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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: ยง36-25A-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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SB222
SB222 By Senators Albritton, Ward, Williams and Orr ENROLLED, An Act, To provide for revocation
of certain transferable interests in property in the event of divorce or annulment; and to
provide that where former spouses held property as joint tenants at the time of divorce or
annulment, the property interest becomes a tenancy in common upon divorce or annulment. BE
IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. (a) In this section, the following terms
have the following meanings: (1) DISPOSITION OR APPOINTMENT OF PROPERTY. Includes a transfer
of an item of property or any other benefit to a beneficiary designated in a governing instrument.
(2) DIVORCE or ANNULMENT. Any divorce or annulment, or any dissolution or declaration of invalidity
of a marriage, that would exclude the spouse as a surviving spouse within the meaning of Section
43-8-252 of the Code of Alabama 1975. A decree of separation that does not terminate the status
of husband and wife is not a divorce for purposes...
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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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HB145
164589-1:n:02/17/2015:JMH/tj LRS2015-478 HB145 By Representatives Beckman and Givan RFD Judiciary
Rd 1 05-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a person who is divorced from a decedent is not
considered a surviving spouse for purposes of inheritance through a will; however, the law
is silent as to the passage of assets through other devices or payable on death instruments.
This bill would provide for inheritance of certain documents such as revocable inter-vivos
trusts, life-insurance and retirement-plan beneficiary designations, transfer-on-death accounts,
and other revocable dispositions to the former spouse that the divorced individual established
before the divorce or annulment. This bill would also provide that the interests of the former
spouses in property that they held at the time of the divorce or annulment as joint tenants
with the right of survivorship are severed and their co-ownership interests become tenancies
in common. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To provide for...
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HB207
Rep(s). By Representative Pringle HB207 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to Class 2 municipalities;
to amend Act 929 of the 1961 Regular Session (Acts 1961, p. 1487), relating to the Tree Commission
in a Class 2 municipality; to provide that the number of members on the Tree Commission shall
be the same as the number of members of the city council of the Class 2 municipality; to delete
the nomination process; and further provide for an appeal from the decisions of the commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall apply only in a Class
2 municipality. Section 2. Act 929, H. 1365 of the 1961 Regular Session (Acts 1961, p. 1487),
is amended to read as follows: "Section 1. It is hereby declared that the trees on private
property and in publicly owned areas within the City of Mobile, a Class 2 municipality, including
particularly those in street rights-of-way, are both an economic and an aesthetic asset to
the City of Mobile Class 2 municipality and the State...
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HB211
Rep(s). By Representative Ball HB211 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to the Legislative Department,
to reconstitute the Legislative Council and create the Senate Legislative Council and the
House Legislative Council; to transfer to the councils functions from the House Legislative
Council, the entity consisting of the Senate members elected to the Legislative Council, the
Joint Fiscal Committee, and the Legislative Building Authority, and abolish those entities;
to assign additional administrative functions to the council; to delete a provision for an
automatic appropriation to the Legislature; to revise the procedure for the appointment and
tenure of the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House; to specify the Alabama Law Institute
is part of the Legislative Department, revise the membership of the governing council of the
institute, and grant additional authority to the council and the president and director of
the institute; to restructure the Commission on Uniform State Laws; to...
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HB467
164976-1:n:02/27/2015:LFO-KF/bdl HB467 By Representatives Scott and Knight RFD Ways and Means
Education Rd 1 09-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would add Article 7 to Chapter 29 of Title 40,
to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for reportable tax avoidance transactions. This bill
would provide definitions; taxpayer responsibility for disclosure of reportable tax avoidance
transactions; time and manner of disclosure; imposition and amount of penalties, assessment
date, and waiver; penalties related to understatement of tax resulting from a reportable tax
avoidance transaction, interest penalty, and waiver; extension of statute of limitations for
assessments; material advisor responsibility for disclosure; penalty for failure to disclose
a reportable tax avoidance transaction or to maintain advisee list and waiver; penalty for
tax shelters; and injunction of certain conduct related to reportable tax avoidance transactions
and tax shelters. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To add Article 7,...
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HB531
167751-1:n:04/15/2015:FC/agb LRS2015-1621 HB531 By Representatives Garrett, Faulkner, Daniels,
Todd, Williams (P), Coleman-Evans, Scott, Givan, Hanes, Farley, Treadaway, Williams (JW),
Ball, Rowe, Melton, Drake, Boyd, Tuggle, Sanderford, Brown, Jackson, Whorton (R), Fincher,
Chesteen, Hammon, England, McMillan, Morrow, Moore (M), Beech, Buskey, Alexander, Howard,
Ingram, Drummond, Warren, Clarke, Bracy and Hall RFD Financial Services Rd 1 21-APR-15 SYNOPSIS:
Under existing law, deferred presentment transactions, commonly referred to as payday loans,
are regulated by the State Banking Department pursuant to the Deferred Presentment Services
Act. This bill would allow a customer to repay a deferred presentment transaction over a three-month
period. This bill would prohibit the extension of a deferred presentment transaction. A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 5-18A-2, 5-18A-12, and 5-18A-13 of the Code of Alabama
1975, relating to deferred presentment transactions; to allow a...
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HB685
169496-1:n:05/14/2015:JET/cj LRS2015-2071 HB685 By Representative Hill (M) RFD Judiciary Rd
1 19-MAY-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a bail bondsman must be approved as either a professional
surety company or professional bail company and be approved by the presiding circuit judge
of each county in which the bail bondsman desires to operate. This bill would create the Alabama
Bail Bond Regulatory Act to require professional bondsmen and recovery agents to register
with the Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board, created under the act. This bill would provide
for the membership and duties of the board, would provide procedures for licensure applications,
would specify qualifications for licensure, and would provide criminal penalties for making
false statements to the board. This bill would also provide for the suspension and revocation
of licenses and would require licensees to complete continuing professional education. Amendment
621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now...
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SB335
167120-1:n:04/03/2015:LLR/tj LRS2015-1347 SB335 By Senator Blackwell RFD Banking and Insurance
Rd 1 07-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, deferred presentment transactions, commonly referred
to as payday loans, are regulated by the State Banking Department pursuant to the Deferred
Presentment Services Act. This bill would allow a customer to repay a deferred presentment
transaction over a six-month period. This bill would prohibit the extension of a deferred
presentment transaction. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 5-18A-2, 5-18A-12,
and 5-18A-13 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to deferred presentment transactions; to
allow a customer to repay a deferred presentment transaction over a six-month period; to prohibit
the extension of a deferred presentment transaction; to decrease the extended repayment option
from four months to three months; to allow licensees to collect a bad check fee for each bad
check presented; to require each licensee to report within a...
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