance in office, engage in the practice of law or receive any remuneration for his judicial service except the sa
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Sec. 147. Prohibited activities. (a) No judge of any court of this state shall, during his continuance in office, engage in the practice of law or receive any remuneration for his judicial service except the salary and allowances authorized by law. (b) No judge, except a judge of a probate court, shall seek or accept any nonjudicial elective office, or hold any other office of public trust, excepting service in the military forces of the state or federal governments. 82

(c) The supreme court shall adopt rules of conduct and canons of ethics, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution, for the judges of all courts of this State.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 59 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 59
Appointment of legislators to other offices during terms for which elected. No senator or representative shall, during the term for which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any office of prof
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Sec. 59. Appointment of legislators to other offices during terms for which elected. No senator or representative shall, during the term for which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any office of profit under this state, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased during such term, except such offices as may be filled by election by the people. Sec. 60. Conviction of certain crimes bar to eligibility for legislature and to holding state office of trust or profit. No person convicted of embezzlement of the public money, bribery, perjury, or other infamous crime, shall be eligible to the legislature, or capable of holding any office of trust or profit in this state.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 105 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 105
Special, private or local laws — Prohibited in cases provided for by general law; exception as to time of holding courts; partial repeal of general laws. No special, private, or local law, except a la
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Sec. 105. Special, private or local laws — Prohibited in cases provided for by general law; exception as to time of holding courts; partial repeal of general laws. No special, private, or local law, except a law fixing the time of holding courts, shall be enacted in any case which is provided for by a general law, or when the relief sought can be given by any court of this state; and the courts, and not the legislature, shall judge as to whether the matter of said law is provided for by a general law, and as to whether the relief sought can be given by any court; nor shall the legislature indirectly enact any such special, private, or local law by the partial repeal of a general law. Sec. 106. Special, private or local laws — Publication or posting of notice of intent to apply therefor within county or counties affected prior to introduction ofbill. No special, private, or local law shall be passed on any subject not enumerated in section 104 of this Constitution, except in reference to fixing the

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time of holding courts, unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shall have been published, without cost to the state, in the county or counties where the matter or thing to be affected may be situated, which notice shall state the substance of the proposed law and be published at least once a week for four consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in such county or counties or if there is no newspaper published therein, then by posting the said notice for two consecutive weeks at five different places in the county or counties prior to the introduction of the bill; and proof that said notice has been given shall be exhibited to each house of the legislature through a certification by the clerk of the house or secretary of the senate that notice and proof was attached to the subject local legislation and the notice and proof shall be attached to the original copy of the subject bill and shall be filed in the department of archives and history where it shall constitute a public record. The courts shall pronounce void every special, private, or local law which the journals do not affirmatively show was passed in accordance with the provisions of this section. This amendment shall be self-executing, and no enabling legislation shall be necessary.
Alabama Const. art. 6, § 158 — Alabama Constitution / Article 6 / Section 158
Impeachment provisions in Article VII, Section 173 to apply to Supreme Court Justices and appellate judges. In addition to the authority conferred on the Court ofthe Judiciary in Section 6.18 [§ 157],
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Sec. 158. Impeachment provisions in Article VII, Section 173 to apply to Supreme Court Justices and appellate judges. In addition to the authority conferred on the Court ofthe Judiciary in Section 6.18 [§ 157], the provisions for impeachment in Article VII, Section 173, shall also apply to Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the Courts of Appeals. No proceeding for impeachment under Article VII, Section 173, may proceed or be initiated against a judge while the same charge or subject matter is under consideration by the Judicial Inquiry Commission or the Court of the Judiciary. A finding of lack of probable cause or a termination of proceeding without a finding of wrongdoing by either the Judicial Inquiry Commission or the Court of the Judiciary shall constitute a complete defense to proceedings of impeachment under Article VII, Section 173, and shall bar all further proceedings of impeachment as to the same charge or subject matter. No justice or judge who has been tried before the Court of the Judiciary shall be subject to impeachment on the same charge or subject matter. No conduct that occurred prior to the effective date of this amendment may be the basis of a proceeding of impeachment under this section. No proceeding in impeachment under this section may be initiated without the verification, under oath, of at least 12 members of the House of Representatives as to the factual basis of the charge under which the article of impeachment is preferred. No article of impeachment shall be passed upon less than two-thirds majority of the House of Representatives and no conviction of impeachment shall be had upon less than two-thirds majority of the Senate under this section. Dissatisfaction with the ruling of a judge or justice shall not be a ground upon which impeachment under this section may proceed.
Alabama Const. art. 14, § 256 — Alabama Constitution / Article 14 / Section 256
Educational policy of state; authority of legislature to provide for or authorize establishment and operation of schools by persons, municipalities, etc.; grant, dona tion, sale or lease of funds and 
Status: in_force

Sec. 256. Educational policy of state; authority of legislature to provide for or authorize establishment and operation of schools by persons, municipalities, etc.; grant, dona tion, sale or lease of funds and property for educational purposes; election of certain schools for attendance by parents of minors. It is the policy of the state of Alabama to foster and promote the education of its citizens in a manner and extent consistent with its available resources, and the willingness and ability of the individual student, but nothing in this Constitution shall be construed as creating or recognizing any right to education or training at public expense, nor as limiting the authority and duty of the legislature. The legislature may by law provide for or authorize the establishment and operation of schools by such persons, agencies or municipalities, at such places, and upon such conditions as it may prescribe, and for the grant or loan of public funds and the lease, sale or donation of real or personal property to or for the

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benefit of citizens of the state for educational purposes under such circumstances and upon such conditions as it shall prescribe. Real property owned by the state or any municipality shall not be donated for educational purposes except to nonprofit charitable or eleemosynary corporations or associations organized under the laws of the state.
Alabama Const. art. 14, § 263 — Alabama Constitution / Article 14 / Section 263
School funds not to be used for support of sectarian or denominational schools. No money raised for the support of the public schools shall be appropriated to or used for the support of any sectarian 
Status: in_force

Sec. 263. School funds not to be used for support of sectarian or denominational schools. No money raised for the support of the public schools shall be appropriated to or used for the support of any sectarian or denominational school.
Alabama Const. art. 6, § 162 — Alabama Constitution / Article 6 / Section 162
Designation of Circuit Solicitor as District Attorney. The solicitor or prosecuting officer who prosecutes criminal cases for the state in each judicial circuit of Alabama as provided for in article 6
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Sec. 162. Designation of Circuit Solicitor as District Attorney. The solicitor or prosecuting officer who prosecutes criminal cases for the state in each judicial circuit of Alabama as provided for in article 6, section 167 of this Constitution shall hereafter be designated and known as the district attorney. Wherever the words circuit solicitor or words of like import are used in any law of this state they shall be taken to mean the district attorney, unless the context in which such words are used requires a different meaning. Sec. 163. Reserved

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Alabama Const. art. 1, § 22 — Alabama Constitution / Article 1 / Section 22
Ex post facto laws; impairment of obligations of contracts; irrevocable or exclusive grants of special privileges or immunities. That no ex post facto law, nor any law, impairing the obligations of co
Status: in_force

Sec. 22. Ex post facto laws; impairment of obligations of contracts; irrevocable or exclusive grants of special privileges or immunities. That no ex post facto law, nor any law, impairing the obligations of contracts, or making any irrevocable or exclusive grants of special privileges or immunities, shall be passed by the legislature; and every grant or franchise, privilege, or immunity shall forever remain subject to revocation, alteration, or amendment.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 109 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 109
General laws for protection of local and private interests. The legislature shall pass general laws under which local and private interests shall be provided for and protected.
Status: in_force

Sec. 109. General laws for protection of local and private interests. The legislature shall pass general laws under which local and private interests shall be provided for and protected.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 61 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 61
Laws to be passed by bills; restrictions on amendments to bills. No law shall be passed except by bill, and no bill shall be so altered or amended on its passage through either house as to change its 
Status: in_force

Sec. 61. Laws to be passed by bills; restrictions on amendments to bills. No law shall be passed except by bill, and no bill shall be so altered or amended on its passage through either house as to change its original purpose.