Bailey v. Shelby County

This case involves the constitutionality of local acts creating the Shelby County Planning Commission. The trial court held the acts to be constitutional. Appellants argue that by these acts the legislature attempted to ratify actions taken under an act which this Court had held to be unconstitutional, delegated its powers contrary to the constitution, and violated the principle of separation of powers.

In Adam v. Shelby County Commission, 415 So.2d 1066 (Ala. 1982), this Court held Act 816, 1965 Acts of Alabama, to be unconstitutional under Art. IV, § 106, Const. of 1901, because the act as…