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SB294
166298-1:n:03/19/2015:LLR/tj LRS2015-1166 SB294 By Senator Sanders RFD Judiciary Rd 1 19-MAR-15
SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, there is an established procedure for the restoration of voting
rights of felons who have satisfactorily completed conditions of their sentence. Restoration
of voting rights is made through an application to the Board of Pardons and Paroles. This
bill would provide for the automatic restoration of voting rights of a person who has been
convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude when he or she is discharged from incarceration.
The bill would have retroactive effect. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To provide for the Alabama
Restoration of Voting Rights Act; to amend Sections 15-22-36 and 17-3-31, Code of Alabama
1975, to provide that a person who has been convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude
would have his or her voting rights restored when he or she is discharged from incarceration;
to repeal Section 15-22-36.1, Code of Alabama 1975; and to provide...
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SB473
168718-2:n:05/11/2015:FC*/mfc LRS2015-1882R1 SB473 By Senators Figures, Hightower, Albritton
and Glover RFD Local Legislation, Mobile County Rd 1 12-MAY-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would apply
only to Class 2 municipalities and would authorize the establishment of Redevelopment Authorities
in the municipalities to finance projects in development areas to revitalize and redevelop
blighted or economically distressed areas of the municipalities. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN
ACT Relating to Class 2 municipalities; to authorize the establishment of Redevelopment Authorities
in the municipalities to finance projects in development areas to revitalize and redevelop
blighted or economically distressed areas of the municipalities. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall only apply in a Class 2 municipality. Section 2. Chapter
54C is added to Title 11, Code of Alabama 1975, to read as follows: Chapter 54C. REDEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITIES IN CLASS 2 MUNICIPALITIES. §11-54C-1....
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SB241
SB241 By Senator Orr ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to campaign financing; to amend Sections 17-5-2,
17-5-4, 17-5-5, 17-5-6, 17-5-7, 17-5-8, 17-5-9, 17-5-10, 17-5-19, 36-25-3, 36-25-4, 36-25-14,
and 36-25-15, Code of Alabama 1975; to add Sections 17-5-7.2, 17-5-19.1, 17-5-19.2, 17-5-21,
and 36-14-18 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to clarify when campaign contributions and expenditures
are made and would clarify the disposition of a campaign committee and its assets upon its
dissolution or termination; to clarify that legal costs associated with a civil action, criminal
prosecution, or investigation reasonably related to the performance of duties may be paid
using campaign funds; to decrease the civil penalties for failure to properly report contributions
or expenditures; to provide for the payment of civil penalties using campaign funds; and to
authorize the State Ethics Commission to affirm, reduce, or set aside civil penalties, to
take investigative actions of potential criminal...
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HB122
164937-1:n:02/26/2015:LLR*/mfc LRS2015-564 HB122 By Representative Lee RFD Agriculture and
Forestry Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Existing law requires that an inspection fee is collected
on petroleum products sold, offered for sale, stored, or used in the state. Currently, this
fee is collected by the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries. This bill would
move the collection of the inspection fee that pertains to gasoline to the terminal excise
tax return and dyed diesel fuel, dyed kerosene, and lubricating oil products to a separate
return. This bill would require the Alabama Department of Revenue to collect the fees. This
bill would clarify the definitions used for petroleum products fee under Title 8, Chapter
17, Code of Alabama 1975. This bill would change the disposition of the funds to provide for
an amount to the Alabama Department of Revenue for administration in collecting the fees.
This bill would change the date which importers importing motor fuel from a bulk plank...
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SB133
SB133 ENGROSSED By Senator Whatley A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 8-17-80,
8-17-84, 8-17-87, 8-17-91, 8-17-92, and 8-17-93, Code of Alabama 1975; to repeal Section 8-17-89
of the Code of Alabama 1975; to add Sections 8-17-95, 8-17-96, 8-17-97, 8-17-98, 8-17-99,
8-17-100, 8-17-101, and 8-17-102 to Chapter 17, Article 5, Title 8 of the Code of Alabama
1975; and to amend Sections 40-17-325, 40-17-329, 40-17-340, 40-17-359, and 40-17-362, Code
of Alabama 1975, relating to the collection and distribution of certain petroleum products
by the Department of Revenue. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections
8-17-80, 8-17-84, 8-17-87, 8-17-91, 8-17-92, and 8-17-93, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended
to read as follows: §8-17-80. "(a) The following words and phrases, when used in this
division article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the
context clearly indicates a different meaning: "(1) GASOLINE. Gasoline, naphtha...
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HB400
164835-1:n:02/23/2015:LLR/agb LRS2015-543 HB400 By Representatives Scott, Melton, Hammon, Sanderford,
Boyd, Brown, Beech, Drake, Wadsworth, Morrow, Hall, Williams (JW), Coleman-Evans, Alexander,
Buskey, Todd, Treadaway, Bracy, Faust, Ball, England, Wilcox, Tuggle, Patterson, Howard, Davis,
Chesteen, Baker, Daniels, Rowe, South, Jackson, Garrett, McMillan, Forte, Knight, Moore (M),
Shiver, Pringle, Sessions, Johnson (R), Warren, McCampbell, Nordgren, Collins, Butler, Drummond,
Hanes, Whorton (R), Harper, Grimsley, Clarke, Martin, Fincher, Whorton (I), Ledbetter, Givan,
Sells, Lawrence, Williams (P), Lindsey, Faulkner, Shedd, Poole, McCutcheon, Weaver and Bandy
RFD Financial Services Rd 1 02-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would provide for the Alabama Title
Pledge Act to license and regulate the title loan business; would provide or charges, interest,
and fees for loans; and to provide for the enforcement of the act by fines and criminal penalties.
Amendment 621 of the Constitution of...
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HB58
Rep(s). By Representative Baker HB58 ENROLLED, An Act, To enact the Alabama Jobs Act; to authorize
and provide for a jobs credit incentive and an investment credit incentive to certain businesses
for approved projects that create new jobs in Alabama; to provide that the incentives would
only be available following the execution of a project agreement and a determination that
the economic benefits of the project would exceed the cost of the incentives to the state;
to allow the jobs credit for 10 years in an amount of 3 percent of the previous year's annual
wages for eligible employees; to apply the jobs credit against the utility gross receipts
and utility service use taxes; to provide that the jobs credit could be refundable during
the incentive period; to provide that the jobs credit may be claimed as a credit against utility
taxes paid with a carryforward for earned but unused amounts; to allow the investment credit
in an amount of 1.5 percent of a qualified capital investment...
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HB195
165123-1:n:03/03/2015:LLR/th LRS2014-871 HB195 By Representative Davis RFD Ethics and Campaign
Finance Rd 1 05-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Open Meetings Act of 2005 specifically
applies to quorums of committees and subcommittees of governmental bodies. In 2012, the Alabama
Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, ruled that the Open Meetings Act did not apply to a series
of committee or subcommittee gatherings at which discussions were conducted on matters that
would later come before the full governmental body. In 2013, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled,
in a 5-3 decision, that citizens do not have standing to bring suits under the Open Meetings
Act if the civil penalty is paid to the state and there is no allegation of a likelihood of
future violations. Also in 2013, the Alabama Supreme Court stated that there is no requirement
that the Alabama Legislature hold open meetings. This bill would define and prohibit serial
meetings. This bill would further define deliberation,...
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HB683
Rep(s). By Representatives Fridy and Mooney HB683 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to the City of
Pelham in Shelby County to amend and reenact Act 89-189 of the 1989 Regular Session (Acts
1989, p. 186), as amended by Act 2001-906, of the 2001 Third Special Session, (Acts 2001,
p. 748); to establish a civil service system and to provide for classified services; to establish
a personnel board and to provide for the appointment, term, and power of board members; to
provide for the establishment of a register and filling of vacancies; and to provide penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Act 89-189 of the 1989 Regular Session
(Acts 1989, p. 186), as amended by Act 2001-906 of the 2001 Third Special Session, (Acts 2001,
p. 748), is amended and reenacted to read as follows: "Section 1. This act shall apply
only to the City of Pelham in Shelby County and shall be known as "The City of Pelham,
Shelby County, Alabama, Civil Service System Act." "Section 2. The words, terms...
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SB162
SB162 ENGROSSED By Senator Orr A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 32-5A-191 of the
Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2014-222 of the 2014 Regular Session, relating
to driving while under the influence; to further define the offense and to define the term
under the influence for the purpose of unsafe driving; to prohibit a person from driving who
has a measurable amount of specified substances in the person's body; to further provide for
a minimum mandatory sentence for a fourth or subsequent violation; to remove the requirement
that a prior conviction considered by the court when imposing a sentence would only be a prior
conviction within a five-year period; to further provide for the offenses that can be considered
by a court when imposing a sentence for multiple violations; to amend Section 32-6-19 of the
Code of Alabama 1975, relating to violations for driving while license or driving privilege
is cancelled, denied, suspended, or revoked; to provide that a...
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