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SB367
SB367 ENGROSSED By Senator Williams A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to contract law;
to clarify and restate the law relating to restrictive covenants; and to repeal Section 8-1-1,
Code of Alabama 1975. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. (a) Every contract
by which anyone is restrained from exercising a lawful profession, trade, or business of any
kind otherwise than is provided by this section is to that extent void. (b) Except as otherwise
prohibited by law, the following contracts are allowed to preserve a protectable interest:
(1) A contract between two or more persons or businesses or a person and a business limiting
their ability to hire or employ the agent, servant, or employees of a party to the contract
is permitted where the agent, servant, or employee holds a position uniquely essential to
the management, organization, or service of the business. (2) An agreement between two or
more persons or businesses or a person and a business to limit...
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SB115
164675-1:n:02/17/2015:LFO - RR/bdl SB115 By Senators Orr, Whatley, and Melson RFD Finance and
Taxation General Fund Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, liquor wholesale licensees
may sell liquor at wholesale to the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board or as authorized
by the board, other than to a retail licensee of the board. Under existing law, state liquor
stores operated by the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and certain licensed private
retail stores may sell liquor at retail. Under existing law, retail licensees of the board
must purchase liquor from the board for resale. This bill would require the Alabama Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board to phase out retail sale of alcoholic beverages by the board prior
to October 1, 2016 but continue all other functions prescribed by law; require the board to
obtain the best available price for fixed assets, equipment, and property; and require the
Department of Economic and Community Affairs to provide certain technical...
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HB376
Rep(s). By Representatives Wilcox, Sessions, Davis, Gaston, Williams (JW), Drummond, Clarke,
Buskey and Bracy HB376 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to Mobile County; to authorize electronic
enforcement related to overtaking a school bus in the county or municipalities located in
the county; to provide that the unauthorized overtaking of a school bus would be a civil offense;
to authorize a county or city board of education located in the county to approve, in its
respective jurisdiction, a civil process of electronic detection device of a school bus violation
enforcement; to require certain procedures to be followed by a county or city board of education
using electronic school bus enforcement; to make the owner of the vehicle involved in a violation
presumptively responsible for payment of a civil fine; to provide procedures to contest responsibility
or transfer responsibility to another person; to provide for the jurisdiction of district
courts and municipal courts over the civil...
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HB441
Rep(s). By Representative Rich HB441 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section
23-1-278 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the enforcement of the Highway Beautification
Act-Outdoor Advertising, regulating outdoor advertising along federal primary highways in
the state, to authorize municipalities to enforce the law in the corporate limits of the municipality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 23-1-278 of the Code of Alabama
1975, is amended to read as follows: §23-1-278. "(a) Any sign erected or maintained
in an adjacent area after February 10, 1972, and any outdoor advertising sign, display, or
device erected with the purpose of its message being read from the main-traveled way of any
interstate highway or primary highway outside of an urban area and beyond 660 feet of the
right-of-way after April 11, 1978, in violation of the provisions of this division or the
rules and regulations promulgated under the provisions of this division may...
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HB58
Rep(s). By Representative Baker HB58 ENROLLED, An Act, To enact the Alabama Jobs Act; to authorize
and provide for a jobs credit incentive and an investment credit incentive to certain businesses
for approved projects that create new jobs in Alabama; to provide that the incentives would
only be available following the execution of a project agreement and a determination that
the economic benefits of the project would exceed the cost of the incentives to the state;
to allow the jobs credit for 10 years in an amount of 3 percent of the previous year's annual
wages for eligible employees; to apply the jobs credit against the utility gross receipts
and utility service use taxes; to provide that the jobs credit could be refundable during
the incentive period; to provide that the jobs credit may be claimed as a credit against utility
taxes paid with a carryforward for earned but unused amounts; to allow the investment credit
in an amount of 1.5 percent of a qualified capital investment...
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HB327
165741-1:n:03/16/2015:MCS/th LRS2015-992 HB327 By Representatives Henry, Hammon, Moore (B)
and Harbison RFD Judiciary Rd 1 19-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create the Alabama Firearms
Industry Nondiscrimination Act. This bill would provide a person or trade association as defined
by this act with a civil cause of action based on a refusal to provide goods or services to
that person or trade association solely because that person is engaged in the lawful commerce
of firearms or ammunition products. This bill would provide the Attorney General with authority
to investigate and pursue civil charges against a person who engages in the discriminatory
business practices outlined in this act. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the firearms
industry and discriminatory practice of refusing to provide goods or services to those persons
engaged in the lawful commerce of firearms or ammunition products; to add a new Article 39
to Chapter 5 of Title 6, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide a...
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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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HB409
166101-2:n:04/02/2015:FC/tj LRS2015-1077R1 HB409 By Representatives Sessions, Greer, Hanes,
Buskey and Clarke RFD Agriculture and Forestry Rd 1 02-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law,
the issuance of net and seine permits for commercial fishing is limited and certain permits
are not transferable under any circumstances including physical hardship, and applicants for
renewal are required to have previously purchased a license and to meet certain income requirements
in subsequent years. This bill would authorize certain permits to be transferred in the case
of physical hardship and the requirements for proof of income requirements under Alabama income
tax law in subsequent years would be deleted. This bill would further authorize a person who
failed to meet the income requirements beginning October 1, 2014, to renew a net or seine
permit and would delete certain income verification provisions. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT
To amend Section 9-12-113 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to...
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HB458
Rep(s). By Representative Johnson (R) HB458 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to unclaimed or abandoned
motor vehicles; to amend Sections 32-8-84, 32-13-1, 32-13-2, 32-13-3, 32-13-4, and 32-13-6,
Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the titling and sale of certain unclaimed motor
vehicles; to provide for notice; to further provide for when a law enforcement officer may
remove a motor vehicle from certain locations; to provide limited immunity; to further provide
for the titling and sale of abandoned motor vehicles; to provide for pre-sale appeals by the
Alabama Tax Tribunal and the circuit court; to provide procedures for contesting sales; to
provide for the deduction of certain costs from the proceeds of a sale; to add Sections 32-13-9
and 32-13-10, to the Code of Alabama 1975; to require cooperation of law enforcement in enforcement
of the act; to provide criminal penalties for fraudulent statements regarding the sale of
an abandoned motor vehicle; and in connection therewith would...
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HB52
164529-1:n:02/11/2015:JET/agb LRS2015-481 HB52 By Representative Fincher RFD Public Safety
and Homeland Security Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a person is guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor if he or she attempts to elude a law enforcement officer, unless he or
she causes physical injury to an innocent bystander or third party, in which case it is a
Class C felony. This bill would also apply the enhanced felony penalty to defendants who cause
death or serious physical injury to a law enforcement officer in pursuit of a person attempting
to elude the officer. This bill would apply the enhanced felony penalty only if serious physical
injuries are caused to innocent bystanders, third parties, or a law enforcement officer. Amendment
621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official
Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law
whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased...
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