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SB272
165767-2:n:03/17/2015:JMH/cj LRS2015-1038R1 SB272 By Senators Stutts, Melson, Albritton, and
Glover RFD Judiciary Rd 1 18-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, sodomy in the second degree
requires both lack of consent due to mental defect and that the perpetrator be more than 16
and the victim be under 16 years of age, but older than 12 years of age. Under existing law,
sodomy in the first degree requires forcible compulsion or that the victim possess a mental
defect or be physically helpless, or the perpetrator be more than 16 years of age and the
victim less than 12 years of age. Under existing law, a person under age 16 is incapable of
consent. Under existing law, one circumstance in which a person commits the crime of sexual
misconduct is when he or she engages in deviate sexual intercourse with another person under
circumstances not covered by sodomy in the first degree or sodomy in the second degree, and
consent is not a defense to prosecution under this circumstance regardless of...
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SB475
SB475 ENGROSSED By Senator Pittman A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 40-23-50,
Code of Alabama 1975, to remove the exemption of gross receipts from contracts made by the
contractor with a county, incorporated city, or town from the tax levied on contractorsÂ’
gross receipts and provide further for the distribution of the proceeds from the tax levied
on contractorsÂ’ gross receipts. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section
40-23-50 is amended to read as follows: §40-23-50. "(a) There is hereby levied, in addition
to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, and shall be collected, as herein provided,
a privilege or license tax against the person on account of the business activities engaged
in and in the amount to be determined by the application of rates against gross receipts,
as follows: "Upon every person, firm or corporation engaged or continuing within this
state in the business of contracting to construct, reconstruct or build any...
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SB505
169891-1:n:05/21/2015:LFO-RR*/csh SB505 By Senators Melson and Orr RFD Finance and Taxation
General Fund Rd 1 26-MAY-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, it is not specifically illegal to
possess or use an automated sales suppression device or phantom-ware, which are devices used
to delete records of sales transactions from cash register records, so that sales taxes are
under-reported to the state, county, and municipal tax collecting authorities. This bill would
make the possession or use of an automated sales suppression device, or phantom-ware a felony,
punished by a fine of not more than $100,000, or $500,000 in the case of a corporation, or
imprisonment for not more than three years, or both, and the person would be liable for all
lost revenue. 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...
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HB611
168640-1:n:04/30/2015:JMH/tj LRS2015-1856 HB611 By Representative Todd RFD Judiciary Rd 1 05-MAY-15
SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, sodomy in the second degree requires both lack of consent due
to mental defect and that the perpetrator be more than 16 and the victim be under 16 years
of age, but older than 12 years of age. Under existing law, sodomy in the first degree requires
forcible compulsion or that the victim possess a mental defect or be physically helpless,
or the perpetrator be more than 16 years of age and the victim less than 12 years of age.
Under existing law, a person under age 16 is incapable of consent. This bill would create
the crimes of rape in the third degree, sodomy in the third degree, and sexual abuse in the
third degree to apply in certain circumstances where the perpetrator of the crime is less
than 16 years of age and the victim less than 12. This bill would also add rape in the third
degree, sodomy in the third degree, and sexual abuse in the third degree to...
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SB389
165158-2:n:04/01/2015:KMS*/mfc LRS2015-799R1 SB389 By Senators Reed, Waggoner, Bussman, Albritton,
Stutts, McClendon, Allen, Hightower, Pittman, Ward, Glover, Williams, Whatley, Shelnutt, Scofield,
Melson, Beasley and Figures RFD Health and Human Services Rd 1 16-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill
would revise the definition of a health care facility under the certificate of need law to
encompass psychiatric residential treatment facilities providing psychiatric and other therapeutic
and clinically informed services to individuals under the age of 21 outside of an acute care
hospital setting, and to provide for a streamlined procedure for providers to obtain a certificate
of need for existing facilities in the state. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section
22-21-260, Code of Alabama 1975, to revise the definition of a health care facility under
the certificate of need law to include psychiatric residential treatment facilities providing
psychiatric and other therapeutic and clinically...
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SB29
162602-3:n:10/09/2014:LLR/tj LRS2014-2608R2 SB29 By Senator Coleman RFD Banking and Insurance
Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law a debt collector is required to be licensed to
collect debt in Alabama. This bill would require debt buyers and other debt collectors to
possess certain basic information about the debt before initiating collection efforts, including
proof of indebtedness by the consumer, date of the debt, identity of the original creditor,
and itemization of all fees, charges, and payments. This bill would prohibit the collection
of a consumer debt by any party not in possession of at least a copy of the original contract,
or other documentation evidencing the consumer's liability. This bill would require a creditor
and each subsequent holder of the debt to retain and pass on to the next holder all communications
from the consumer concerning the debt and information about all known disputes and defenses.
This bill would allow consumers to record abusive telephone...
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HB47
Rep(s). By Representative England HB47 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to firearms;
to amend Sections 13A-11-57, 13A-11-61.2, 13A-11-72, 13A-11-76, 13A-11-79, 22-52-10.8, 40-12-143,
Code of Alabama 1975, to allow a person under the age of 18 to receive or possess a pistol
under certain conditions; provide that a minor may receive title to a pistol, bowie knife,
or other knife of like kind by inheritance; to specify that a person may possess a firearm
or ammunition in an employee's privately owned vehicle while parked or operated in a public
or private parking area at a secure building where firearms are otherwise prohibited; to further
provide for the entry of certain mental health information into the National Instant Criminal
Background Check System (NICS); to allow a person who has been found insane, mentally incompetent,
or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect to petition for the removal of applicable
firearm prohibitions; to eliminate certain...
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HB591
167567-1:n:04/20/2015:FC*/mfc LRS2015-1519 HB591 By Representative Martin RFD Insurance Rd
1 30-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, insurance adjusters are defined to be representatives
of the insurance company and not of the insured. This bill would provide for the licensing
and regulation of public adjusters of insurance claims on behalf of insureds. A BILL TO BE
ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to insurance; to provide for the qualifications and procedures for
the licensing of public adjusters; to provide definitions and exceptions to the licensing
and registration requirements; to require public adjusters to take and pass a written examination,
with exception; to provide for nonresident licensing; to require public adjusters to complete
a minimum of 24 hours of continuing education on a biennial basis; to provide standards of
conduct for public adjusters; to require public adjusters to report administrative action
taken against them in other jurisdictions; to give the Commissioner of...
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SB239
165928-1:n:03/17/2015:JET/agb LRS2015-1119 SB239 By Senator Sanford RFD Fiscal Responsibility
and Economic Development Rd 1 17-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would give public owners a new
alternative means for procuring design and construction services for public works contracts
by making available the construction manager/general contractor option when determined by
the awarding authority that this alternative project delivery method potentially offers better
value to taxpayers than the design-bid-build method. In addition to the existing design-bid-build
project delivery method, this bill would provide awarding authorities the alternative of selecting
a construction manager/general contractor, would specify that a construction manager/general
contractor assumes the risk for construction, rehabilitation, renovation, alteration, or repair
of a public works project at the contracted price, and would set forth the selection process
for the CM/GC and subcontractors necessary to complete a...
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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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