SB508
SB508 ENGROSSED By Senator Beasley A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to Russell County; to provide for the support of volunteer fire departments delivering fire protection services and emergency medical services; to levy a fire protection service fee on certain owners of residences and commercial buildings outside the corporate limits of the City of Phenix City; to provide for certain exemptions; to provide for the purposes and uses of funds generated by the fee; to provide for the collection of funds derived from the fee; to provide for the distribution of funds derived from the fee to eligible volunteer fire departments and to the Russell County Firefighters Association; to provide for the expending and accounting of the funds; to provide for the treatment of funds upon dissolution or abandonment of an eligible volunteer fire department; to provide that the county shall be immune from certain liability; and to provide for a referendum. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF...
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SB76
SB76 By Senator Marsh ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 41-4-2 and 41-4-3, Code of Alabama, 1975, relating to the duties of the Department of Finance, Section 41-4-261, relating to the duties of the office of space management and Section 41-9-141, relating to the duties of the Building Commission; to repeal Section 41-4-183, relating to the employment of landscape gardener for Capitol grounds, Section 41-6A-4(10) relating to energy usage and Sections 41-9-140 and 41-9-142 relating to the Building Commission; to create a permanent joint legislative oversight committee on the management of state-owned and leased real property; and to transfer all duties and responsibilities of the Building Commission in Sections 16-1.2.1 and 16-1.2.2, 16-16-10 (o)(2) and (p), 34-14B-1 to 34-14B-10, 39-2-2(f)(1), 41-9-160 to 41-9-165, 41-9-170 to 41-9-174, 41-9-243, 41-9-542, 41-10-271, 41-10-364, and 41-16-72(3)(a), to the Division of Construction Management within the Department of Finance. BE IT...
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HB211
Rep(s). By Representative Ball HB211 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to the Legislative Department, to reconstitute the Legislative Council and create the Senate Legislative Council and the House Legislative Council; to transfer to the councils functions from the House Legislative Council, the entity consisting of the Senate members elected to the Legislative Council, the Joint Fiscal Committee, and the Legislative Building Authority, and abolish those entities; to assign additional administrative functions to the council; to delete a provision for an automatic appropriation to the Legislature; to revise the procedure for the appointment and tenure of the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House; to specify the Alabama Law Institute is part of the Legislative Department, revise the membership of the governing council of the institute, and grant additional authority to the council and the president and director of the institute; to restructure the Commission on Uniform State Laws; to...
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HB48
164404-1:n:02/05/2015:FC/th LRS2015-344 HB48 By Representative McCutcheon RFD Public Safety and Homeland Security Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would establish the Office of the Ombudsman For Child Welfare. The bill would provide for the State Advisory Committee to the ombudsman that would appoint the ombudsman. The bill would provide for the duties and powers of the ombudsman. The bill would prohibit discrimination or retaliation against persons filing complaints with the ombudsman and would provide criminal penalties for violations. The bill would also require protocols and require the presiding circuit judge to establish a protocol committee to recommend protocols for the investigation and prosecution of alleged cases of child abuse. 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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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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SB349
166866-3:n:04/08/2015:JET/agb LRS2015-1204R2 SB349 By Senator Holley RFD Governmental Affairs Rd 1 09-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a bail bondsman must be approved as either a professional surety company or professional bail company and be approved by the presiding circuit judge of each county in which the bail bondsman desires to operate. This bill would revise certain provisions governing those acting as a professional bail agent, a soliciting bail agent, a bail enforcement agent, or a professional bondsman. This bill would require a bail enforcement agency to report to the sheriff of the county in which he or she is attempting to locate a fugitive, would revise the procedures and time frames for the forfeiture of bail, and would revise provisions governing professional surety companies. This bill would also revise the bond requirements of professional bail companies to allow these companies to place cash deposits with the Commissioner of Insurance, and would require...
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HB476
166499-1:n:03/31/2015:LFO-KF/ccd HB476 By Representatives Knight, Scott, Robinson and Rogers RFD Ways and Means Education Rd 1 09-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under current law, the state levies an income tax upon all residents of the state and upon all nonresidents who receive income from Alabama sources. Taxpayers are allowed standard deductions and personal exemptions in computing income subject to the tax. This bill proposes the Alabama Individual Income Tax Reform Act of 2015. This bill, which would be contingent upon the ratification of a constitutional amendment to repeal the deduction of federal income tax payments on Alabama income tax returns, would increase the standard deductions and personal exemptions allowed for Alabama income tax purposes to the amounts allowed for federal income tax purposes. This bill also creates a state earned income tax credit. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 40-18-15 and 40-18-19, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to income tax deductions and...
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SB362
SB362 ENGROSSED By Senator Pittman A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 40-10-75, 40-10-76, 40-10-77, 40-10-83, 40-10-121, and 40-10-122, Code of Alabama 1975, to reduce interest due or paid on properties subject to tax sale to seven and one-half percent. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 40-10-75, 40-10-76, 40-10-77, 40-10-83, 40-10-121, and 40-10-122, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: ยง40-10-75. "If, in In any action brought related to taxes delinquent on or after January 1, 2016, the interest rate on any amounts awarded pursuant to this section shall be 7.5 percent. In any other action brought for the possession of land sold for taxes, the title of the purchaser at the tax sale shall be defeated on account of any defect in the proceedings under which the sale is had, or on account of any defect in or insufficiency of the process by which the owner of the land was brought before the probate court, as is provided, or in the...
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HB447
165208-1:n:03/05/2015:FC/agb LRS2015-899 HB447 By Representatives Fridy, Hill (M), Garrett, Moore (B), Davis, South and Shiver RFD Judiciary Rd 1 09-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing general law, the judges of probate in this state are provided a minimum salary that was provided by Act 90-702 of the 1990 Regular Session, Section 12-13-20, Code of Alabama 1975. This salary was adjusted by certain increases in the Omnibus Pay Act in Act 2000-108, Chapter 2A of Title 11, Code of Alabama 1975, based on certain population categories of counties established therein. In addition, a judge of probate of a county may receive a cost-of-living adjustment under certain conditions pursuant to the Omnibus Pay Act if a cost-of-living increase for county employees is adopted at the time of the adoption of a county budget. This bill would provide that the judge of probate of a county would receive an annual salary based on a percentage of the salary of a state district court judge according to the...
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HB463
167279-1:n:04/08/2015:FC/mfc LRS2015-1460 HB463 By Representative Weaver RFD Health Rd 1 09-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would authorize a terminally ill patient to use a drug or device that has completed phase 1 of a clinical trial under certain conditions. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To authorize access to and use of experimental treatments for patients with a terminal illness; to establish conditions for use of experimental treatment; to prohibit sanctions of health care providers solely for recommending or providing experimental treatment; to clarify duties of a health insurer with regard to experimental treatment authorized under this act; to prohibit certain actions by state officials, employees, and agents; and to restrict certain causes of action arising from experimental treatment. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Right to Try Act. Section 2. As used in this act, the following words have the following...
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