Alabama Banking Amendment, Amendment 10 (2012)
| Amendment 10 | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Constitutional amendment |
| Origin | Alabama Legislature |
| Topic | Administration of government |
| Status | Approved |
An Alabama Banking Amendment, also known as Amendment 10, was on the November 6, 2012 ballot in the state of Alabama as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure related to the authority of state legislature and banking in the state. According to the text of the measure, the proposal was sent to the ballot during the 2012 state legislative session.[1]
Election results
- See also: 2012 ballot measure election results
The following are official election results:
| Alabama Amendment 10 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| 778,966 | 54.04% | |||
| No | 662,372 | 45.96% | ||
Results via the Alabama Secretary of State's website.
Text of measure
Ballot language
The ballot language that voters saw on the ballot read as follows:[2]
| “ | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, effective January 1, 2014, to amend Section 247 relating to the authority of the Legislature concerning banks and banking, to repeal various other provisions of Article XIII concerning banks and banking; and to repeal Amendment 154 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 255.01 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, subject to the contingency that a new Article XII of the state constitution is adopted that repeals existing Section 232 of the state constitution, and subject to the contingency that Sections 10A-2-15.01 and 10A-2-15.02, Code of Alabama 1975, are repealed.
Yes ___ No ___[3] |
” |
Changes to the Alabama Constitution
The passing of Alabama Banking Amendment, Amendment 10 added Amendment 873 to the Alabama Constitution.
Support
- The main sponsor of the measure during legislative session was Paul DeMarco.[2]
Opposition
No formal opposition was identified by Ballotpedia.
Campaign contributions
No campaign contributions were made in favor or opposition of the measure, according to state election websites.[4]
Path to the ballot
Article XVIII of the Alabama Constitution says that it takes a three-fifths (60%) vote of the Alabama State Legislature to qualify an amendment for the ballot.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "House Bill 358: Act Number 2012-276," accessed June 11, 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alabama Secretary of State, "2012-276 (House Bill 358)," accessed August 27, 2012
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "FCPA Reports," accessed November 26, 2012
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