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Alabama Supervision of Employees in the Etowah County Sheriff's Department, Amendment 7 (2016)
| Alabama Amendment 7 | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic Administration of government | |
Status Approved | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Alabama Supervision of Employees in the Etowah County Sheriff's Department Amendment, also known as Amendment 7, was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment for voters in Alabama on November 8, 2016. It was approved.
| A "yes" vote supported this proposal to place employees of the Etowah County Sheriff's office under the authority of the Personnel Board of the Office of the Sheriff of Etowah County. |
| A "no" vote opposed this proposal to place employees of the Etowah County Sheriff's office under the authority of the Personnel Board of the Office of the Sheriff of Etowah County. |
Election results
Statewide results
| Amendment 7 (Alabama) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 704,567 | 59.38% | ||
| No | 482,042 | 40.62% | ||
- Election results from Alabama Secretary of State
County results
| Amendment 7 (Etowah County) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 24,317 | 70.10% | ||
| No | 10,374 | 29.90% | ||
- Election results from Alabama Secretary of State
Overview
Amendment 7 was designed to place the employees of the Etowah County Sheriff's office under the authority and supervision of the Personnel Board of the office instead of the county. This move allowed Etowah County sheriff's deputies to receive raises without having to concurrently give similar raises to all county employees.[1]
Amendment 7 applied to all Sheriff's office employees except for the following:
- chief deputy
- chief of detention
- chief of administration
- chief of investigation
- director of communications
- food service manager
Text of measure
Ballot title
The official ballot title was as follows:[2]
| “ |
Relating to Etowah County, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to provide that the employees of the Office of Sheriff of Etowah County, except for the chief deputy, chief of detention, chief of administration, chief of investigation, director of communications, and food service manager, shall be under the authority of the Personnel Board of the Office of the Sheriff of Etowah County.[3] |
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Constitutional changes
| Alabama Constitution |
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| Preamble |
| Articles |
| I • II • III • IV • V • VI • VII • VIII • IX • X • XI •XII •XIII •XIV • XV • XVI • XVII • XVIII |
| Local Provisions |
The measure added a new amendment to the Alabama Constitution:[2]
| Proposed Amendment | |||||
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No later than the first day of the sixth month after ratification of this amendment, employees of the Office of the Sheriff of Etowah County, except for the chief deputy, chief of detention, chief of administration, chief of investigation, director of communications, and food service manager, shall be under the authority of the personnel board of the office of the sheriff. The provisions of this amendment shall not affect the liability of the employees of the Office of the Sheriff of Etowah County.[3] | |||||
Full text
The full text of Amendment 7 could be found here.
Support
Supporters
Rep. Mack Butler (R-30) sponsored Amendment 7 in the Alabama State Legislature.
Opposition
Opponents
Sen. Bill Hightower (R-35) was the only legislator to vote against Amendment 7 in the Alabama State Legislature.[4]
Campaign finance
| Total campaign contributions: | |
| Support: | $0.00 |
| Opposition: | $0.00 |
As of February 1, 2017, no ballot question committees were registered to support or oppose Amendment 7.[5]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Alabama Constitution
According to Article 18 of the Alabama Constitution, both houses of the Alabama State Legislature were required to pass the bill by a three-fifths or 60 percent vote in order to send it to the statewide election ballot, where it would become part of the constitution upon approval by a simple majority of state voters.
The amendment, titled House Bill 459 (HB 459) in the Alabama Legislature, was introduced by state Rep. Mack Butler (R-30). On April 16, 2015, the Alabama House of Representatives approved HB 459, with 66 members voting "yes," none voting "no" and 39 "other" votes. The Alabama State Senate took up the amendment on April 30, 2015, and the chamber passed it with 30 "yes" votes, one "no" vote and four votes listed as "other."[6]
House vote
April 16, 2015
| Alabama HB 459 House Vote | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 66 | 100.00% | ||
| No | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Senate vote
April 30, 2015
| Alabama HB 459 Senate Vote | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 30 | 96.77% | ||
| No | 1 | 3.23% | ||
Related measures
No measures concerning Administration of government are certified for the ballot in 2016. They will be listed below if and when any are certified for the ballot.
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Anniston Star, "Possible ‘misvote’ puts Etowah question on all Alabama ballots," July 8, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alabama Legislature, "House Bill 459 (2015)," accessed February 23, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "quotedisclaimer" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ LegiScan, "Roll Call: AL HB459 | 2015 | Regular Session," accessed September 1, 2016
- ↑ Alabama Electronic Fair Campaign Practices Act (FCPA) Reporting System, "Political Action Committee Search," accessed September 1, 2016
- ↑ OpenStates.org, "House Bill 459 (2016)," accessed February 23, 2016
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