Opinion of the Justices

To the Members of the Senate

State Capitol

Montgomery, Alabama

Dear Sirs and Mesdames:

We are in receipt of Senate Resolution 24, which reads:

“BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, That we respectfully request the Honorable Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court or a majority of them, to give this body their written opinions on the following important constitutional questions which have arisen concerning the pending bill, S.B. 177....

*109“This bill was advertised in May 1984, but was not introduced until the current session (1985 Regular Session) of the…