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SB71
SB71 By Senator Marsh ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 16-6D-4 and 16-6D-9, Code of Alabama
1975, relating to the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013; to clarify and confirm that the
intent of the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013 is educational choice; to amend certain current
definitions and add new definitions; to amend the reporting period for scholarship granting
organizations from a calendar year to an academic year; to clarify and confirm that educational
scholarships are provided to eligible students, not to particular schools; to require scholarship
granting organizations to determine the income eligibility of a scholarship recipient every
other year; to require all participating private schools to be accredited by one of the six
regional accrediting agencies, the National Council for Private School Accreditation, AdvancEd,
the American Association of Christian Schools, or one of their partner accrediting agencies,
within three years from the date their notice of intent to...
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HB633
168874-1:n:05/06/2015:KMS/cj LRS2015-1896 HB633 By Representative Jones RFD Ethics and Campaign
Finance Rd 1 07-MAY-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, there are certain criminal and civil
penalties that may be charged or assessed against any person who violates the Fair Campaign
Practice Act. This bill would provide that any civil penalties for violation of the act would
be assessed by the appropriate filing official. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section
17-5-19, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Fair Campaign Practices Act; to provide that
civil penalties for violations shall be assessed by the filing official. BE IT ENACTED BY
THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 17-5-19 of the Code of Alabama 1975, is amended
to read as follows: §17-5-19. "(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person
who intentionally violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty, upon conviction,
of a Class A misdemeanor. "(b) A person who intentionally violates any...
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SB162
SB162 ENGROSSED By Senator Orr A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 32-5A-191 of the
Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2014-222 of the 2014 Regular Session, relating
to driving while under the influence; to further define the offense and to define the term
under the influence for the purpose of unsafe driving; to prohibit a person from driving who
has a measurable amount of specified substances in the person's body; to further provide for
a minimum mandatory sentence for a fourth or subsequent violation; to remove the requirement
that a prior conviction considered by the court when imposing a sentence would only be a prior
conviction within a five-year period; to further provide for the offenses that can be considered
by a court when imposing a sentence for multiple violations; to amend Section 32-6-19 of the
Code of Alabama 1975, relating to violations for driving while license or driving privilege
is cancelled, denied, suspended, or revoked; to provide that a...
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SB471
168874-1:n:05/06/2015:KMS/cj LRS2015-1896 SB471 By Senator Glover RFD Constitution, Ethics
and Elections Rd 1 12-MAY-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, there are certain criminal and
civil penalties that may be charged or assessed against any person who violates the Fair Campaign
Practice Act. This bill would provide that any civil penalties for violation of the act would
be assessed by the appropriate filing official. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section
17-5-19, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Fair Campaign Practices Act; to provide that
civil penalties for violations shall be assessed by the filing official. BE IT ENACTED BY
THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 17-5-19 of the Code of Alabama 1975, is amended
to read as follows: §17-5-19. "(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person
who intentionally violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty, upon conviction,
of a Class A misdemeanor. "(b) A person who intentionally violates any...
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SB406
167154-1:n:04/21/2015:JET*/mfc LRS2015-1682 SB406 By Senator Reed RFD Judiciary Rd 1 23-APR-15
SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a person convicted of certain violations relating to motor vehicle
accidents is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if the accident only caused property damage and
a Class C felony if the accident caused death or personal injury. This bill would revise the
penalties to provide that a person convicted of a violation relating to motor vehicle accidents
would be guilty of a Class C felony if he or she caused physical injury and would be guilty
of a Class B felony if he or she caused death or serious physical injury. This bill would
also create the crime of homicide by vehicle or vessel and would provide criminal penalties.
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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HB462
166494-2:n:03/31/2015:FC/tj LRS2015-1319 HB462 By Representatives McCampbell, Beech and Jackson
RFD Judiciary Rd 1 09-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, drag racing on any public highway
is prohibited. This bill would provide that organizers and spectators would be guilty of the
offense, would increase the penalties for drag racing, and would provide for impoundment or
seizure of vehicles involved in illegal drag racing under certain circumstances. In addition,
the vehicle of a person charged with drag racing who has previously been convicted of the
offense would be subject to forfeiture. 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 increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local
governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes...
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HB160
Rep(s). By Representatives Pringle, McMillan, Sessions, Gaston and Williams (JW) HB160 ENGROSSED
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the extension of money or credit to consumers for
a purpose other than the prosecution of a dispute where repayment of the money or credit is
conditioned upon the consumer's recovery of money in a dispute or where recourse against the
consumer by the person providing the money or credit is limited exclusively or primarily to
the amount recovered by the consumer in a dispute; to define the terms amount financed, consumer,
consumer lawsuit lender, consumer lawsuit lending, consumer lawsuit lending agreement, dispute,
and finance charge; to provide for the maximum finance charge under a consumer lawsuit lending
agreement without regard to the amount financed or the manner in which the transaction is
structured; to provide that a consumer lawsuit lender is required to be licensed under Section
5-19-22 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to engage in consumer...
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HB344
Rep(s). By Representative Jones HB344 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To add Section
17-3-30.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to create the Definition of Moral Turpitude Act; to
establish a comprehensive list of felonies that involve moral turpitude; and to amend Sections
17-4-3 and 17-4-4, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to voter registration lists, to provide
procedures for the Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Secretary of State to follow to purge
certain disqualified voters from voter registration lists. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Section 17-3-30.1 is added to the Code of Alabama 1975, to read as
follows: §17-3-30.1. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Definition of
Moral Turpitude Act. (b)(1) The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Article VIII of the
Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 177 of Article VIII of the Official
Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, provides...
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HB505
167546-1:n:04/14/2015:LLR/th LRS2015-1502 HB505 By Representatives Williams (JW), Sessions,
Wilcox, Bracy, Pettus, Hubbard, Shiver, Scott, Martin, Alexander, Chesteen, Lee, Faust, Moore
(B), Weaver, Fridy, Rowe, Wood, Whorton (R), Ledbetter, Farley, Williams (JD), Collins and
Nordgren RFD Judiciary Rd 1 16-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, penalties may be assessed
against a person who brings certain types of legal proceedings that are determined to be frivolous,
unfounded, or without substantial justification. This bill would provide that reasonable attorney
fees and costs may be assessed against an attorney or litigant in a civil action if the court
finds at any time during the proceedings or upon judgment that a complaint, claim, counterclaim,
cross-claim, motion, pretrial application, affidavit, or other pleading, or any portion thereof,
of the litigant or attorney was frivolous. This bill would, in appropriate cases, allow the
court to order non-monetary sanctions. This bill...
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HB617
168687-1:n:05/04/2045:LLR*/th LRS2015-1860 HB617 By Representative Warren RFD Ways and Means
General Fund Rd 1 05-MAY-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a person who owns or operates, or
both, a motor vehicle that uses natural gas does not have to obtain an annual decal from the
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board or remit the motor fuel excise tax prescribed in Article 3A
of Chapter 17 of Title 40, Code of Alabama 1975, until October 1, 2016. This bill would establish
a uniform motor fuel and enforcement system for the collection of excise tax on compressed
natural gas and liquefied natural gas. This bill would provide for civil and criminal penalties
for a violation. 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 increased expenditure of
local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local...
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