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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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HB503
166653-1:n:03/31/2015:FC/th LRS2015-1346 HB503 By Representative Hill (M) RFD Constitution,
Campaigns and Elections Rd 1 16-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, write-in votes are permitted
only in non-municipal general elections and all write-in votes are counted if the voter properly
writes the name on the ballot and registers the vote by a mark in the space designated for
that particular office. This bill would amend the current law to provide that write-in votes
for a specific office would be counted at the same time as provisional ballots are counted
if the number of write-in votes for that office is greater than or equal to the difference
in votes between the candidates receiving the greatest number of votes for that office. A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 17-6-28 and 17-12-1, Code of Alabama 1975, relating
to write-in votes, to provide that write-in votes would be counted at the same time as provisional
ballots under certain conditions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE...
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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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HB587
165181-1:n:03/04/2015:LFO-RR*/bdl HB587 By Representative Collins RFD Ways and Means Education
Rd 1 30-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Existing law requires the state to apply an excise tax on lubricating
oil. This bill would repeal and amend law to allow for sales to be collected on lubricating
oil products. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 40-17-182, 40-23-4, and 40-23-62,
Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the excise tax applied to lubricating oil products; and
to repeal Sections 40-17-170, 40-17-171, 40-17-172, 40-17-173, 40-17-175, 40-17-176, 40-17-177,
40-17-178, 40-17-179, 40-17-180, 40-17-185, 40-17-186, 40-17-220, 40-17-221, 40-17-223, and
40-17-225, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the excise tax applied to lubricating oil. BE
IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 40-17-182, 40-23-4, 40-23-62,
and 40-17-182, Code of Alabama 1975, are hereby amended to read as follows: §40-17-182. "The
forms for all statements and reports required by the provisions of...
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SB132
SB132 By Senators Hightower, Bussman and Reed ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Section 36-25A-2 of
the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Open Meetings Act; to further define the term meeting.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 36-25A-2 of the Code of Alabama
1975, is amended to read as follows: §36-25A-2. "As used in and for determining the
applicability of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings solely
for the purposes of this chapter: "(1) DELIBERATION. An exchange of information or ideas
among a quorum of members of a governmental body intended to arrive at or influence a decision
as to how the members of the governmental body should vote on a specific matter that, at the
time of the exchange, the participating members expect to come before the body immediately
following the discussion or at a later time. "(2) EXECUTIVE SESSION. That portion of
a meeting of a governmental body from which the public is excluded for one or more...
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SB291
SB291 By Senators Stutts and Melson ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 16-51-3 and 16-51-4,
Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Board of Trustees of the University of North Alabama
(UNA); to provide further for the terms of office for board members of UNA, emergency meetings
of the board, and meetings of the board by teleconferencing. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 16-51-3 and 16-51-4, Code of Alabama 1975, is hereby amended
to read as follows: §16-51-3. "There is hereby created a Board of Trustees for the University
of North Alabama, the state educational institution at Florence, Alabama. The board of trustees
shall consist of six members who are residents of the seventh and eighth congressional districts,
at least two of whom shall be residents of the county in which the institution is located,
and three members from the state at large, the State Superintendent of Education and the Governor,
who shall be ex officio president of the board. The...
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SB39
164763-1:n:02/19/2015:JET/agb LRS2015-631 SB39 By Senator Ward RFD Agriculture, Conservation,
and Forestry Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Commissioner of Conservation
and Natural Resources may issue an annual permit to a person at a cost of $25 authorizing
the person to possess wildlife for public exhibition purposes. This bill would allow the commissioner
to also establish reasonable and necessary fees in amounts sufficient to cover the costs of
administering and enforcing the wildlife public exhibition regulations. This bill would also
delete the provision that the wildlife public exhibition regulations do not apply to privately
owned traveling zoos and would provide that the regulations do not apply to four-year universities,
provided that the guidelines of the institutions' Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
are followed. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 9-11-324 and 9-11-328, Code of
Alabama 1975, to allow the Commissioner of Conservation...
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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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HB278
159670-1:n:03/04/2014:KBH/tan LRS2014-1095 HB278 By Representative Ford RFD Public Safety and
Homeland Security Rd 1 12-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would relate to railroad employee safety
and would require certain contract carriers who transport operating employees of railroads
in motor vehicles to comply with certain safety standards for any driver employed by the contract
carrier. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to railroads and certain contract carriers
who transport operating employees of railroads in motor vehicles; to require a contract carrier
to comply with certain safety standards for any driver employed by the contract carrier. BE
IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. The following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) CONTRACT CARRIER. A common carrier who contracts to transport an operating employee
of a railroad on a road or highway of this state in a motor vehicle designed to carry 15 or
fewer passengers. (2) ON-DUTY TIME. Time spent by a...
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HB336
Rep(s). By Representatives Givan, Davis and Shedd HB336 ENROLLED, An Act, To repeal existing
Article VII of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, relating to impeachments, and to add a
new Article VII, relating to impeachments. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section
1. The following amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, is proposed
and shall become valid as a part thereof when approved by a majority of the qualified electors
voting thereon and in accordance with Sections 284, 285, and 287 of the Constitution of Alabama
of 1901, as amended: PROPOSED AMENDMENT I. Article VII of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901,
is repealed. II. Article VII is added to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to read as follows:
Article VII. Impeachments. Section 173. (a) The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General,
State Auditor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, members of the State Board of Education,
Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, and justices...
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