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SB384
167282-1:n:04/08/2015:JET/agb LRS2015-1413 SB384 By Senators Waggoner and Smitherman RFD Judiciary
Rd 1 16-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
create the Alabama Bail Bond Regulatory Act to require professional bondsmen and recovery
agents to register with the Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board, created under the act.
This bill would provide for the membership and duties of the board, would provide procedures
for licensure applications, would specify qualifications for licensure, and would provide
criminal penalties for making false statements to the board. This bill would also provide
for the suspension and revocation of licenses and would require licensees to complete continuing
professional education. Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901,...
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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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SB501
SB501 ENGROSSED By Senators Chambliss and Orr A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section
40-23-2 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the taxation of sales of automobiles, motorcycles,
trucks, truck trailers, or semi-trailers that will be registered or titled outside of Alabama
or are exported or removed from Alabama within 72 hours by the purchaser, or his or her agent,
for first time use outside Alabama. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1.
Section 40-23-2 Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: ยง40-23-2. "There
is 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 and in the amount to be determined by the application of rates against gross sales,
or gross receipts, as the case may be, as follows: "(1) Upon every person, firm, or corporation,
(including the State of Alabama and its Alcoholic...
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HB139
164989-1::03/03/2015:EBO-MEJ/mej HB139 By Representative McMillan RFD Ways and Means General
Fund Rd 1 05-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Currently, the State of Alabama levies a tax on various tobacco
products. This bill would increase the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products, and adjust
the discount allowed on tobacco stamp purchases. This bill also provides for the distribution
of the proceeds from the tax increase on tobacco products. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To
amend Sections 40-25-2, 40-25-2.1, 40-25-5, and 40-25-23, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to
the state tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products; to increase the state tax on cigarettes
and other tobacco products; to adjust the discount allowed on tobacco stamp purchases; and
to provide for the distribution of the proceeds from the increase in tax on cigarettes and
other tobacco products. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Sections 40-25-2,
40-25-2.1, 40-25-5, and 40-25-23, Code of Alabama 1975, are...
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SB176
164306-4:n:04/02/2015:FC/tj LRS2015-274R2 SB176 By Senator Orr RFD Local Legislation Rd 1 10-MAR-15
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to Morgan County; to amend Sections 1 and 10 of Act
2007-339 of the 2007 Regular Session (Acts 2007, p. 595), as reenacted and amended by Act
2009-767 of the 2009 Regular Session (Acts 2009, p. 2347), providing for the distribution
of certain payments made in lieu of taxes by the Tennessee Valley Authority; to further provide
that the jurisdiction of the Morgan County Industrial Park and Economic Development Cooperative
District for the purposes of economic development includes the entire county. BE IT ENACTED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Sections 1 and 10 of Act 2007-339 of the 2007 Regular
Session (Acts 2007, p. 595), as reenacted and amended by Act 2009-767 of the 2009 Regular
Session (Acts 2009, p. 2347), are amended to read as follows: "Section 1. Definitions.
"The following words and phrases used in this act shall, unless the...
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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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HB593
168302-1:n:04/28/2015:LFO-RR*/bdl HB593 By Representative Johnson (K) RFD Ways and Means General
Fund Rd 1 30-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Existing law requires that sales of automobiles, motorcycles,
trucks, truck trailers, or semi-trailers that will be registered or titled outside of Alabama,
that are exported or removed from Alabama within 72 hours by the purchaser or his or her agent
for first time use outside Alabama are not subject to the Alabama sales tax. This bill would
amend this section thereby providing that such sales are subject to the Alabama automotive
sales tax unless the state in which the purchaser will title or register the vehicle allows
an Alabama resident to purchase a motor vehicle for first titling and registration in Alabama
without the payment of tax to that state. This bill also provides for exclusions to the drive
out provision and for the publication of a list of states that do not allow this provision.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 40-23-2 of the Code...
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HB58
Rep(s). By Representative Baker HB58 ENROLLED, An Act, To enact the Alabama Jobs Act; to authorize
and provide for a jobs credit incentive and an investment credit incentive to certain businesses
for approved projects that create new jobs in Alabama; to provide that the incentives would
only be available following the execution of a project agreement and a determination that
the economic benefits of the project would exceed the cost of the incentives to the state;
to allow the jobs credit for 10 years in an amount of 3 percent of the previous year's annual
wages for eligible employees; to apply the jobs credit against the utility gross receipts
and utility service use taxes; to provide that the jobs credit could be refundable during
the incentive period; to provide that the jobs credit may be claimed as a credit against utility
taxes paid with a carryforward for earned but unused amounts; to allow the investment credit
in an amount of 1.5 percent of a qualified capital investment...
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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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SB334
166856-1:n:04/01/2015:LLR/mfc LRS2015-1377 SB334 By Senator Holley RFD Education and Youth
Affairs Rd 1 07-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would enable county and municipal boards of education
to approve in their jurisdiction a process of civil enforcement of offenses related to overtaking
a school bus by using automated detection devices, and allowing a civil notice of violation
to be issued by mail. It would provide that the owner of the vehicle is presumptively responsible
but provide procedures to transfer responsibility or to contest the notice of violation. This
bill would allow a law enforcement agency or a local governing entity, in consultation with
a school system, to enter an agreement with a private contractor for the installation, operation,
notice processing, and administration of a school bus automated device. This bill would grant
subject matter jurisdiction to district and municipal courts to adjudicate the civil notice.
This bill would provide procedures for civil action...
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