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SB131
151839-4:n:11/25/2013:FC/th LRS2013-1949R1 SB131 By Senator Sanford RFD County and Municipal
Government Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a list of registered voters is required
to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county prior to each regular
primary election. Additionally, a list of the registered voters to be removed from the voters
list is required to be published when statewide voter file maintenance is conducted. Also
under existing law, notice of all elections and a list of inspectors and clerks for an election
are required to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. This bill
would eliminate the requirement to publish these lists and notices, except the lists of voters
to be removed, and have this information posted on the county website, or if there is no website
maintained by the county, on the website of the Association of County Commissions of Alabama.
This bill would also require that this information would be...
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HB103
151839-4:n:11/25/2013:FC/th LRS2013-1949R1 HB103 By Representatives Sanderford, McCutcheon,
Patterson, Hanes, Greer, Pettus, Williams (P), Ball, Rich, Sessions, Henry, Wood, Chesteen,
Harper, Millican, Gaston, Butler, Tuggle, Johnson (K) and Brown RFD County and Municipal Government
Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a list of registered voters is required to be
published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county prior to each regular primary
election. Additionally, a list of the registered voters to be removed from the voters list
is required to be published when statewide voter file maintenance is conducted. Also under
existing law, notice of all elections and a list of inspectors and clerks for an election
are required to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. This bill
would eliminate the requirement to publish these lists and notices, except the lists of voters
to be removed, and have this information posted on the county website, or...
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SB241
SB241 By Senator Orr ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to campaign financing; to amend Sections 17-5-2,
17-5-4, 17-5-5, 17-5-6, 17-5-7, 17-5-8, 17-5-9, 17-5-10, 17-5-19, 36-25-3, 36-25-4, 36-25-14,
and 36-25-15, Code of Alabama 1975; to add Sections 17-5-7.2, 17-5-19.1, 17-5-19.2, 17-5-21,
and 36-14-18 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to clarify when campaign contributions and expenditures
are made and would clarify the disposition of a campaign committee and its assets upon its
dissolution or termination; to clarify that legal costs associated with a civil action, criminal
prosecution, or investigation reasonably related to the performance of duties may be paid
using campaign funds; to decrease the civil penalties for failure to properly report contributions
or expenditures; to provide for the payment of civil penalties using campaign funds; and to
authorize the State Ethics Commission to affirm, reduce, or set aside civil penalties, to
take investigative actions of potential criminal...
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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. ยง11-54C-1....
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HB334
165352-1:n:03/12/2015:PMG/agb LRS2015-334 HB334 By Representatives Fincher and Hanes RFD Constitution,
Campaigns and Elections Rd 1 19-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, there is a separate ballot
for each party for which there are candidates in primary elections, and an elector may only
vote for candidates of one political party. This bill would create a primary election system
for state and local offices where all qualified candidates, including independent candidates,
would have their names on the primary election ballot and all qualified electors may vote
the same ballot. This bill would provide that the two candidates that receive the highest
number of votes in a primary election, regardless of their party affiliation or lack thereof,
would be placed on the ballot in the general election. This bill would also authorize the
Secretary of State to adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this act. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT Relating to primary elections; to amend 17-5-2,...
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HB79
164923-1:n:03/02/2015:PMG/agb LRS2015-671 HB79 By Representatives Ball, McMillan and Standridge
RFD Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, if
a candidate does not receive a majority of votes cast in a primary election, a second primary
election is held. This bill would eliminate a second primary election by providing that the
candidate who receives the greatest number of votes cast in a primary election becomes the
party nominee in the general election. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to primary elections;
to amend 17-5-2, 17-5-7, 17-5-8, 17-6-21, 17-6-22, 17-9-3, 17-11-12, 17-13-3, 17-13-18, 17-16-45,
17-16-46, and 21-4-21, Code of Alabama 1975; to repeal Sections 17-13-19, 17-13-20, and 17-13-21,
Code of Alabama 1975; and to eliminate a second primary election by providing that the candidate
who receives the greatest number of votes cast in a primary election becomes the party nominee
in the general election. BE IT ENACTED BY THE...
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HB183
164180-2:n:01/20/2015:FC/tj LRS2015-220 HB183 By Representative Shiver RFD Local Legislation
Rd 1 05-MAR-15 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to Monroe County; to authorize the Monroe
County Commission to call for a referendum on the levy of an excise tax on gasoline or motor
fuel not to exceed five cents ($.05) per gallon for specific road and bridge projects identified
by the county prior to the referendum; to provide that the excise tax could only be in effect
for a period not to exceed five years; and to provide for subsequent local referendums asking
that new levies be authorized. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. For
the purposes of this act, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) DISTRIBUTOR.
Any person who engages in the selling of gasoline or motor fuel in this state by wholesale
domestic trade, but shall not apply to any transaction of the distributor in interstate commerce.
(2) GASOLINE. Gasoline, naphtha, and other liquid motor...
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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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SB21
SB21 ENGROSSED By Senator Ward A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the Open Meetings Act
of 2005; to amend Sections 36-25A-1, 36-25A-2, 36-25A-3, and 36-25A-9, Code of Alabama 1975,
to define and prohibit serial meetings; to further define deliberation, governmental body,
and meeting to apply to the exchange of information or ideas among a quorum of members of
a committee, subcommittee, or full governmental body intended to arrive at or influence a
decision as to how any 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 committee,
subcommittee, or full governmental body immediately following the discussion or at a later
time; to clarify that the Alabama Legislature is solely governed by the Alabama Constitution
which establishes that the doors of each house of the Alabama Legislature shall be open to
the public except when secrecy is required under the circumstances and that no...
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HB195
165123-1:n:03/03/2015:LLR/th LRS2014-871 HB195 By Representative Davis RFD Ethics and Campaign
Finance Rd 1 05-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Open Meetings Act of 2005 specifically
applies to quorums of committees and subcommittees of governmental bodies. In 2012, the Alabama
Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, ruled that the Open Meetings Act did not apply to a series
of committee or subcommittee gatherings at which discussions were conducted on matters that
would later come before the full governmental body. In 2013, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled,
in a 5-3 decision, that citizens do not have standing to bring suits under the Open Meetings
Act if the civil penalty is paid to the state and there is no allegation of a likelihood of
future violations. Also in 2013, the Alabama Supreme Court stated that there is no requirement
that the Alabama Legislature hold open meetings. This bill would define and prohibit serial
meetings. This bill would further define deliberation,...
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