Opinion of the Justices

*1306Members of the Senate

State Capitol

Montgomery, Alabama

Dear Senators:

We have received Senate Resolution 105, which requests an advisory opinion on several questions relating to Act No. 81-889, the Budget Isolation Amendment. The Secretary of State, Don Siegelman, has also filed with this Court a copy of a “Petition for Writ of Mandamus, Prohibition, and for Declaratory and Other Relief,” which has been recently filed and is now pending in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County.

After a careful review of the questions posed in the request for an advisory opinion and the matters currently being…