Code of Alabama - Title 29: Legislature - Chapter 1 - General Provisions

• Article 1 Members, Terms, Records, Etc.
• Section 29-1-1.2 House districts; legal actions; official maps; severability; effective date
  The Alabama House of Representatives shall consist of 105 members. Each member elected shall reside in the district which he or she represents or seeks...
• Section 29-1-2.3 Senate districts; legal actions; official maps; severability; effective date
  (a) The Alabama Senate shall consist of 35 members. Each member elected shall reside in the district which he or she represents or seeks to...
• Section 29-1-2.4 Effective date
  THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED IN THE 2001 SECOND SPECIAL SESSION BY ACT 2001-727 AND ACT 2001-729, EFFECTIVE JULY 3, 2001.
• Section 29-1-2.5 Contesting redistricting or reapportionment plans
  (a) Any legal action which contests the validity of any redistricting or reapportionment plan, or any portion of any such plan, for the state Senate,...
• Section 29-1-3 Annual sessions; place of meeting
  The Legislature shall meet annually at the Capitol, in the Senate chamber and in the hall of the House of Representatives, unless at any time...
• Section 29-1-4 Time of meeting and length of organizational and regular sessions
  The Legislature shall convene on the second Tuesday in January next succeeding its election in organizational session and shall remain in session for not longer...
• Section 29-1-5 Length of special sessions
  No special session of the Legislature shall continue for longer than 12 legislative days and 30 calendar days.
• Section 29-1-6 Administration of oath of office to members
  The oath of office may be administered to the members of the Legislature by any judge of the Supreme Court, Court of Civil Appeals, Court...
• Section 29-1-7 Privilege of members from arrest and civil process
  (a) Members of the Legislature of Alabama shall in all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest and shall...
• Section 29-1-8 Compensation and mileage of officers and members
  (a) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each receive $12.00, and each member of the Legislature shall...
• Section 29-1-8.1 Treatment of legislators' travel expenses for state income tax purposes
  Repealed by Act 98-502, p. 1083, effective December 31, 1998.
• Section 29-1-9 Compensation of legislative interim committees
  The compensation of all members of the legislative interim committees provided for by joint resolution or by act of the two houses of the Legislature...
• Section 29-1-10 Appropriation for organization sessions and legislative interim committees
  (a) There shall be appropriated from the General Fund to the Legislature the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), or so much thereof as...
• Section 29-1-11 Certification of compensation due officers and members
  The compensation due to the officers and members of the Legislature must be certified by the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House...
• Section 29-1-12 Journals of House and Senate - Compiling and filing
  The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House shall be allowed 16 weeks within which to check, compare, and deliver the journals...
• Section 29-1-13 Journals of House and Senate - Delivery to Secretary of State; compensation
  The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall be allowed 16 weeks from the date of the final adjournment...
• Section 29-1-14 Papers and documents of Legislature - Deposit with Secretary of State
  At the close of each session of the Legislature, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and Secretary of...
• Section 29-1-15 Papers and documents of Legislature - Engrossed copies of laws, etc., to be preserved
  The engrossed copies of all laws and joint resolutions passed by the Legislature must be preserved by the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of...
• Section 29-1-16 Papers and documents of Legislature - How filed and arranged
  (a) The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives must, within 10 days after the adjournment of each session, assort...
• Section 29-1-17 Papers and documents of Legislature - Secretary of State to receipt for papers
  The records, papers and documents thus arranged, filed and labeled must be delivered to the Secretary of State, who, upon receipt of the same, must...
• Section 29-1-18 Maximum number of members on standing committees of House of Representatives
  No standing committee of the House of Representatives, except a committee on local legislation, shall be composed of more than 15 members.
• Section 29-1-19 Use of space in Capitol; control of space when Legislature convenes outside Capitol
  The House of Representatives shall have the use of all offices, rooms, corridors, lavatories and other usable space located on the second floor in the...
• Section 29-1-19.1 Legislature authorized to control streets adjacent to Capitol, in cooperation with chief of services
  The Legislature of the State of Alabama is hereby authorized to control the usage of a certain portion of those streets adjacent to the State...
• Section 29-1-20 Trade of old equipment upon purchase of new equipment for House or Senate
  The Clerk of the House is hereby authorized to trade in any equipment purchased for the use of the House of Representatives of the Alabama...
• Section 29-1-21 Salaries of legislative officers and employees
  Salaries or compensation of officers and employees of the Alabama Legislature and any other persons paid by or by authority of the legislative department of...
• Section 29-1-22 Appropriation for legislative costs; Legislature to present budget annually; contents
  Repealed by Act 2015-408, effective June 10, 2015.
• Section 29-1-23 Purchase of legislative chairs or desks by members of Legislature; establishment of price; disposition of generated revenues; disposition of unsold chairs or desks
  (a) Any provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Historical Commission shall establish a rate or price for the production of each restored desk...
• Section 29-1-24 Ozone transport oversight
  (a) This section may be referred to as the Ozone Transport Oversight Act of 1997. (b) The Legislature of the State of Alabama finds all...
• Section 29-1-25 Alternate distribution and publication of materials supplied to Legislature
  (a) Any state agency, state department, or public entity required to supply paper copies of annual reports and other documents and materials to members of...
• Section 29-1-26 Legislative double dipping prohibited
  (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Legislative Double Dipping Prohibition Act. (b) Any other provision of law to the...
• Article 2 Legislative Compensation Commission.
• Section 29-1-40 Creation; composition; terms and appointment of members; quorum defined and required to conduct business; failure of appointing authority to make appointment; certain persons ineligible to serve
  Repealed by Act 99-347, p. 499, § 1, 1999 Regular Session, effective June 4, 1999.
• Section 29-1-41 Compensation; expenses
  Repealed by Act 99-347, p. 499, § 1, 1999 Regular Session, effective June 4, 1999.
• Section 29-1-42 Record-keeping, clerical assistance, etc
  Repealed by Act 99-347, p. 499, § 1, 1999 Regular Session, effective June 4, 1999.
• Section 29-1-43 Duties of commission; study of compensation; report of findings and recommendations; authority to travel and conduct public hearings
  Repealed by Act 99-347, p. 499, § 1, 1999 Regular Session, effective June 4, 1999.
• Section 29-1-44 Recommendations to be sent to Legislature, Governor, etc.; compensation of Legislature to remain the same unless recommendations adopted by majority of both houses
  Repealed by Act 99-347, p. 499, § 1, 1999 Regular Session, effective June 4, 1999.

Last modified: May 3, 2021