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HB334
165352-1:n:03/12/2015:PMG/agb LRS2015-334 HB334 By Representatives Fincher and Hanes RFD Constitution,
Campaigns and Elections Rd 1 19-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, there is a separate ballot
for each party for which there are candidates in primary elections, and an elector may only
vote for candidates of one political party. This bill would create a primary election system
for state and local offices where all qualified candidates, including independent candidates,
would have their names on the primary election ballot and all qualified electors may vote
the same ballot. This bill would provide that the two candidates that receive the highest
number of votes in a primary election, regardless of their party affiliation or lack thereof,
would be placed on the ballot in the general election. This bill would also authorize the
Secretary of State to adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this act. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT Relating to primary elections; to amend 17-5-2,...
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HB471
164774-1:n:03/09/2015:LFO-HP/bdl HB471 By Representatives Ford, Jackson, Lindsey, Robinson,
Coleman-Evans, Alexander, Scott, Moore (M), Rogers, Buskey, Daniels, Givan, Hall, Clarke,
Drummond, Forte, England, Melton, Bracy, Clouse, 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 programs within
the Alabama Medicaid Agency, 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 State General Fund for programs
within the Alabama Medicaid Agency. The amendment establishes the Lottery Trust Fund and authorizes
the Legislature to pass general laws to implement the...
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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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SB197
SB197 By Senator Smitherman ENROLLED, An Act, To create the Alabama Right of Publicity Act;
to statutorily define the right, the elements and scope of liability for its infringement,
define the remedies available, and set forth defenses; to provide that there is a right of
publicity in any indicia of identity of every person which endures for the life of the person
and for 55 years after death; to provide that the right is freely transferable and descendible;
to further provide for liability for persons who wrongfully use another person's indicia of
identity whether or not for profit; to provide for defenses from liability under certain circumstances;
and to provide that a person who establishes by substantial evidence that his or her right
of publicity has been violated would be entitled to statutory damages in the amount of $5,000,
or actual damages at his or her election, and any other damages available under law. BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act...
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SB452
168643-2:n:04/30/2015:LLR/tj LRS2015-1850R1 SB452 By Senators Holtzclaw, Sanford and Williams
RFD Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Rd 1 05-MAY-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would
allow a brewpub to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises and off-premises consumption.
This bill would create a license for limited production breweries that allows the breweries
to produce beer and operate a restaurant on their licensed premises and sell their beer at
the brewery and restaurant. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 28-4A-3 of the Code
of Alabama 1975, relating to brewpubs; to allow a brewpub to sell alcoholic beverages for
on-premises and off-premises consumption; and to create a new Section 28-3A-6.1 in the Code
of Alabama 1975, to license a craft brewer to produce and package no more than 60,000 barrels
of beer per year; to allow a craft brewer to operate a facility where food is provided on
its licensed premises and sell beer on its licensed premises that it produces...
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HB435
165318-3:n:04/02/2015:PMG/th LRS2015-905R2 HB435 By Representative Black RFD Education Policy
Rd 1 07-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a person may be hired by a board of education
where a relative within the fourth degree of affinity or consanguinity of that person is an
existing employee, so long as the relative will not be the person's immediate supervisor and
where the relative has no involvement in the hiring of that person. This bill would prohibit
a superintendant, a principal or other supervisor, or a member of a board of education from
taking any direct or indirect role in the hiring of a relative. This bill would prohibit a
person from being hired by a board of education where a relative would be the person's immediate
supervisor. This bill would allow a person to be hired by a board of education where a relative
would be in the chain of command of that person so long as the relative would not be the person's
immediate supervisor. This bill would prohibit a person from...
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HB584
be deposited with the State Treasurer to be continuously appropriated to the Department of
Human Resources to assist all children in temporary or permanent custody in foster care. "(9)
Contributions designated for mental health on the Alabama state resident individual income
tax return shall be deposited with the State Treasurer and shall be distributed equally to
the Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Alabama and to the Mental Health Consumers of Alabama.
"(10) Contributions to the Alabama Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Program
shall be deposited with the State Treasurer and distributed to the University of Alabama at
Birmingham, which shall implement and administer the program. "(11) Contributions to
the Neighbors Helping Neighbors Fund shall be deposited with the State Treasurer for distribution
by the Department of Economic and Community Affairs for weatherization assistance as provided
for under Article 6, commencing with Section 41-23-100, Chapter 23, Title 41. "(12)...
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HB641
169083-1:n:05/07/2015:JET/cj LRS2015-1980 HB641 By Representative Johnson (K) RFD State Government
Rd 1 07-MAY-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, only corporations, limited liability partnerships,
and professional associations are required to file any annual reports to stay active. This
bill would require all filing entities and foreign filing entities to file an annual report
to assist the state in determining which filing entities and foreign filing entities are active
and which may need to be cancelled or revoked through an administrative dissolution process.
This bill would allow the Secretary of State, after proper notice, to administratively dissolve
entities which are no longer active and have not complied with filing an annual report. Existing
law also provides a schedule of fees for annual reports for corporations, limited liability
partnerships, and professional associations. This bill would make the fee schedule consistent
between those business entities. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED...
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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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SB361
165318-3:n:04/02/2015:PMG/th LRS2015-905R2 SB361 By Senator Shelnutt RFD Education and Youth
Affairs Rd 1 09-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a person may be hired by a board of education
where a relative within the fourth degree of affinity or consanguinity of that person is an
existing employee, so long as the relative will not be the person's immediate supervisor and
where the relative has no involvement in the hiring of that person. This bill would prohibit
a superintendant, a principal or other supervisor, or a member of a board of education from
taking any direct or indirect role in the hiring of a relative. This bill would prohibit a
person from being hired by a board of education where a relative would be the person's immediate
supervisor. This bill would allow a person to be hired by a board of education where a relative
would be in the chain of command of that person so long as the relative would not be the person's
immediate supervisor. This bill would prohibit a person...
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