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SB313
166064-1:n:03/20/2015:FC/agb LRS2015-1069 SB313 By Senator Whatley RFD Agriculture, Conservation,
and Forestry Rd 1 31-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, when tests or analyses are required
to be performed to execute a law or rule of the Department of Agriculture and Industries,
the tests or analyses are required to be performed by employees of the department. This bill
would authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries to delegate the performance
of the tests to any laboratory operated by the federal government or any other state government.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 2-2-33 and 2-2-35 of the Code of Alabama 1975,
relating to the Department of Agriculture and Industries; to authorize tests or analyses required
to be performed by the department to be performed by laboratories of the federal government
or any other state government; and to amend Sections 2-15-210, 2-16-20, 2-21-26, 2-26-4, 2-27-33,
8-16-5, and 8-17-81, Code of Alabama 1975, to conform...
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SB383
SB383 By Senator Brewbaker ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to the purchase of school textbooks;
to amend Sections 16-36-62, 16-36-64 and 16-36-65, Code of Alabama 1975; to add Sections 16-36-60.1
and 16-36-71 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to establish qualified depositories for textbooks,
which would be facilities that receive textbook orders from boards of education, store sufficient
quantities of textbooks, and distribute textbooks to local school systems; to prohibit a qualified
depository for textbooks from charging a board of education for its services, but would authorize
it to charge a publisher a fee for its services; to prohibit the price of any textbook to
exceed the costs already prescribed by law; to clarify that textbooks include digital textbooks
for the purposes of public school textbook purchasing; and to create a Digital Depository
Study Commission to examine the application of a depository to digital material. BE IT ENACTED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections...
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SB454
SB454 By Senators Ross and Singleton ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to Alabama State University;
to amend Sections 16-50-20, 16-50-26, and 16-50-28, Code of Alabama 1975; to increase the
membership of the board of trustees by two at-large members; to decrease term lengths from
12 to 6 years; to limit members to two six-year terms; to create and provide for the operation
of a nominating committee; to provide a procedure for holding emergency meetings of the board;
to allow members of the board to participate in meetings by electronic means; and to provide
further for the compensation of members. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section
1. Sections 16-50-20, 16-50-26, and 16-50-28 of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read
as follows: §16-50-20. "(a) There is hereby created a Board of Trustees for Alabama
State University, the state educational institution at Montgomery, Alabama. The board of trustees
shall consist of two members from the congressional district in which...
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HB211
Rep(s). By Representative Ball HB211 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to the Legislative Department,
to reconstitute the Legislative Council and create the Senate Legislative Council and the
House Legislative Council; to transfer to the councils functions from the House Legislative
Council, the entity consisting of the Senate members elected to the Legislative Council, the
Joint Fiscal Committee, and the Legislative Building Authority, and abolish those entities;
to assign additional administrative functions to the council; to delete a provision for an
automatic appropriation to the Legislature; to revise the procedure for the appointment and
tenure of the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House; to specify the Alabama Law Institute
is part of the Legislative Department, revise the membership of the governing council of the
institute, and grant additional authority to the council and the president and director of
the institute; to restructure the Commission on Uniform State Laws; to...
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HB455
164979-1:n:02/27/2015:LFO-KF/bdl HB455 By Representatives Lindsey and Scott RFD Ways and Means
Education Rd 1 09-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill defines unitary business and requires taxpayers
who are part of a unitary business to use a combined report to determine their Alabama taxable
income. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 40-18-1, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide
for additional definitions and Sections 40-2A-17 and 40-18-39, Code of Alabama 1975, to require
taxpayers who are part of a unitary business to use a combined report to determine their Alabama
taxable income. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 40-2A-17,
40-18-1 and 40-18-39, Code of Alabama 1975, are hereby amended to read as follows: §40-2A-17.
"For purposes of the tax imposed in Chapter 18 of this title, the following rules shall
apply: "(a) In any case of two or more organizations, trades, or businesses (whether
or not affiliated within the meaning of 26 U.S.C. § 1504) owned or...
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HB469
166471-1:n:03/26/2015:PMG/mfc LRS2015-1258 HB469 By Representatives Greer, Pettus, Henry and
Butler RFD Education Policy Rd 1 09-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This act would establish qualified depositories
for textbooks, which would be facilities that receive textbook orders from boards of education,
store sufficient quantities of textbooks, and distribute textbooks to local school systems.
This bill would prohibit a qualified depository for textbooks from charging a board of education
for its services, but would authorize it to charge a publisher a fee for its services. The
bill would provide that a publisher of textbooks is responsible for ensuring that a sufficient
stock of textbooks is maintained at a qualified depository. This bill would prohibit the price
of any textbook sold through a qualified depository for textbooks from exceeding the costs
already prescribed by law. This bill would also clarify that textbooks include digital textbooks
for the purposes of public school textbook...
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SB473
168718-2:n:05/11/2015:FC*/mfc LRS2015-1882R1 SB473 By Senators Figures, Hightower, Albritton
and Glover RFD Local Legislation, Mobile County Rd 1 12-MAY-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would apply
only to Class 2 municipalities and would authorize the establishment of Redevelopment Authorities
in the municipalities to finance projects in development areas to revitalize and redevelop
blighted or economically distressed areas of the municipalities. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN
ACT Relating to Class 2 municipalities; to authorize the establishment of Redevelopment Authorities
in the municipalities to finance projects in development areas to revitalize and redevelop
blighted or economically distressed areas of the municipalities. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall only apply in a Class 2 municipality. Section 2. Chapter
54C is added to Title 11, Code of Alabama 1975, to read as follows: Chapter 54C. REDEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITIES IN CLASS 2 MUNICIPALITIES. §11-54C-1....
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HB225
164479-2:n:02/25/2015:FC/th LRS2015-434R1 HB225 By Representative Lindsey RFD County and Municipal
Government Rd 1 10-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, counties may contract with the United
States, with the State of Alabama, and with other counties, but there is no general authority
for the county commission to contract with municipalities. This bill would authorize counties
to contract with municipalities in the state. Under existing law, county commissioners are
prohibited from contracting with the county or hiring family members. This bill would clarify
existing law to provide that a county commissioner may not contract with the county personally
or through his or her business and may not participate in the hiring of a family member. Additionally,
the bill would define family member as that term is defined in the state ethics law. Under
existing law, two or more counties may enter into agreements to self-fund liability and workers'
compensation insurance, but are not authorized...
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HB573
Rep(s). By Representative Robinson HB573 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to
Jefferson County; to authorize the Jefferson County Commission to levy and assess, subject
to the limitations set forth herein, a privilege or license tax against retail sales of tangible
personal property and amusements (a "sales tax") and an excise tax on the storage,
use, or consumption of tangible personal property (a "use tax"); to make legislative
findings; to provide for definitions; to provide that the rate of sales and use taxes authorized
by this act shall not exceed one percent; to require the simultaneous cancellation of a certain
existing sales and use tax levy in the county if the taxes authorized by this act are levied
by the county; to provide additional restrictions; to provide that the provisions of the state
sales and use tax laws and regulations which are not inconsistent with this act shall be applicable
with respect to the taxes authorized by this act; to provide for the...
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SB96
SB96 By Senator Chambliss ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 11-1-10, 11-3-5, 11-30-1, 11-49-80,
and 11-98-4, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to county government; to authorize counties to
contract with municipalities; to clarify provisions related to contracts with related family
and business interests; to authorize counties to self-fund property insurance; to further
provide for maintenance of roads annexed by a municipality; and to provide for bonding of
emergency communication district employees. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section
1. Sections 11-1-10, 11-3-5, 11-30-1, 11-49-80, and 11-98-4, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended
to read as follows: §11-1-10. "(a) The county commission in addition to all other powers
and authority is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into contracts, leases, compacts,
or any other form of agreement with the United States of America or any of its agencies, departments,
bureaus, divisions, or institutions, with the State of Alabama...
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