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SB410
168267-1:n:04/23/2015:JET/cj LRS2015-1755 SB410 By Senators Shelnutt and Marsh RFD Finance
and Taxation General Fund Rd 1 23-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, state employees receive
compensation on designated state holidays and employees working on a state holiday receive
compensatory leave or compensation in lieu of the holiday. This bill would provide that Confederate
Memorial Day and Jefferson Davis' birthday are unpaid holidays, unless the Governor declares
these holidays to be paid holidays at the beginning of the calendar year. This bill would
provide that if the Governor does not designate Confederate Memorial Day and Jefferson Davis'
birthday as paid holidays, he or she may designate up to two additional paid holidays during
the calendar year. This bill would limit the number of paid state holidays for state employees
during a calendar year to 13. This bill would also limit leave or compensation for those working
on a state holiday to the lessor of eight hours or the time...
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SB433
168078-1:n:04/23/2015:FC/th LRS2015-1693 SB433 By Senator Dial RFD County and Municipal Government
Rd 1 30-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, certain local elected officials are entitled
to the same uniform increases in compensation granted to county employees at the time of adoption
of the budget. This bill would remove the limitation that local elected officials only receive
increases granted at the time the county budget is adopted and would limit any increases to
cost-of-living increases and place a cap on the percentage of increases granted during a four-year
period. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to compensation for local elected officials;
to amend Section 11-2A-4, Code of Alabama 1975, to remove the limitation on granting increases
only at time of adoption of a budget; and to limit increases to cost-of-living increases and
placing a cap on increases during a certain period. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section
1. Section 11-2A-4, Code of Alabama 1975, is...
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HB274
165243-1:n:03/11/2015:LF0-HP*/bdl HB274 By Representatives Johnson (K), Davis, McCutcheon,
Hill (M), Weaver, South, Butler, Williams (P), Faulkner, Collins and Baker RFD Ways and Means
Education Rd 1 12-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Currently, the State of Alabama's college savings program
pursuant to Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, is the Wallace-Folsom
College Savings Investment Plan that consists of the Alabama College Education Savings (ACES)
Program and the Alabama Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (PACT) Program to assist individuals
in paying costs and expenses of attending colleges and universities. Recently, the Achieving
a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act of 2014 established Section 529A of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, to allow families and individuals to save for disability-related
expenses of a disabled individual in a federal tax-advantaged account modeled after Section
529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to be...
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HB618
be deposited with the State Treasurer to be continuously appropriated to the Department of
Human Resources to assist all children in temporary or permanent custody in foster care. "(9)
Contributions designated for mental health on the Alabama state resident individual income
tax return shall be deposited with the State Treasurer and shall be distributed equally to
the Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Alabama and to the Mental Health Consumers of Alabama.
"(10) Contributions to the Alabama Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Program
shall be deposited with the State Treasurer and distributed to the University of Alabama at
Birmingham, which shall implement and administer the program. "(11) Contributions to
the Neighbors Helping Neighbors Fund shall be deposited with the State Treasurer for distribution
by the Department of Economic and Community Affairs for weatherization assistance as provided
for under Article 6, commencing with Section 41-23-100, Chapter 23, Title 41. "(12)...
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HB700
169935-1:n:05/26/2015:JET*/agb LRS2015-2179 HB700 By Representatives Mooney, Ainsworth, Moore
(B), Holmes (M), Wingo, Beech, Butler, Farley, Fridy, Henry, Williams (P), Greer, Hanes, Ledbetter
and Johnson (K) RFD Ways and Means Education Rd 1 26-MAY-15 SYNOPSIS: Under current law there
exist a number of statutory and constitutional earmarks for the spending of state revenues.
This proposed amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to become effective January
1, 2017, would eliminate all requirements that limit the appropriation or spending of state
revenues in a particular manner contained in the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 and prohibit
any general or local law that directs state revenue to be appropriated or spent in a particular
manner. The proposed amendment would further allow for a unified appropriations bill. A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to become
effective January 1, 2017, that would eliminate all...
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SB375
SB375 By Senator Orr ENROLLED, An Act, To provide flexibility for state entities to utilize
state revenue for other purposes which are in addition to the stated purpose under current
state law. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Definition. State tax receipt.
Any tax, fee, license or other source of revenue received by a state entity pursuant to statute,
rule or any other means. This provision shall in no way include specific appropriations from
the State General Fund and the Education Trust Fund. Section 2. Any other law or laws to the
contrary notwithstanding, a state entity which receives state tax receipts which are designated
for a particular purpose may in addition to the designated purpose expend those funds for
other functions within the entity in order to offset the reduction in other funding for any
given year. The flexibility provided by this section shall not apply to funds which are constitutionally
dedicated for a specific purpose or to Medicaid...
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SB251
SB251 ENGROSSED By Senator Ward A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the Alabama Board
of Examiners in Psychology; to amend Sections 34-26-21, 34-26-41, 34-26-43.1, 34-26-62, 34-26-65,
and 34-26-66, Code of Alabama 1975; to repeal Section 34-26-20, Code of Alabama 1975, to clarify
the number and qualifications of the members of the board; to further specify the procedure
for a licensee to request to be placed on inactive status by authorizing the board to charge
an inactive license fee; to require a criminal background check of each applicant for a license
and to specify the duties of the Alabama Bureau of Investigation in providing background information;
to remove obsolete language; 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...
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SB323
166858-1:n:04/01/2015:LLR/cj LRS2015-1075 SB323 By Senator Sanford RFD Finance and Taxation
General Fund Rd 1 02-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Currently under an opinion issued by the Alabama Department
of Revenue, the state lodging tax is applicable to the rental of a banquet room or dining
facility located within the premises owned by a person, firm, or corporation for the purpose
of providing rooms, lodgings, or accommodations to transients. This bill would provide that
the rental of any portion of a hotel, motel, inn, tourist camp, tourist cabin, or any other
place in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are regularly furnished to transients which
is not used for or intended to be used for overnight accommodations would not be subject to
a lodging tax. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 40-26-1, Code of Alabama 1975,
relating to lodging tax; to provide that the rental of any portion of a hotel, motel, inn,
tourist camp, tourist cabin, or any other place in which rooms, lodgings,...
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HB148
164966-1:n:03/03/2015:KMS/cj LRS2015-755 HB148 By Representatives Lee, Chesteen, Collins, Gaston,
Clouse and Hall RFD Ways and Means Education Rd 1 05-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would establish
the Fostering Hope Scholarship Act of 2015. This bill would require the Department of Human
Resources to develop and administer Fostering Hope, a tuition scholarship program for designated
youth who are, or were, in the state foster care program, including those children adopted
from the program at the age of 14 or older. This bill would impose requirements for participation.
This bill would authorize the Fostering Hope program to pay tuition and required fees for
eligible children at public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education in the
state. This bill would authorize the Fostering Hope program to pay for job training courses
or skill certifications, not considered an associate's degree, as offered by public two-year
and four-year institutions of higher education in the state...
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HB257
Rep(s). By Representatives Knight, Hubbard and McCutcheon HB257 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT To create the permanent Joint Legislative Committee on Government Oversight and Accountability;
to provide for membership of the committee; to provide for the compensation of members; to
provide for the powers and duties of the committee; to specify time frames for meetings held
by the committee; to allow the committee to request audits of certain state agencies and other
entities under certain conditions; to authorize the committee to hold public hearings under
certain conditions; to amend Section 41-19-10, Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the Department
of Finance to modify the planned expenditure of funds upon advice and consent of the committee;
and to prohibit certain interagency agreements unless certain notice is provided to the committee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. (a) There is created a permanent Joint
Legislative Committee on Government...
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