|
HB42
163640-1:n:12/01/2014:LLR/th LRS2014-3639 HB42 By Representative Melton RFD Commerce and Small
Business Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Currently, Alabama does not have a state minimum wage law.
This bill would propose a constitutional amendment to increase the state minimum wage to $9.80
per hour in three steps ending January 1, 2018. This bill would provide that tipped employees'
wages may not fall 30 percent of the minimum wage at any time. The bill would provide for
an increase commencing on January 1, 2020, and every three years thereafter based on the Consumer
Price Index for the July 1st of the year preceding the year of the increase. The bill would
require the State Finance Director to notify the Alabama Department of Labor in writing between
October 1 and October 15 each year preceding a wage adjustment of the percentage to be used
for the cost-of-living adjustment for the next three calendar years. This bill would require
the Alabama Department of Labor to post any change in the...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/...ableinstruments/2015rs/bills/HB42.htm - 8K - Match Info - Similar pages
HB507
167581-1:n:04/15/2015:JET/th LRS2015-1571 HB507 By Representative Jones RFD Judiciary Rd 1
16-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, in an action for divorce, the court may make an award
of alimony, including interim alimony, for the support of either spouse out of the estate
of the other spouse. This bill would provide for an award of interim alimony in an action
for divorce, legal separation, or annulment filed after January 1, 2016, if the spouse maintains
the validity of the marriage, the spouse needs interim alimony, and the other spouse has ability
to pay interim alimony. This bill would authorize a judge, out of the marital property or
current income, to award reasonable interim fees, costs, and litigation expenses, including
discovery, expert witnesses, guardians ad litem, special masters, and attorney fees, to enable
each party to have equitable access to the marital property to pursue or defend an action
for divorce, legal separation, annulment, or appeal. This bill would also...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/...bleinstruments/2015rs/bills/HB507.htm - 11K - Match Info - Similar pages
HB520
Rep(s). By Representative Vance HB520 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to any
Class 5 municipality organized under the provisions of Act 71, 1977 Regular Session (Acts
1977, p. 78), as amended; to amend Act 71, 1977 Regular Session (Acts 1977, p. 78), as amended,
to further provide for the operation of the council-manager form of government; and in connection
therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure
of local funds within the meaning of 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. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall
apply in any Class 5 municipality organized under the provisions of Act 71, 1977 Regular Session
(Acts 1977, p. 78), as amended. Section 2. Sections 1.01, 3.01, 3.10, 3.14, 3.18, 4.03, 4.04,
6.13, and 6.18 of Act 71, 1977 Regular Session (Acts 1977,...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/...bleinstruments/2015rs/bills/HB520.htm - 14K - Match Info - Similar pages
SB112
165068-1:n:03/03/2015:JET/th LRS2015-844 SB112 By Senator Orr RFD Constitution, Ethics and
Elections Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under Article V of the United States Constitution, Congress
must call a convention upon the application of the Legislatures of two-thirds of the states
to consider proposed amendments to the Constitution. Proposed amendments must then be ratified
by three-fourths of the states. This bill would provide for the qualification and appointment
of delegates and alternate delegates to represent Alabama at an Article V Convention and would
provide for the recall of a delegate. This bill would provide that delegates and alternative
delegates may be reimbursed for certain expenses related to service. This bill would also
require delegates and alternative delegates to execute an oath, which is filed with the Secretary
of State. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to Article V Conventions; to provide for the
qualifications and appointment of delegates and alternate...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/...bleinstruments/2015rs/bills/SB112.htm - 6K - Match Info - Similar pages
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...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/...bleinstruments/2015rs/bills/SB222.htm - 7K - Match Info - Similar pages
SB475
SB475 ENGROSSED By Senator Pittman A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 40-23-50,
Code of Alabama 1975, to remove the exemption of gross receipts from contracts made by the
contractor with a county, incorporated city, or town from the tax levied on contractorsÂ’
gross receipts and provide further for the distribution of the proceeds from the tax levied
on contractorsÂ’ gross receipts. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section
40-23-50 is amended to read as follows: §40-23-50. "(a) There is hereby levied, in addition
to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, and shall be collected, as herein provided,
a privilege or license tax against the person on account of the business activities engaged
in and in the amount to be determined by the application of rates against gross receipts,
as follows: "Upon every person, firm or corporation engaged or continuing within this
state in the business of contracting to construct, reconstruct or build any...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/...bleinstruments/2015rs/bills/SB475.htm - 6K - Match Info - Similar pages
SB84
164370-2:n:04/02/2015:FC/th LRS2015-241 SB84 By Senator Melson RFD Local Legislation Rd 1 03-MAR-15
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the City of Athens; to provide for the abatement
of grass or weeds which becomes a nuisance under certain conditions; to provide for notice
to the property owners; to provide for the assessment of the costs for abatement when the
work is required to be performed by the city; to provide for the city's collection of the
costs through the addition of the costs to ad valorem taxes; and to provide for liens on the
property under certain conditions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1.
This act shall apply only in the City of Athens. Section 2. An abundance of overgrown grass
or weeds within the city which is injurious to the general public health, safety, and general
welfare by providing breeding grounds and shelter for rats, mice, snakes, mosquitoes, and
other vermin, insects, and pests; or attaining heights and dryness so as to...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/...ableinstruments/2015rs/bills/SB84.htm - 12K - Match Info - Similar pages
HB326
164739-3:n:03/10/2015:MCS/cj LRS2015-608R2 HB326 By Representatives Wilcox, Hubbard, Williams
(JW), Greer, Sessions, Pringle, Ainsworth, McCutcheon, Johnson (K), Faust, Boothe, Davis,
Henry, Harbison, Hill (M), Hammon, Clouse, Polizos, Moore (B), Beckman, McMillan, Holmes (M),
Martin, Hill (J), Wingo, Fincher, Drake, Gaston, Sanderford, Patterson and Baker RFD State
Government Rd 1 19-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: The bill would protect employers from intimidating tactics
relating to lawful rights of employers. The bill would also prohibit mass pickets and demonstrations
that interfere with access to businesses and homes and would provide misdemeanor punishment
for violators. 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 expenditure of
local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/...bleinstruments/2015rs/bills/HB326.htm - 11K - Match Info - Similar pages
HB390
164413-1:n:02/02/2015:LLR/mfc LRS2015-371 HB390 By Representative Weaver RFD Judiciary Rd 1
02-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, certain persons in certain circumstances are granted
civil immunity for their actions. This bill would provide civil immunity to any person who
volunteers without cost to provide temporary care under the direction of the primary home
caregiver for a person who has a disability or a chronic illness. A volunteer who, in good
faith, performs the care without making any charge for goods or services therefor may not
be liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission by the volunteer in rendering
the care or as a result of any act or failure to act to provide or arrange for care for the
person with a disability or a chronic illness, if the volunteer acts as a reasonably prudent
person would have acted under the same or similar circumstances. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN
ACT To amend Section 6-5-332 of the Code of Alabama 1975, the Good Samaritan Law,...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/...bleinstruments/2015rs/bills/HB390.htm - 8K - Match Info - Similar pages
HB449
166412-1:n:03/24/2015:LLR/tj LRS2015-1228 HB449 By Representatives Drake and Carns RFD Ways
and Means Education Rd 1 09-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, Alabama employers with less
than 50 employees may qualify for an income tax or financial institution excise tax credit
for hiring recently deployed unemployed veterans who have been discharged from active service
within two years from the date of hire. This bill would rename the Heroes for Hire Tax Credit
Act of 2012 as the Veterans Employment Act. This bill would allow Alabama employers with less
than 50 employees to qualify for an income tax or financial institution excise tax credit
for hiring unemployed veterans regardless of when the veterans were discharged from active
service. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 40-18-320, 40-18-321, and 40-18-322,
Code of Alabama 1975, relating to tax credits for hiring veterans; to rename the act the Veterans
Employment Act, and to remove the requirement that the tax credit for...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/...bleinstruments/2015rs/bills/HB449.htm - 4K - Match Info - Similar pages
|