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SB114
164544-1:n:02/11/2015:JET/tj LRS2015-516 SB114 By Senator Orr RFD Finance and Taxation Education
Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would authorize the State Department of Education, pending
available funds, to offer competitive two-year grants to public schools for the purpose of
developing new educational programs or continuing existing educational programs for gifted
or talented children. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to education; to provide findings
of the Legislature relating to public education; to authorize the State Department of Education,
pending available funds, to offer certain grants to public schools for the purpose of developing
new advanced educational and specialized programs for gifted or talented children; to require
the department to adopt rules providing for the evaluation of applications for grants; to
provide public access to applicant scoring; and to require local boards of education to match
awarded grant funds. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF...
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HB399
166438-1:n:03/25/2015:LLR/tj LRS2015-1189 HB399 By Representatives Tuggle and Holmes (M) RFD
Ways and Means Education Rd 1 02-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, certain organizations
and vendors are exempt from payment of state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes. This
bill would provide that Children's Harbor, Inc., would be exempt from the payment of state,
county, and municipal sales and use taxes. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to state,
county, and municipal sales and use taxes; to amend Section 40-23-5 of the Code of Alabama
1975, to provide that Children's Harbor, Inc., would be exempt from paying state, county,
and municipal sales and use taxes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1.
Section 40-23-5 of the Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §40-23-5. "(a)
The Diabetes Trust Fund, Inc., and any of its branches or agencies, heretofore or hereafter
organized and existing in good faith in the State of Alabama for purposes other...
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HB574
165825-1:n:03/16/2015:MCS/th LRS2015-1079 HB574 By Representative Williams (P) RFD Ways and
Means Education Rd 1 30-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under current law, the general administration and
responsibility for the proper operation of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama is statutorily
vested in a Board of Control. This bill would alter the membership of the Board of Control.
This bill would provide for additional qualifications for members of the Board of Control.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 16-25-19 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating
to the Board of Control of the Teachers' Retirement System; to alter the membership of the
Board of Control; and to provide additional qualifications for members of the Board of Control.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 16-25-19 of the Code of Alabama
1975, is amended to read as follows: §16-25-19. "(a) The general administration and
responsibility for the proper operation of the retirement system and for...
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HB683
Rep(s). By Representatives Fridy and Mooney HB683 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to the City of
Pelham in Shelby County to amend and reenact Act 89-189 of the 1989 Regular Session (Acts
1989, p. 186), as amended by Act 2001-906, of the 2001 Third Special Session, (Acts 2001,
p. 748); to establish a civil service system and to provide for classified services; to establish
a personnel board and to provide for the appointment, term, and power of board members; to
provide for the establishment of a register and filling of vacancies; and to provide penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Act 89-189 of the 1989 Regular Session
(Acts 1989, p. 186), as amended by Act 2001-906 of the 2001 Third Special Session, (Acts 2001,
p. 748), is amended and reenacted to read as follows: "Section 1. This act shall apply
only to the City of Pelham in Shelby County and shall be known as "The City of Pelham,
Shelby County, Alabama, Civil Service System Act." "Section 2. The words, terms...
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HB285
165380-1:n:03/11/2015:KMS/th LRS2015-796 HB285 By Representatives Beech, Hill (M) and Jackson
RFD Boards, Agencies and Commissions Rd 1 17-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Alabama
Board of Cosmetology and Barbering is responsible for regulating the practices of cosmetology
and barbering in the state. This bill would clarify that schools of cosmetology and barbering
provide training programs above the secondary level. This bill would also provide for cosmetology
and barber training programs above the secondary level. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend
Sections 34-7B-1 and 34-7B-26, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama Board of Cosmetology
and Barbering; to provide further for the definition of a school and to provide for cosmetology
and barber training programs above the secondary level. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF
ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 34-7B-1 and 34-7B-26 of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended
to read as follows: §34-7B-1. "For the purposes of this...
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SB209
165585-1:n:03/11/2015:KMS/th LRS2015-972 SB209 By Senator Ward RFD Fiscal Responsibility and
Economic Development Rd 1 11-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Alabama Board of Cosmetology
and Barbering is responsible for regulating the practices of cosmetology and barbering in
the state. This bill would clarify that schools of cosmetology and barbering provide training
programs above the secondary level. This bill would also provide for cosmetology and barber
training programs above the secondary level. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections
34-7B-1 and 34-7B-26, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama Board of Cosmetology and
Barbering; to provide further for the definition of a school and to provide for cosmetology
and barber training programs above the secondary level. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF
ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 34-7B-1 and 34-7B-26 of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended
to read as follows: §34-7B-1. "For the purposes of this chapter, the...
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HB129
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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HB148
164966-1:n:03/03/2015:KMS/cj LRS2015-755 HB148 By Representatives Lee, Chesteen, Collins, Gaston,
Clouse and Hall RFD Ways and Means Education Rd 1 05-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would establish
the Fostering Hope Scholarship Act of 2015. This bill would require the Department of Human
Resources to develop and administer Fostering Hope, a tuition scholarship program for designated
youth who are, or were, in the state foster care program, including those children adopted
from the program at the age of 14 or older. This bill would impose requirements for participation.
This bill would authorize the Fostering Hope program to pay tuition and required fees for
eligible children at public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education in the
state. This bill would authorize the Fostering Hope program to pay for job training courses
or skill certifications, not considered an associate's degree, as offered by public two-year
and four-year institutions of higher education in the state...
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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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HB576
168265-1:n:04/23/2015:LLR/th LRS2015-1379 HB576 By Representative Williams (P) RFD Ways and
Means Education Rd 1 30-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would provide an annual tax credit of up
to 50 percent of the tax liability of an individual or business who donates to a nonprofit
organization that provides grants to a school to support digital learning through the use
of technology to increase student academic performance, subject to certain annual maximum
amounts. This bill would require the Department of Revenue to establish a procedure to approve
the formation of a nonprofit organization that provides digital learning grants for a school
to improve learning with technology. This bill would provide that the grants may be used to
purchase technology devices, improve infrastructure, strengthen wireless connectivity, or
improve instructional practices with technology. This bill would provide that a grant funding
request shall require a 50 percent match by the requesting organization in cash...
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