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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HB573
Rep(s). By Representative Robinson HB573 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to
Jefferson County; to authorize the Jefferson County Commission to levy and assess, subject
to the limitations set forth herein, a privilege or license tax against retail sales of tangible
personal property and amusements (a "sales tax") and an excise tax on the storage,
use, or consumption of tangible personal property (a "use tax"); to make legislative
findings; to provide for definitions; to provide that the rate of sales and use taxes authorized
by this act shall not exceed one percent; to require the simultaneous cancellation of a certain
existing sales and use tax levy in the county if the taxes authorized by this act are levied
by the county; to provide additional restrictions; to provide that the provisions of the state
sales and use tax laws and regulations which are not inconsistent with this act shall be applicable
with respect to the taxes authorized by this act; to provide for the...
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HB354
165351-2:n:03/18/2015:JMH/mfc LRS2015-547R1 HB354 By Representative Black RFD Judiciary Rd
1 31-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA)
provides uniform rules for the enforcement of family support orders. In 1996, as a condition
of state eligibility for federal funding of child support enforcement, Congress mandated that
each state enact the UIFSA. In 2008, the Uniform Law Commission amended UIFSA to incorporate
the provisions of the Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support of Family
Maintenance into state law. The Convention contains provisions that establish uniform procedures
for the processing of international child support cases. In 2014, Congress enacted the Preventing
Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act. That act required each state to expeditiously
enact the 2008 amendments to the UIFSA during its 2015 legislative session as a condition
for continued receipt of federal funds supporting state child...
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SB322
SB322 ENGROSSED By Senator Sanford A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 11-3-11.3,
11-51-183, 11-51-208, 11-51-210, 40-12-4, and 40-12-7, Code of Alabama 1975, and add Section
11-51-210.1, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Department of Revenue; to update references
relating to the cost of collection; to decrease the cap for the cost of administration of
county taxes from five percent to two percent; to provide for the administration of local
sales, use, rental, and lodgings taxes by the department; and to extend the county and municipal
tax levy and rate notification requirements to the department; and to provide liability relief
for miscollection of local taxes due to the lack of proper rate change notifications. BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 11-3-11.3, 11-51-183, 11-51-208,
11-51-210, 40-12-4, and 40-12-7 of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows:
§11-3-11.3. "(a) Counties may, upon request of the county commission,...
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HB142
164990-1::03/03/2015:EBO-MEJ/mej HB142 By Representative Hill (M) RFD Ways and Means Education
Rd 1 05-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under current law, each entity, subject to the Alabama corporate
income tax, is required to file a separate return and calculate the income tax on its separately
accounted for taxable income, regardless whether the entity is part of a larger business that
consists of an affiliated group of entities. This filing method allows large corporate taxpayers
to take advantage of tax planning options to shift income to other entities within the affiliated
group located in tax favorable states. Most large corporate businesses consist of a parent
corporation and a number of corporate subsidiaries. This bill would amend the corporate income
tax law to require the operations of all related entities, involved in a unitary business,
file one corporate income tax return on a combined basis, known as combined reporting. A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend the corporate income tax...
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SB162
SB162 ENGROSSED By Senator Orr A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 32-5A-191 of the
Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2014-222 of the 2014 Regular Session, relating
to driving while under the influence; to further define the offense and to define the term
under the influence for the purpose of unsafe driving; to prohibit a person from driving who
has a measurable amount of specified substances in the person's body; to further provide for
a minimum mandatory sentence for a fourth or subsequent violation; to remove the requirement
that a prior conviction considered by the court when imposing a sentence would only be a prior
conviction within a five-year period; to further provide for the offenses that can be considered
by a court when imposing a sentence for multiple violations; to amend Section 32-6-19 of the
Code of Alabama 1975, relating to violations for driving while license or driving privilege
is cancelled, denied, suspended, or revoked; to provide that a...
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