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SB322
SB322 ENGROSSED By Senator Sanford A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 11-3-11.3,
11-51-183, 11-51-208, 11-51-210, 40-12-4, and 40-12-7, Code of Alabama 1975, and add Section
11-51-210.1, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Department of Revenue; to update references
relating to the cost of collection; to decrease the cap for the cost of administration of
county taxes from five percent to two percent; to provide for the administration of local
sales, use, rental, and lodgings taxes by the department; and to extend the county and municipal
tax levy and rate notification requirements to the department; and to provide liability relief
for miscollection of local taxes due to the lack of proper rate change notifications. BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 11-3-11.3, 11-51-183, 11-51-208,
11-51-210, 40-12-4, and 40-12-7 of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows:
ยง11-3-11.3. "(a) Counties may, upon request of the county commission,...
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SB429
SB429 ENGROSSED By Senators Reed, Marsh and Waggoner A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating
to universities; to enact the University Authority Act of 2015, in order to authorize universities
operating schools of medicine to form a new type of public corporation to be called an authority;
to provide for definitions; to express legislative intent; to establish a procedure for incorporation
of authorities by universities; to prescribe the requirements for articles of incorporation
of an authority; to establish a procedure for amending articles of incorporation of an authority;
to prescribe requirements for and powers of a board of directors of an authority; to prescribe
requirements for and powers of officers of an authority; to prescribe powers of an authority,
which includes the power to form university affiliates; to authorize authorities to exercise
their powers even if the exercise of such powers would be deemed anticompetitive or monopolistic
under federal or state antitrust laws;...
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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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HB274
165243-1:n:03/11/2015:LF0-HP*/bdl HB274 By Representatives Johnson (K), Davis, McCutcheon,
Hill (M), Weaver, South, Butler, Williams (P), Faulkner, Collins and Baker RFD Ways and Means
Education Rd 1 12-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Currently, the State of Alabama's college savings program
pursuant to Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, is the Wallace-Folsom
College Savings Investment Plan that consists of the Alabama College Education Savings (ACES)
Program and the Alabama Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (PACT) Program to assist individuals
in paying costs and expenses of attending colleges and universities. Recently, the Achieving
a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act of 2014 established Section 529A of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, to allow families and individuals to save for disability-related
expenses of a disabled individual in a federal tax-advantaged account modeled after Section
529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to be...
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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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SB220
SB220 By Senators Hightower, Glover and Albritton ENROLLED, An Act, To allow a county, municipality,
or improvement district to adopt a program to issue bonds, notes, or other types of financing
methods to finance improvements to certain real properties through assessments on the property
tax bill, for the purpose of increasing energy efficiency and community resilience to storm-related
events; to authorize a local government to impose assessments to fund qualifying improvements
for qualified projects; to require a local government to designate areas where projects would
be completed; to provide procedures for adoption of a program; to provide for the hiring of
program administrators and staff; to authorize fees to offset costs; to provide for the contractual
obligations of the local government and the record owner of the affected real property; to
require notice to certain property owners; to provide that assessments are a lien on real
property; to provide for enforcement; and to...
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SB115
164675-1:n:02/17/2015:LFO - RR/bdl SB115 By Senators Orr, Whatley, and Melson RFD Finance and
Taxation General Fund Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, liquor wholesale licensees
may sell liquor at wholesale to the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board or as authorized
by the board, other than to a retail licensee of the board. Under existing law, state liquor
stores operated by the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and certain licensed private
retail stores may sell liquor at retail. Under existing law, retail licensees of the board
must purchase liquor from the board for resale. This bill would require the Alabama Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board to phase out retail sale of alcoholic beverages by the board prior
to October 1, 2016 but continue all other functions prescribed by law; require the board to
obtain the best available price for fixed assets, equipment, and property; and require the
Department of Economic and Community Affairs to provide certain technical...
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HB142
164990-1::03/03/2015:EBO-MEJ/mej HB142 By Representative Hill (M) RFD Ways and Means Education
Rd 1 05-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under current law, each entity, subject to the Alabama corporate
income tax, is required to file a separate return and calculate the income tax on its separately
accounted for taxable income, regardless whether the entity is part of a larger business that
consists of an affiliated group of entities. This filing method allows large corporate taxpayers
to take advantage of tax planning options to shift income to other entities within the affiliated
group located in tax favorable states. Most large corporate businesses consist of a parent
corporation and a number of corporate subsidiaries. This bill would amend the corporate income
tax law to require the operations of all related entities, involved in a unitary business,
file one corporate income tax return on a combined basis, known as combined reporting. A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend the corporate income tax...
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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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HB582
168310-1:n:04/29/2015:PMG/agb LRS2015-1759 HB582 By Representative Weaver RFD State Government
Rd 1 30-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would authorize a public university in the state that operates
a school of medicine to organize and establish public corporations to own and operate health
care facilities or to collaborate with other health care providers. This bill would provide
procedures for the incorporations, reincorporation, and dissolution of authorities by a university.
This bill would provide for a board of directors to direct the operations of an authority
established under this act. This bill would also authorize these authorities to have any power
granted nonprofit corporations, the power of eminent domain as is vested by law in any municipality,
and the power to incur indebtedness. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to medical schools;
to authorize a public university in the state that operates a school of medicine to organize
and establish public corporations to own and...
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