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HB427
156858-2:n:03/20/2015:KMS/agb LRS2014-229R1 HB427 By Representative Coleman-Evans RFD Education
Policy Rd 1 07-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Existing law does not limit the number of students per teacher
in kindergarten to twelfth grade classrooms. This bill would require that, beginning with
the 2019-2020 school year, class size limits be maintained at 15 students per teacher for
grades kindergarten to third, inclusive, at 22 students per teacher for grades four to eight,
inclusive, and at 25 students per teacher for grades nine to 12, inclusive. Such limits would
be implemented on a graduated basis beginning with the 2015-2016 fiscal year. This bill would
also provide that any costs associated with satisfying the class size limitations imposed
by this bill would be the responsibility of the state and not the local school systems. A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to public education; to establish class size limits in
grades kindergarten to 12, inclusive, beginning with the 2019-2020 school...
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SB115
164675-1:n:02/17/2015:LFO - RR/bdl SB115 By Senators Orr, Whatley, and Melson RFD Finance and
Taxation General Fund Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, liquor wholesale licensees
may sell liquor at wholesale to the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board or as authorized
by the board, other than to a retail licensee of the board. Under existing law, state liquor
stores operated by the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and certain licensed private
retail stores may sell liquor at retail. Under existing law, retail licensees of the board
must purchase liquor from the board for resale. This bill would require the Alabama Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board to phase out retail sale of alcoholic beverages by the board prior
to October 1, 2016 but continue all other functions prescribed by law; require the board to
obtain the best available price for fixed assets, equipment, and property; and require the
Department of Economic and Community Affairs to provide certain technical...
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SB496
169597-1:n:05/19/2015:LFO-RR/bdl SB496 By Senator Orr RFD Finance and Taxation General Fund
Rd 1 21-MAY-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would amend Sections 40-23-85 and 40-23-174, Code of Alabama
1975 to provide further for the distribution of use tax funds. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT
To provide for legislative findings; and to amend Sections 40-23-85 and 40-23-174, Code of
Alabama 1975 to provide further for the distribution of use tax funds. BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. The Legislature of the State of Alabama hereby finds the
following: (a) the State General Fund has an immediate projected deficit for fiscal year 2016
in excess of $250 million; (b) the Legislative Fiscal Office has estimated a projected balance
in the Education Trust Fund Budget Stabilization Fund at the end of fiscal year 2016 in excess
of $350 million; (c) currently, (1) the Education Trust Fund receives 75% and the State General
Fund receives 25% of the state use tax and (2) the State General...
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HB368
166407-1:n:03/31/2015:JET/mfc LRS2015-1246 HB368 By Representative Black RFD Economic Development
and Tourism Rd 1 31-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, premium tax credits are authorized
under the Certified Capital Company program to investors who contribute capital to certified
capital companies. This bill would create the Alabama Small Business Investment Act to replace
references to certified capital companies with Alabama small business investment companies
and would further define the term community outreach as it relates to these companies. This
bill would further provide for application procedures for the Alabama small business investment
companies and would further provide for the decertification of an Alabama small business investment
company. This bill would also establish additional requirements for the allocation of a tax
credit for these companies, provide for a third allocation of tax credits, and would require
the Department of Commerce to post certain related...
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HB660
166544-1:n:03/30/2015:LFO-RR*/bdl HB660 By Representative Scott RFD Ways and Means General
Fund Rd 1 12-MAY-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill, known as the Non-Nexus Use Tax Remittance Act, would
provide an easily-accessible method for non-nexus sellers to remit, on behalf of their customers,
a non-nexus sellers use tax on items delivered into Alabama. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT
Relating to non-nexus sellers use tax to establish an easily-accessible method for non-nexus
sellers to remit, on behalf of their customers, use tax on items delivered into Alabama. BE
IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Sections 40-23-191 through 40-23-200
are hereby added to Division 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 23 of Title 40 of the Code of Alabama
1975, as follows: §40-23-191. "This act shall be titled The Non-Nexus Use Tax Remittance
Act. "§40-23-192. "For the purpose of this act, the following terms shall have
the respective meanings ascribed to them in this section: "(1) DEPARTMENT. The...
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SB418
168068-1:n:04/21/2015:JET/th LRS2015-1691 SB418 By Senator Ward RFD Fiscal Responsibility and
Economic Development Rd 1 28-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create the Alabama Homeowners'
Association Act to govern homeowners' associations responsible for the maintenance of common
areas of a residential development and with the authority to levy assessments that are enforceable
as liens against real property. This bill would require that any association formed after
January 1, 2016, to organize under the Alabama Nonprofit Corporation Act, including all duties,
requirements, obligations, rights, and privileges under the act and would require the filing
of certain association documents with the Secretary of State. This bill would require the
Secretary of State to implement and maintain an electronic database, organized by association
name, accessible by the public through the Secretary of State's website which provides the
capability to search and retrieve association filings. This bill...
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SB437
SB437 By Senators Pittman, Dial, Bussman, Holtzclaw, Chambliss, Sanford, Marsh, Williams, Reed,
Ross and Smitherman ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to simplified sellers use tax to establish
an easily-accessible method for eligible sellers to remit, on behalf of their customers, use
tax on items delivered into Alabama. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section
1. Sections 40-23-191 through 40-23-199 are hereby added to Division 3 of Article 6 of Chapter
23 of Title 40 of the Code of Alabama 1975, as follows: §40-23-191. "(a) This act shall
be titled The Simplified Seller Use Tax Remittance Act. "(b) For the purpose of this
act, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in this section:
"(1) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Revenue. "(2) ELIGIBLE SELLER. An individual,
trust, estate, fiduciary, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership,
corporation or other legal entity that sells tangible personal property or a...
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SB77
SB77 ENGROSSED By Senator Dial A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to postsecondary education;
to require a public two-year college to award an associate degree to a student who transfers
from that college to a public four-year college and earns the semester hour credits and meets
other graduation qualifications for an associate degree. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF ALABAMA: Section 1. A new Section 16-5-8.5 is added to the Code of Alabama 1975, to read
as follows: §16-5-8.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the following words shall have the
following meanings: (1) ASSOCIATE DEGREE. An Associate of Applied Technology, an Associate
of Arts, an Associate of Occupational Technology, an Associate of Science, or an Associate
of Applied Science Degree. (2) FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE. A public four-year college of higher learning
or Athens State University. (3) TRANSFER STUDENT. A student who has earned at least 15 semester
hour credits from a two-year college and who subsequently...
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SB90
SB90 ENGROSSED By Senator Holtzclaw A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the School Fiscal
Accountability Act; to add Section 16-13A-14 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize local
boards of education to utilize approved electronic methods to disburse and receive funds and
complete other financial transactions; and to repeal Sections 16-8-37 and 16-11-24, Code of
Alabama 1975, relating to the publication of annual financial reports to the public by city
and county boards of education. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Section
16-13A-14 is added to the Code of Alabama 1975, to read as follows: §16-13A-14. (a) A local
board of education may adopt fiscal management policies which allow financial transactions
to be made by electronic means according to standards approved by the State Superintendent
of Education and the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. (b) All of the following
transactions of a local board of education or school may be conducted by...
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HB107
164572-1:n:02/12/2015:KMS/th LRS2015-524 HB107 By Representatives Tuggle, Williams (P) and
Butler RFD Education Policy Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would establish the Virtual
Public Schools Act. This bill would provide families with an alternative choice to access
educational resources via the Internet in a virtual or remote setting. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT Relating to public K-12 education; to establish the Virtual Public Schools Act; to
provide for the establishment of virtual public schools by the State Board of Education, Department
of Postsecondary Education, or local board of education; to provide for the responsibilities
and duties of virtual public schools; to provide for the annual evaluation of each virtual
public school; and to require the State Department of Education to promulgate rules to implement
the act. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall be known and
may be cited as the Virtual Public Schools Act. Section 2. The purpose...
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