Terms Used In Alabama Code 10A-1-4.26

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.

A filing instrument that an entity files with the filing officer may be amended or supplemented in accordance with the provisions of the chapter that apply to that entity or in accordance with that entity’s governing documents. If neither the chapter that applies to that entity nor the governing documents of that entity provides or prohibits a process for the approval and filing of an amendment or supplement to that filing instrument for that entity, then that filing instrument may be amended or supplemented and filed utilizing the same process for approval and filing as was used to approve and file that filing instrument.