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SB376
161869-1:n:05/21/2014:MCS/th LRS2014-2189 SB376 By Senators Hightower and Glover RFD Veterans
and Military Affairs Rd 1 14-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Currently, there is no specific state law prohibiting
discriminatory hiring practices against veterans. This bill would specifically prohibit discriminatory
hiring practices against veterans. The bill would provide that the Department of Veterans'
Affairs would review complaints of alleged discriminatory practices and issue, if appropriate,
administrative orders to provide remedies for violations. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To
amend Sections 31-5-4 and 31-5-7, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Department of Veterans'
Affairs; to prohibit discriminatory hiring practices against veterans; to provide for complaints
by veterans, hearings of alleged violations, and administrative relief; and to provide for
a defense based on certain job-related criteria. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section
1. Sections 31-5-4 and 31-5-7, Code of...
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SB445
168435-1:n:04/28/2015:KMS/mfc LRS2015-1803 SB445 By Senator McClendon RFD Health and Human
Services Rd 1 05-MAY-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Board of Hearing Instrument Dealers
is the entity responsible for licensing persons to engage in the fitting and sale of hearing
instruments in the state. This bill would revise certain existing defined terms and add new
definitions. This bill would remove specific dollar amounts for fees and would authorize the
board to provide for fees pursuant to administrative rule. This bill would further clarify
reciprocity requirements. This bill would reflect adoption by the board of international standardized
test procedures. This bill would require an apprentice to be under the direct supervision
of a licensed dispenser. This bill would also make technical corrections and would delete
antiquated language. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 34-14-1, 34-14-2, 34-14-3,
34-14-4, 34-14-5, 34-14-6, 34-14-7, 34-14-8, 34-14-9, 34-14-11,...
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HB100
164846-1:n:02/25/2015:LLR/th LRS2015-422 HB100 By Representatives Rogers and Moore (M) RFD
Ways and Means General Fund Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Existing law provides a defined benefit
retirement plan for any public employee who is first hired on or after January 1, 2013, by
an employer who participates in the Teachers' Retirement System or the Employees' Retirement
System. This bill would redefine the terms "Tier I Plan Member" to include any person
who, regardless of his or her date of employment, is employed as a correctional officer, law
enforcement officer, or state policeman, and "Tier II Plan Member" to exclude persons
hired as a correctional officer, law enforcement officer, or a state policeman first hired
on or after January 1, 2013. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 36-27-1, Code of
Alabama 1975, relating to retirement; to define certain terms relating to the Retirement Systems
of Alabama; to redefine the terms "Tier I Plan Member" to include any person who,...
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HB346
166417-1:n:03/24/2015:JET/tj LRS2015-1227 HB346 By Representative Gaston RFD Ways and Means
General Fund Rd 1 31-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create the Alabama Transportation Infrastructure
Bank for the purpose of selecting and assisting in the financing of major qualified transportation
projects by providing loans and other financial assistance to certain government entities
for constructing and improving highways and transportation facilities necessary for public
purposes, including economic development. This bill would specify the membership, powers,
duties, terms, sources for capitalization, and liability of the bank, as well as the procedures
for the bank to provide loans and other financial assistance to government entities for qualified
projects. This bill may redistribute a portion of revenues produced by one cent ($.01) a gallon
of the tax on gasoline pursuant to Act 2011-565 and may redistribute revenues collected pursuant
to Section 40-12-248, Code of Alabama 1975. This...
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HB472
164767-1:n:03/09/2015:LFO-HP/bdl HB472 By Representatives Ford, Jackson, Lindsey, Robinson,
Coleman-Evans, Alexander, Scott, Moore (M), Rogers, Buskey, Daniels, Givan, Hall, Drummond,
Clarke, Forte, England, Melton, Bracy, Lawrence, Knight, Beech, Grimsley and Bandy RFD Constitution,
Campaigns and Elections Rd 1 09-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, lotteries and gift enterprises
are prohibited. This bill would propose an amendment to Section 65 of the Constitution of
Alabama of 1901, to establish an Alabama Lottery to fund scholarships, to create an Alabama
Lottery Corporation to implement and to regulate the operation of such lottery, and to prohibit
the operation of casinos in the State. The amendment dedicates the net proceeds from the lottery
to the Lottery Trust Fund for scholarships for qualifying students to attend a college or
junior college located in Alabama. The amendment establishes the Lottery Trust Fund and authorizes
the Legislature to pass general laws to implement...
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HB492
Rep(s). By Representative Treadaway HB492 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to the Board of Managers
of the City of Birmingham Retirement and Relief System; to further amend Section 4 of Act
556, 1959 Regular Session (Acts 1959, p. 1376), as amended by Act 2013-438, 2013 Regular Session;
to amend the investment powers of the board of managers to require not less than 25 percent
of investments to be in fixed income securities and remove the requirement of not more than
60 percent of equity securities as the total investments of the fund. BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Section 4 of Act 556, 1959 Regular Session (Acts 1959,
p. 1376), as amended by Act 2013-438, 2013 Regular Session, is further amended to read as
follows: "Section 4. Board of Managers. "(a) In order to assure representation of
all participants of this system, there shall be a Board of Managers of five members for the
administration, management, and control of the Supplemental Pension System, including...
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HB617
168687-1:n:05/04/2045:LLR*/th LRS2015-1860 HB617 By Representative Warren RFD Ways and Means
General Fund Rd 1 05-MAY-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a person who owns or operates, or
both, a motor vehicle that uses natural gas does not have to obtain an annual decal from the
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board or remit the motor fuel excise tax prescribed in Article 3A
of Chapter 17 of Title 40, Code of Alabama 1975, until October 1, 2016. This bill would establish
a uniform motor fuel and enforcement system for the collection of excise tax on compressed
natural gas and liquefied natural gas. This bill would provide for civil and criminal penalties
for a violation. Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section
111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits
a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of
local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local...
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HB651
169167-1:n:05/12/2015:LLR/tj LRS2015-1990 HB651 By Representative Ford RFD Ways and Means Education
Rd 1 12-MAY-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, lotteries and gift enterprises are prohibited.
This bill would propose an amendment to Section 65 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901,
to establish the Alabama Lottery. The amendment would also create the Lottery Trust Fund and
the Alabama Lottery Corporation to implement and regulate the operation of the lottery. The
amendment provides for net proceeds from the lottery to be deposited in the Lottery Trust
Fund and allocates one-half of the Lottery Trust Fund for scholarships for qualifying students
to attend a college or junior college located in Alabama and one-half for the state General
Fund. The amendment requires the Legislature to enact general legislation to provide for the
administration, operation, and regulation of the lottery and powers, duties, and authority
of the Alabama Lottery Corporation. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT...
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SB326
any usable cannabis, cannabis plants, drug paraphernalia, or other related property that was
seized. The determination of a district attorney, or the district attorney's designee, that
a person is engaging in or assisting in the medical use of cannabis in accordance with the
provisions of this act shall be deemed to be evidenced by the following: (1) A decision not
to prosecute. (2) The dismissal of charges. (3) Acquittal. Section 12. For the purposes of
medical care, including organ and tissue transplants, a qualified patient's authorized
use of cannabis shall be considered the equivalent of the authorized use of any other medication
used at the direction of a physician and may not constitute the use of an illicit substance.
Section 13. (a) Qualified patients and designated caregivers who associate within this state
in order to collectively or cooperatively cultivate cannabis for medical purposes may share
responsibility for acquiring and supplying the resources required to...
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HB307
162785-2:n:10/06/2014:JMH/th LRS2014-2763R1 HB307 By Representative Todd RFD Boards, Agencies
and Commissions Rd 1 18-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the practice of psychology is
regulated by the Board of Examiners in Psychology, which is comprised of members appointed
by the Governor. Existing law establishes the process and requirement for being licensed to
practice psychology in the state. This bill would clarify that the board is comprised of eight
members and that one of those members shall be primarily engaged in teaching, research, or
administration. This bill would revise the process for a licensee to request that the board
designate a license as inactive to authorize the board to assess an inactive licensee fee.
This bill would require an applicant for a license to submit fingerprints and execute criminal
history information release and would require the Alabama Bureau of Investigation to forward
the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This bill would...
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