Text of AL HB 249 (2015)
Marriage, same sex marriage amendment repealed, Amendment 774, Constitution of Alabama of 1901, repealed, const. amend.
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As introduced
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HB249
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164244-1
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By Representative Todd (Constitutional Amendment)
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RFD: Judiciary
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First Read: 11-MAR-15
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164244-1:n:01/21/2015:LLR/th LRS2015-169
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SYNOPSIS: Under Constitutional Amendment No. 774,
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Constitution of Alabama of 1901, no marriage
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license may be issued in Alabama to parties of the
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same sex and same sex marriages from other
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jurisdictions are not recognized in Alabama.
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This bill would propose a constitutional
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amendment to repeal Amendment 774.
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A BILL
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TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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To propose an amendment to the Constitution of
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Alabama of 1901, to repeal Amendment No. 774 which prohibits
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the issuance of a marriage license to parties of the same sex.
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
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Section 1. The following amendment to the
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Constitution of Alabama of 1901, is proposed and shall become
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valid as a part of the Constitution when all requirements of
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this act are fulfilled:
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT
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Amendment No. 774 to the Constitution of Alabama of
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1901, which prohibits the issuance of a marriage license to
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parties of the same sex and the recognition of same sex
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marriages in other states, is hereby repealed.
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Section 2. An election upon the proposed amendment
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shall be held in accordance with Amendment 555 to the
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Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and the election laws of this
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state.
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Section 3. The appropriate election official shall
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assign a ballot number for the proposed constitutional
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amendment on the election ballot and shall set forth the
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following description of the substance or subject matter of
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the proposed constitutional amendment:
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"Relating to marriage, proposing an amendment to the
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Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to repeal Amendment No. 774
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to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, which prohibits the
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issuance of a marriage license to parties of the same sex and
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the recognition of same sex marriages in other states.
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"Proposed by Act _________."
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This description shall be followed by the following
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language:
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"Yes ( ) No ( )."
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