SB272
165767-2:n:03/17/2015:JMH/cj LRS2015-1038R1 SB272 By Senators Stutts, Melson, Albritton, and Glover RFD Judiciary Rd 1 18-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, sodomy in the second degree requires both lack of consent due to mental defect and that the perpetrator be more than 16 and the victim be under 16 years of age, but older than 12 years of age. Under existing law, sodomy in the first degree requires forcible compulsion or that the victim possess a mental defect or be physically helpless, or the perpetrator be more than 16 years of age and the victim less than 12 years of age. Under existing law, a person under age 16 is incapable of consent. Under existing law, one circumstance in which a person commits the crime of sexual misconduct is when he or she engages in deviate sexual intercourse with another person under circumstances not covered by sodomy in the first degree or sodomy in the second degree, and consent is not a defense to prosecution under this circumstance regardless of...
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HB390
164413-1:n:02/02/2015:LLR/mfc LRS2015-371 HB390 By Representative Weaver RFD Judiciary Rd 1 02-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, certain persons in certain circumstances are granted civil immunity for their actions. This bill would provide civil immunity to any person who volunteers without cost to provide temporary care under the direction of the primary home caregiver for a person who has a disability or a chronic illness. A volunteer who, in good faith, performs the care without making any charge for goods or services therefor may not be liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission by the volunteer in rendering the care or as a result of any act or failure to act to provide or arrange for care for the person with a disability or a chronic illness, if the volunteer acts as a reasonably prudent person would have acted under the same or similar circumstances. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 6-5-332 of the Code of Alabama 1975, the Good Samaritan Law,...
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HB354
165351-2:n:03/18/2015:JMH/mfc LRS2015-547R1 HB354 By Representative Black RFD Judiciary Rd 1 31-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) provides uniform rules for the enforcement of family support orders. In 1996, as a condition of state eligibility for federal funding of child support enforcement, Congress mandated that each state enact the UIFSA. In 2008, the Uniform Law Commission amended UIFSA to incorporate the provisions of the Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support of Family Maintenance into state law. The Convention contains provisions that establish uniform procedures for the processing of international child support cases. In 2014, Congress enacted the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act. That act required each state to expeditiously enact the 2008 amendments to the UIFSA during its 2015 legislative session as a condition for continued receipt of federal funds supporting state child...
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SB432
166101-2:n:04/02/2015:FC/tj LRS2015-1077R1 SB432 By Senator Dial RFD Governmental Affairs Rd 1 30-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the issuance of net and seine permits for commercial fishing is limited and certain permits are not transferable under any circumstances including physical hardship, and applicants for renewal are required to have previously purchased a license and to meet certain income requirements in subsequent years. This bill would authorize certain permits to be transferred in the case of physical hardship and the requirements for proof of income requirements under Alabama income tax law in subsequent years would be deleted. This bill would further authorize a person who failed to meet the income requirements beginning October 1, 2014, to renew a net or seine permit and would delete certain income verification provisions. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 9-12-113 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to commercial fishing and net and seine permits; to...
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HB409
166101-2:n:04/02/2015:FC/tj LRS2015-1077R1 HB409 By Representatives Sessions, Greer, Hanes, Buskey and Clarke RFD Agriculture and Forestry Rd 1 02-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the issuance of net and seine permits for commercial fishing is limited and certain permits are not transferable under any circumstances including physical hardship, and applicants for renewal are required to have previously purchased a license and to meet certain income requirements in subsequent years. This bill would authorize certain permits to be transferred in the case of physical hardship and the requirements for proof of income requirements under Alabama income tax law in subsequent years would be deleted. This bill would further authorize a person who failed to meet the income requirements beginning October 1, 2014, to renew a net or seine permit and would delete certain income verification provisions. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 9-12-113 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to...
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SB197
SB197 By Senator Smitherman ENROLLED, An Act, To create the Alabama Right of Publicity Act; to statutorily define the right, the elements and scope of liability for its infringement, define the remedies available, and set forth defenses; to provide that there is a right of publicity in any indicia of identity of every person which endures for the life of the person and for 55 years after death; to provide that the right is freely transferable and descendible; to further provide for liability for persons who wrongfully use another person's indicia of identity whether or not for profit; to provide for defenses from liability under certain circumstances; and to provide that a person who establishes by substantial evidence that his or her right of publicity has been violated would be entitled to statutory damages in the amount of $5,000, or actual damages at his or her election, and any other damages available under law. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act...
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HB362
Rep(s). By Representative Whorton (R) HB362 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to Jackson County; to amend Section 45-36-231.02, Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the sheriff of the county under certain conditions to sell abandoned or stolen firearms to the highest bidder so long as the highest bidder may purchase firearms legally in the state. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 45-36-231.02, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §45-36-231.02. "(a) The sheriff shall keep and maintain a permanent record of all abandoned or stolen firearms, not subject to disposition by general law. The records shall state the description of the firearm, the date of recovery of the firearm, and the serial or other identifying number, if any, of the firearm. Firearm as used in this subpart shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 13A-8-1. "(b) Unless otherwise provided by law, the sheriff may sell or destroy these firearms if the owner of the firearm does not...
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HB563
168319-1:n:04/24/2015:DSM/agb LRS2015-1761 HB563 By Representatives Todd and Sanderford RFD Boards, Agencies and Commissions Rd 1 28-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Alabama Veterinary Practice Act governs the practice of veterinary medicine in the state. This bill would provide further for the definition of the practice of veterinary medicine to prohibit any person, other than a licensed veterinarian, from directly supervising veterinary medical services or making certain decisions relating to the medical or surgical treatment of animals. This bill would include a spay neuter clinic under the definition of a veterinary facility, and would limit the scope of services offered at a spay neuter clinic. This bill would exempt licensed veterinarians employed by nonprofit spay neuter clinics from certain prohibitions against practicing veterinary medicine as an employee of a person not licensed by the board. This bill would subject spay neuter clinics to the same permits and...
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SB305
SB305 By Senator Livingston ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to Jackson County; to amend Section 45-36-231.02, Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the sheriff of the county under certain conditions to sell abandoned or stolen firearms to the highest bidder so long as the highest bidder may purchase firearms legally in the state. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 45-36-231.02, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §45-36-231.02. "(a) The sheriff shall keep and maintain a permanent record of all abandoned or stolen firearms, not subject to disposition by general law. The records shall state the description of the firearm, the date of recovery of the firearm, and the serial or other identifying number, if any, of the firearm. Firearm as used in this subpart shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 13A-8-1. "(b) Unless otherwise provided by law, the sheriff may sell or destroy these firearms if the owner of the firearm does not claim the...
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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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