Opinion of the Justices

The Senate of Alabama

State Capitol

Montgomery, Alabama

Gentlemen:

Senate Resolution No. 42 asks the following question: “does the President Pro Tem of the Senate who has assumed the duties of Presiding Officer of the Senate in the permanent absence of the Lieutenant Governor have the right to cast a vote in the event there is a tie vote” in the Senate ?

The resolution also states that the present President Pro Tem of the Senate, Senator O. J. Goodwyn, intends to “exercise his right as a Senator from Montgomery County to vote on any and all issues.”

The Attorney General of Alabama has rendered an…