Opinion of the Justices No. 322

Members of the House of Representatives.

State House

Montgomery, Alabama

Dear Representatives:

This acknowledges your request of April 30, 1987, for an advisory opinion as to the constitutionality of House Bill 392, which is a local bill relating to Coffee County.

For almost 30 years, it has been the policy of this Court to decline to give advisory opinions on legislation involving purely local matters. We make an exception when it is necessary to decide such matters in developing the rationale to answer other questions of an important constitutional nature that involve general laws. Opinion of…