AL · constitutions
Ala. Const. art. III, § 42
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches of Government; Separation of Powers
(a) The powers of the government of the State of Alabama are legislative, executive, and judicial.
(b) The government of the State of Alabama shall be divided into three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
(c) To the end that the government of the State of Alabama may be a government of laws and not of individuals, and except as expressly directed or permitted in this constitution, the legislative branch may not exercise the executive or judicial power, the executive branch may not exercise the legislative or judicial power, and the judicial branch may not exercise the legislative or executive power.
History
(Proposed by Act 2015-200 and proclaimed ratified December 16, 2016, as Amendment 905.)
Provenance
- Source
- alison.legislature.state.al.us
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
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