STATE OF ALABAMA PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR WHEREAS, the Alabama Legislature at its Regular Session of 2015 ordered an election to be held on a certain proposed amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, set out herein as Act No. 2015-342 (SB421), in accordance with the provisions of Section 284, as amended by Amendment No. 24, Sections 285 and 287 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, and the election laws of this state; and WHEREAS, notice of this election, together with this proposed amendment, is required by law and by the provisions of Act No. 2015-342 to be given by Proclamation of the Governor, which Proclamation shall be published once a week for four successive weeks immediately preceding the day appointed for the election in a newspaper qualified to run legal notices in each county of the state. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert Bentley, as Governor of the State of Alabama, do hereby give notice, direct and proclaim that on Tuesday, the 1st day of March, 2016, an election will be held in the State of Alabama in the manner and form provided by law upon the following proposed amendment to the Constitution of 1901 of the State of Alabama: SB 421 ENROLLED, An Act, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901; to provide that the legislature may authorize a retirement program for district attorneys and circuit clerks first elected or appointed on or after November 8, 2016. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, is proposed and shall become valid as a part thereof when approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon and in accordance with Sections 284, 285, and 287 of the Constitution of Alabama 1901, as amended: PROPOSED AMENDMENT 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. Section 2. An election upon the proposed amendment shall be held at the next statewide primary, general or special election in accordance with Sections 284 and 285 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Sections 284 and 285 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, and the election laws of this state. Section 3. The appropriate election official shall assign a ballot number for the proposed constitutional amendment on the election ballot and shall set forth the following description of the substance or subject matter of the proposed constitutional amendment: “Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to authorize the legislature 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.” “Proposed by Act _____.” This description shall be followed by the following language: “Yes ( ) No ( ).” February 2, 9, 16 and 23, 2016
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