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HB46
163668-2:n:02/20/2015:KMS/mfc LRS2014-3640 HB46 By Representative Chesteen RFD Ways and Means
Education Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Alabama Ahead Act authorizes the
Alabama Public School and College Authority to sell and issue up to $100,000,000 in bonds
to fund the purchase of digital textbooks for public high school students, with implementation
of the act contingent upon separate legislative enactment. This bill would amend the Alabama
Ahead Act to provide that the bonds be used to purchase and install, as a first priority,
a high quality standards-based broadband Wi-Fi infrastructure in every classroom in every
public school; and use remaining funds to purchase mobile digital computing devices to enable
access to digital resources in the state in lieu of digital textbooks for public high school
students. This bill would specify priorities and standards for wireless infrastructure and
a cost model. This bill would provide an implementation plan consisting of a...
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SB423
SB423 ENGROSSED By Senators Melson and Orr A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To enact the Alabama
Tax Delinquency Amnesty Act of 2015; to provide for definitions; to require the Department
of Revenue to establish a tax amnesty program as provided for in this Bill; to provide for
terms and conditions of the program; to provide for the disposition of the monies collected
pursuant to the tax amnesty program; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for
related matters. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This Act shall be
known as and may be cited as the "Alabama Tax Delinquency Amnesty Act of 2015".
Section 2. Definitions. As used in this bill, the following terms have the meaning ascribed
to them in this Section, except when the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Commissioner"
means the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue. (2) "Courier" means a messenger
other than the United States Postal Service that delivers parcels, packages, and the like,...
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HB257
Rep(s). By Representatives Knight, Hubbard and McCutcheon HB257 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT To create the permanent Joint Legislative Committee on Government Oversight and Accountability;
to provide for membership of the committee; to provide for the compensation of members; to
provide for the powers and duties of the committee; to specify time frames for meetings held
by the committee; to allow the committee to request audits of certain state agencies and other
entities under certain conditions; to authorize the committee to hold public hearings under
certain conditions; to amend Section 41-19-10, Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the Department
of Finance to modify the planned expenditure of funds upon advice and consent of the committee;
and to prohibit certain interagency agreements unless certain notice is provided to the committee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. (a) There is created a permanent Joint
Legislative Committee on Government...
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SB326
any usable cannabis, cannabis plants, drug paraphernalia, or other related property that was
seized. The determination of a district attorney, or the district attorney's designee, that
a person is engaging in or assisting in the medical use of cannabis in accordance with the
provisions of this act shall be deemed to be evidenced by the following: (1) A decision not
to prosecute. (2) The dismissal of charges. (3) Acquittal. Section 12. For the purposes of
medical care, including organ and tissue transplants, a qualified patient's authorized
use of cannabis shall be considered the equivalent of the authorized use of any other medication
used at the direction of a physician and may not constitute the use of an illicit substance.
Section 13. (a) Qualified patients and designated caregivers who associate within this state
in order to collectively or cooperatively cultivate cannabis for medical purposes may share
responsibility for acquiring and supplying the resources required to...
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SB411
SB411 By Senator Orr ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Section 36-27B-1, Code of Alabama 1975, relating
to preretirement death benefits for judges, clerks and district attorneys; to establish the
Judges' and Clerks' Plan for retirement for justices, judges, and circuit clerks; to establish
the District Attorneys' Plan for retirement for district attorneys; and to provide guidelines
for the plans. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 36-27B-1, Code
of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §36-27B-1. "There shall be created the
Preretirement Death Benefit Program effective October 1, 1985, which shall be effective as
of that date to all employees covered under the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama and
the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama. Beginning November 8, 2016, the Preretirement
Death Benefit Program shall be effective to all members of the Judges' and Clerks' Plan and
the District Attorneys' Plan provided for in Section 3 and Section 19. In...
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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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SB391
167533-1:n:04/13/2015:LLR/tj LRS2015-1326 SB391 By Senator Glover RFD Judiciary Rd 1 21-APR-15
SYNOPSIS: Under the Alabama Safe Drinking Water Act, the regulation of potable water is vested
in the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM). In combination with the powers
and authority provided under the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act and in compliance with the
rules and regulations promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, ADEM
is responsible for the continued development and enforcement of primary and secondary drinking
water standards to ensure that citizens of the state are provided safe and wholesome drinking
water from suppliers of water. Under existing law, there is no specific provision which provides
civil immunity to suppliers of water who comply with or obtain an exemption or variance from
the regulations established by the Department of Environmental Management. This bill would
provide civil immunity to suppliers of water who have...
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SB49
SB49 By Senator Allen ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Section 23-1-241, Code of Alabama 1975, relating
to the Highway Beautification Act-Junkyard Control, to define the term "primary system"
consistent with federal law. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section
23-1-241, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §23-1-241. "For the purposes
of this division, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them
by this section: "(1) (3) AUTOMOBILE GRAVEYARD RECYCLER. Any establishment or place of
business which is maintained, used, or operated for storing, keeping, buying or selling wrecked,
scrapped, ruined, or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts. "(2) (6) DIRECTOR.
The State Department of Transportation. "(3) (4) INTERSTATE SYSTEM. That portion of the
national system of interstate and defense highways located within this state or officially
designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the director and approved by...
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HB57
Rep(s). By Representative Beech HB57 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To enact the Alabama
Veterans and Targeted Counties Act; to add provisions to the Alabama Jobs Act proposed by
HB 58 of the Regular Session of 2015 of the Alabama Legislature; to define the term targeted
county; to require that the Secretary of Commerce make certain findings as to whether a
project is a qualifying project and whether a company is an approved company when the project
is to be located in a targeted county; to provide that a qualifying project in a targeted
county could receive incentives if it created at least 25 new jobs; to allow a 4 percent jobs
credit for qualifying projects located in targeted counties; to allow an additional 5 years
in the incentive period for the investment credit in certain cases; to provide an additional
jobs credit of 0.5 percent of wages paid to veterans in certain cases; to provide for audits
of companies claiming the Jobs Act Incentives; to create the Accelerate...
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HB76
164614-1:n:02/13/2015:KMS/th LRS2015-200 HB76 By Representatives Shedd and Henry RFD State
Government Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create the Performance-Based Pay Permanent
Joint Committee for State Agencies and Departments. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To create
the Performance-Based Pay Permanent Joint Committee for State Agencies and Departments; to
provide a method of ensuring that persons serving in positions of responsibility in state
agencies and departments are compensated based on the performance of the agency or department;
to provide for the membership of the committee; to provide for the duties of the committee;
to provide for the annual report of the committee to the Legislature. BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. (a) To ensure that persons serving in positions of responsibility
in state agencies and departments are compensated in an amount that is commensurate with their
performance when compared to their counterparts in other states,...
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