Alabama Amendment 7 (1998)
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Alabama Amendment 7 was on the November 7, 1998 election ballot in Alabama. It passed, with 66.2% of voters in favor.
Text of the proposal
The language that appeared on the ballot:
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama, to provide that no general, special, or local law, or state executive order, rule, or regulation, whose purpose or effect is to provide an unfunded mandate for the expenditure of revenue held or disbursed by the governing body of a municipality or county, or an instrumentality thereof, shall take effect unless approved by ordinance or resolution of the local governing body or until and as long as the Legislature appropriates funds for the purpose to the affected local government or until a law provides for a local source of revenue within the municipality, county, or instrumentality for the purpose.
