SB325
165735-1:n:03/26/2015:KBH/agb LRS2015-993 SB325 By Senator Sanford RFD County and Municipal Government Rd 1 02-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would provide that the annexation of property by general or local law would not extend the police jurisdiction unless specifically provided for in the general or local law. This bill would specify that a municipality could only change its police jurisdiction based on annexation and deannexation once a year. This bill would further specify that a municipality could only enforce certain ordinances, collect license fees, and levy and collect taxes within its police jurisdiction after providing notice to affected persons. This bill would require that if an annexation results in a portion of a county-maintained street being within the police jurisdiction of a municipality being bound on at least two sides by a municipal street, the municipality would assume responsibility for that portion of the county-maintained street. This bill would also require that...
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SB1
SB1 ENGROSSED By Senators Dial and McClendon A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 16-16B-1 and 16-16B-2, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama Ahead Act; commencing with the 2015-2016 school year, to delete the requirement that tablets and mobile computers be pen-enabled; to delete the phase-in provisions; to delete the reassignment provisions; to revise the composition of the advisory committee; to make participation by local school systems voluntary; to provide that funds be used to purchase and install a high-quality, standards-based, broadband Wi-Fi infrastructure and mobile digital computing devices to enable access to digital instructional materials in all public school classrooms, where feasible, in the state in lieu of textbooks for public school students; to make an appropriation of $110,000,000 from the Education Trust Fund to the Alabama Public School and College Authority for the purpose of implementing the Alabama Ahead Act, for the fiscal year ending...
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HB416
Rep(s). By Representative Pringle HB416 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To enact the Alabama Renewal Act; to enact new programs for the growth of business and industry in Alabama; to create tax credits for increased use of the states port facilities; to create the Growing Alabama Act tax credit to address economic development needs in Alabama that cannot be solved with traditional tax incentives; to cap the credits; to provide for the carryforward of certain earned but unused credits; to provide methods for claiming certain credits; to provide for proof that credits are due to be granted; to provide for the promulgation of forms; to create new Articles 18 and 19 of Chapter 18 of Title 40; to provide for the promulgation of regulations; to provide for the severability of invalid provisions; to provide for the repeal of conflicting laws; to provide for effective dates. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall be known as the Alabama Renewal Act....
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SB29
162602-3:n:10/09/2014:LLR/tj LRS2014-2608R2 SB29 By Senator Coleman RFD Banking and Insurance Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law a debt collector is required to be licensed to collect debt in Alabama. This bill would require debt buyers and other debt collectors to possess certain basic information about the debt before initiating collection efforts, including proof of indebtedness by the consumer, date of the debt, identity of the original creditor, and itemization of all fees, charges, and payments. This bill would prohibit the collection of a consumer debt by any party not in possession of at least a copy of the original contract, or other documentation evidencing the consumer's liability. This bill would require a creditor and each subsequent holder of the debt to retain and pass on to the next holder all communications from the consumer concerning the debt and information about all known disputes and defenses. This bill would allow consumers to record abusive telephone...
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SB362
SB362 ENGROSSED By Senator Pittman A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 40-10-75, 40-10-76, 40-10-77, 40-10-83, 40-10-121, and 40-10-122, Code of Alabama 1975, to reduce interest due or paid on properties subject to tax sale to seven and one-half percent. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 40-10-75, 40-10-76, 40-10-77, 40-10-83, 40-10-121, and 40-10-122, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §40-10-75. "If, in In any action brought related to taxes delinquent on or after January 1, 2016, the interest rate on any amounts awarded pursuant to this section shall be 7.5 percent. In any other action brought for the possession of land sold for taxes, the title of the purchaser at the tax sale shall be defeated on account of any defect in the proceedings under which the sale is had, or on account of any defect in or insufficiency of the process by which the owner of the land was brought before the probate court, as is provided, or in the...
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HB139
164989-1::03/03/2015:EBO-MEJ/mej HB139 By Representative McMillan RFD Ways and Means General Fund Rd 1 05-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Currently, the State of Alabama levies a tax on various tobacco products. This bill would increase the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products, and adjust the discount allowed on tobacco stamp purchases. This bill also provides for the distribution of the proceeds from the tax increase on tobacco products. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 40-25-2, 40-25-2.1, 40-25-5, and 40-25-23, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the state tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products; to increase the state tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products; to adjust the discount allowed on tobacco stamp purchases; and to provide for the distribution of the proceeds from the increase in tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Sections 40-25-2, 40-25-2.1, 40-25-5, and 40-25-23, Code of Alabama 1975, are...
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HB377
Rep(s). By Representatives Johnson (R) and Hurst HB377 ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 11-40-10, 11-51-91, 11-51-206, and 11-52-30 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to annexation; to provide that the annexation of property by general or local law would not extend the police jurisdiction unless specifically provided; to further provide that alterations to the police jurisdiction by annexation or deannexation would only occur once a year; to further provide that before a municipality can enforce an ordinance in its police jurisdiction the municipality must provide 30 days notice under specific circumstances; to further provide that a municipality must annually account for all revenues collected in its police jurisdiction and provide documentation of all services provided within the police jurisdiction; to provide that no municipality can levy or assess taxes within a police jurisdiction without providing notice under certain terms and conditions; and to further provide that any...
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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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HB224
163117-1:n:09/23/2014:LFO-RR/bdl HB224 By Representative McMillan RFD Ways and Means General Fund Rd 1 10-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, there is no tobacco tax on consumable vapor products. These products are taxed at the general sales tax rate. This bill would tax consumable vapor products and provide for the stamping of such. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 40-25-1, 40-25-2, 40-25-4, 40-25-4.1, 40-25-5, 40-25-6, 40-25-7, 40-25-8, 40-25-9, 40-25-11, 40-25-12, 40-25-13, 40-25-14, 40-25-15, 40-25-16.1, 40-25-18, 40-25-19, 40-25-20, 40-25-23, 40-25-40, 40-25-41, 40-25-42, and 40-25-46 related to the taxation of tobacco to include consumable vapor products. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 40-25-1, 40-25-2, 40-25-4, 40-25-4.1, 40-25-5, 40-25-6, 40-25-7, 40-25-8, 40-25-9, 40-25-11, 40-25-12, 40-25-13, 40-25-14, 40-25-15, 40-25-16.1, 40-25-18, 40-25-19, 40-25-20, 40-25-23, 40-25-40, 40-25-41, 40-25-42, and 40-25-46 of the Code of Alabama,...
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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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