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SB373
167555-1:n:04/13/2015:LFO-SS/bdl SB373 By Senators Pittman, Chambliss, Albritton, Marsh, Scofield,
Sanford, Glover, Holley, Livingston, McClendon, Allen, Shelnutt, Ward, Reed, Waggoner, Beasley,
Stutts, Melson, Dial and Williams RFD Finance and Taxation Education Rd 1 14-APR-15 SYNOPSIS:
Under existing law, local boards of education are allocated funds annually for transportation
operations and for the replacement of school buses. The amount allocated for the replacement
of school buses is based on a ten-year replacement schedule established by the State Board
of Education. This bill would establish a twelve-year replacement schedule and allow local
boards of education to apply for waivers for the use of buses in operation beyond the twelve-year
replacement schedule. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 16-13-233, Code of Alabama
1975, relating to the allowance for transportation; to establish a twelve-year bus replacement
schedule; and to allow local boards of education to...
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HB408
164327-2:n:02/03/2015:JMH/tj LRS2015-176R1 HB408 By Representatives Butler, Hanes, Ledbetter,
Whorton (R), Pettus, Rich, Johnson (K), McCutcheon, Rowe, Fridy and Ball RFD Health Rd 1 02-APR-15
SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, certain persons, including health care professionals, who are
responsible for rendering aid or medical assistance to a child must immediately report orally
to law enforcement or the Department of Human Resources all known or suspected cases of child
abuse or neglect. This bill would specify that if a doctor or other health care professional
suspects that a child is being or has been chemically endangered by being unlawfully exposed
to a controlled substance, the doctor or health care professional must report his or her suspicion
orally to law enforcement within two hours even if results of blood, urine, or other medical
tests are not available to the doctor or health care professional within that time period.
This bill would also specify that if the results of...
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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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HB322
Rep(s). By Representative Poole HB322 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To provide further
for the calculation of the annual appropriation cap for the Education Trust Fund Rolling Reserve
Act to include payments to the Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (PACT) Trust Fund; to provide
further for the use of revenues from the Education Trust Fund Budget Stabilization Fund and
the Education Trust Fund Capital Fund; to delete certain obsolete provisions concerning PSCA
debt service; and to prohibit appropriations from holding or clearing accounts. BE IT ENACTED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 29-9-3, 29-9-4, 29-9-5, and 29-9-6 Code
of Alabama 1975, are hereby amended to read as follows: §29-9-3. "(a) Notwithstanding
any other provision of law to the contrary, beginning with appropriations made for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2013, appropriations from the Education Trust Fund shall not exceed
the fiscal year appropriation cap. "(b) The fiscal year...
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HB342
Rep(s). By Representative Davis HB342 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections
16-5-10 and 16-46-3, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act 2014-245 and Act 2014-330 of
the 2014 Regular Session, relating to exemptions from state approval for entities participating
in reciprocity agreements; to clarify the exemption for regional accrediting authorities and
accredited degree granting entities; and to establish the State Reciprocity Committee and
provide for the duties and powers of the reciprocity committee. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 16-5-10 and 16-46-3, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act
2014-245 and Act 2014-330 of the 2014 Regular Session, are amended to read as follows: §16-5-10.
"The commission shall exercise the following powers and duties in addition to those otherwise
specified in this article: "(1) To cause to be made such surveys and evaluations of higher
education as are believed necessary for the purpose of providing...
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SB159
SB159 By Senator Glover ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 16-5-10 and 16-46-3, Code of Alabama
1975, as amended by Act 2014-245 and Act 2014-330 of the 2014 Regular Session, relating to
exemptions from state approval for entities participating in reciprocity agreements; to clarify
the exemption for regional accrediting authorities and accredited degree granting entities;
and to establish the State Reciprocity Committee and provide for the duties and powers of
the reciprocity committee. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections
16-5-10 and 16-46-3, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act 2014-245 and Act 2014-330 of
the 2014 Regular Session, are amended to read as follows: §16-5-10. "The commission
shall exercise the following powers and duties in addition to those otherwise specified in
this article: "(1) To cause to be made such surveys and evaluations of higher education
as are believed necessary for the purpose of providing appropriate information to carry...
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SB226
SB226 By Senators Brewbaker, Melson, Dunn, Whatley, Glover, Figures, Hightower, Smitherman,
Orr, Stutts, Ross, Pittman, Reed, Ward, Williams, Allen, Smith, Albritton, Singleton, Waggoner,
Chambliss, Holley, Marsh, McClendon, Blackwell, Beasley, Scofield and Bussman ENROLLED, An
Act, This bill would amend Sections 16-33C-1, 16-33C-2, 16-33C-2.1, 16-33C-3, 16-33C-4, 16-33C-5,
16-33C-10, 16-33C-11, 16-33C-12, and 40-18-19, Code of Alabama 1975 to rename the Wallace-Folsom
College Savings Investment Plan to the Wallace-Folsom Savings Investment Plan; to provide
for the ABLE Program; provide for definitions relating to the ABLE Program; provide for the
income tax exemption eligible to the ABLE Program; allow board members that are employed by
the state. This bill would add new sections to the Code of Alabama 1975, to generally provide
for the ABLE Program; provide for the investment of ABLE and ACES Programs; and provide appropriations
for Fiscal Year 2015 for development and...
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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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HB151
165069-1:n:03/03/2015:JET/th LRS2015-847 HB151 By Representative Poole RFD Public Safety and
Homeland Security Rd 1 05-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a law enforcement officer may
arrest a person without a warrant in various specified instances. This bill would authorize
a law enforcement officer to arrest a person without a warrant under certain conditions for
trespassing on the property of an educational institution. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To
amend Sections 13A-7-1 and 15-10-3, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to warrantless arrests,
to authorize a law enforcement officer to arrest a person without a warrant under certain
conditions for trespassing on the property of an educational institution and to further provide
for the definition of "building". BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section
1. Sections 13A-7-1 and 15-10-3, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §13A-7-1.
"The following definitions are applicable to this article: "(1) PREMISES. Such...
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HB304
165935-1::03/17/2015:EBO-JK/JK HB304 By Representatives Williams (P) and Ball RFD Technology
and Research Rd 1 17-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, there are no economic incentives
or tax credits extended to Alabama businesses for qualified research expenses incurred by
Alabama companies that spend funds and resources in-house, or pay Alabama research companies
to conduct qualified research for new or improved products or services. This bill would establish
the Alabama Innovation Act that would provide for a research and development tax credit to
certain Alabama companies modeled on the federal research and development tax credit. The
credit would be 25 percent of new research at an Alabama research entity, and 5 percent for
other new research conducted in Alabama. The credit could be taken against the income tax
or the financial institution excise tax. This bill would limit the Alabama Innovation tax
credits to no more than $10 million of credits per year, and no eligible company...
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