1 SB125
2 216502-3
3 By Senator Scofield (Constitutional Amendment)
4 RFD: Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
5 First Read: 01-FEB-22
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1 SB125
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4 ENGROSSED
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7 A BILL
8 TO BE ENTITLED
9 AN ACT
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11 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
12 Alabama of 1901; to authorize the state, a county, or a
13 municipality to grant certain monies to public or private
14 entities for broadband infrastructure.
15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
16 Section 1. The following amendment to the
17 Constitution of Alabama of 1901 is proposed and shall become
18 valid as a part thereof when approved by a majority of the
19 qualified electors voting thereon and in accordance with
20 Sections 284, 285, and 287 of the Constitution of Alabama of
21 1901, as amended:
22 PROPOSED AMENDMENT
23 The state, a county, or a municipality is authorized
24 to grant federal award funds or any other source of funding
25 designated for broadband infrastructure by state law to any
26 public or private entity for the purpose of providing or
27 expanding broadband infrastructure. The granting of funds by a
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1 county or a municipality to a private entity pursuant to this
2 section must be approved at a public meeting held by the
3 appropriate county or municipality.
4 Upon ratification of this constitutional amendment
5 and contingent upon the ratification of the Constitution of
6 Alabama of 2022, the Code Commissioner shall number and place
7 this amendment as appropriate in the constitution based upon a
8 logical sequence and the particular subject or topic of the
9 amendment. In this amendment, the Code Commissioner may change
10 capitalization, spelling, and punctuation for the purpose of
11 style and uniformity; correct manifest grammatical, clerical,
12 and typographical errors; and correct incorrect
13 cross-references. When publishing the Constitution of Alabama
14 of 2022, as amended, the Code Commissioner may omit this
15 instructional paragraph.
16 Section 2. An election upon the proposed amendment
17 shall be held in accordance with Sections 284 and 285 of the
18 Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Sections 284
19 and 285 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of
20 Alabama of 1901, as amended, and the election laws of this
21 state.
22 Section 3. The appropriate election official shall
23 assign a ballot number for the proposed constitutional
24 amendment on the election ballot and shall set forth the
25 following description of the substance or subject matter of
26 the proposed constitutional amendment:
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1 "Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
2 Alabama of 1901, to authorize the state, a county, or a
3 municipality to grant federal award funds or any other source
4 of funding designated for broadband infrastructure by state
5 law to public or private entities for providing or expanding
6 broadband infrastructure.
7 "Proposed by Act ________."
8 This description shall be followed by the following
9 language:
10 "Yes ( ) No ( )."
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3 Senate
4 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate
5 committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic
6 Development....................................... 0.1-FEB-22
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8 Read for the second time and placed on the calen-
9 dar 1 amendment.................................. 0.9-FEB-22
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11 Read for the third time and passed as amended .... 1.0-FEB-22
12 Yeas 28
13 Nays 0
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16 Patrick Harris,
17 Secretary.
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