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SB383
SB383 By Senator Brewbaker ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to the purchase of school textbooks;
to amend Sections 16-36-62, 16-36-64 and 16-36-65, Code of Alabama 1975; to add Sections 16-36-60.1
and 16-36-71 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to establish qualified depositories for textbooks,
which would be facilities that receive textbook orders from boards of education, store sufficient
quantities of textbooks, and distribute textbooks to local school systems; to prohibit a qualified
depository for textbooks from charging a board of education for its services, but would authorize
it to charge a publisher a fee for its services; to prohibit the price of any textbook to
exceed the costs already prescribed by law; to clarify that textbooks include digital textbooks
for the purposes of public school textbook purchasing; and to create a Digital Depository
Study Commission to examine the application of a depository to digital material. BE IT ENACTED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections...
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SB41
164547-1:n:02/12/2015:JMH/agb LRS2015-245 SB41 By Senator Ward RFD Transportation & Energy
Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, tinted windows on a motor vehicle must meet certain
specifications unless the owner or passenger of the motor vehicle has obtained an exemption
from the Department of Public Safety. This bill would provide that an exemption on behalf
of a patient diagnosed with a light-sensitive porphyria would apply to all areas of the windshield
and windows prescribed by the physician. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 32-5C-4,
Code of Alabama 1975, relating to medical exemptions from the window tinting law; to provide
that the exemption applies to the top six inches of a motor vehicle windshield unless otherwise
prescribed by the department or by a physician requesting the medical exemption on behalf
of a patient diagnosed with a light-sensitive porphyria. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 32-5C-4, Code of Alabama 1975, is...
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HB279
165154-1:n:03/04/2015:KBH/cj LRS2015-797 HB279 By Representative Ford RFD Transportation, Utilities
and Infrastructure Rd 1 12-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would provide that no railroad train
may be operated in this state unless the train has a crew of at least two qualified employees,
including an engineer and a conductor and would provide criminal penalties. 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 governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless:
it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity;
or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity
for the purpose. The purpose or effect of this bill would be...
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HB342
Rep(s). By Representative Davis HB342 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections
16-5-10 and 16-46-3, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act 2014-245 and Act 2014-330 of
the 2014 Regular Session, relating to exemptions from state approval for entities participating
in reciprocity agreements; to clarify the exemption for regional accrediting authorities and
accredited degree granting entities; and to establish the State Reciprocity Committee and
provide for the duties and powers of the reciprocity committee. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 16-5-10 and 16-46-3, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act
2014-245 and Act 2014-330 of the 2014 Regular Session, are amended to read as follows: §16-5-10.
"The commission shall exercise the following powers and duties in addition to those otherwise
specified in this article: "(1) To cause to be made such surveys and evaluations of higher
education as are believed necessary for the purpose of providing...
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HB469
166471-1:n:03/26/2015:PMG/mfc LRS2015-1258 HB469 By Representatives Greer, Pettus, Henry and
Butler RFD Education Policy Rd 1 09-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This act would establish qualified depositories
for textbooks, which would be facilities that receive textbook orders from boards of education,
store sufficient quantities of textbooks, and distribute textbooks to local school systems.
This bill would prohibit a qualified depository for textbooks from charging a board of education
for its services, but would authorize it to charge a publisher a fee for its services. The
bill would provide that a publisher of textbooks is responsible for ensuring that a sufficient
stock of textbooks is maintained at a qualified depository. This bill would prohibit the price
of any textbook sold through a qualified depository for textbooks from exceeding the costs
already prescribed by law. This bill would also clarify that textbooks include digital textbooks
for the purposes of public school textbook...
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HB49
159317-2:n:02/10/2015:KBH/mfc LRS2014-1071R1 HB49 By Representative Standridge RFD Boards,
Agencies and Commissions Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Existing law provides for the licensing
and regulation of assisted living administrators. This bill would establish a replacement
license fee for a stolen, lost, or misplaced licensing card. This bill would require that
each person who applies for licensure as an assisted living administrator shall pay an annual
administrative fee as determined by the board. This bill would require each person holding
an expired license to follow all procedures for new licensure and pay a reapplication fee
established by the board. This bill would allow the board to discipline a person practicing
or offering to practice assisted living administration if the person has entered a plea of
nolo contendere, nolo contender, or no contender, no contest, or guilty in any case involving
a lewd or lascivious act against a child or an adult, inappropriate sexual conduct with...
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HB491
167173-2:n:04/13/2015:DSM*/th LRS2015-1375R1 HB491 By Representatives Mooney, Collins, Weaver,
Nordgren, Wilcox, Beech, Fridy, Hubbard, Rowe, Carns, Wingo, Ainsworth, Lee, Patterson, Holmes
(M), Polizos, Ingram, Sells, Johnson (R), Williams (JW), Hanes, Ledbetter, Whorton (R), Henry,
Gaston, Pringle, Sessions, Faust, Shedd, Hill (M), Greer, Standridge, Wood, Ball, Sanderford,
Farley, Rich, Moore (B), Boothe, Clouse, Baker, Shiver, Beckman, McMillan, Williams (JD),
Brown, Drake, Davis, Johnson (K), Hammon, McCutcheon, Butler, Treadaway, Pettus and Harper
RFD Health Rd 1 14-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would give health care providers the following:
The authority to refuse to perform or to participate in health care services that violate
their conscience; immunity from civil, criminal, or administrative liability for refusing
to provide or participate in a health care service that violates their conscience. This bill
would declare it unlawful for any person to discriminate against health...
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HB509
164943-3:n:04/16/2015:KBH/th LRS2015-719R2 HB509 By Representative Williams (JD) RFD Commerce
and Small Business Rd 1 16-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Existing law does not specifically provide for
the operation of a transportation network company (TNC) in the state. A TNC is a company that
uses an online-enabled digital network to connect TNC riders with TNC drivers who use their
personal vehicles to transport the TNC riders on a prearranged ride. This bill would authorize
the operation of a TNC in the state and would require the Alabama Public Service Commission
to issue annual permits for a fee and to promulgate rules consistent with this act. This bill
would provide for fares charged for a prearranged ride and would require the TNC to send an
electronic receipt of the fees charged to the TNC rider. This bill would require certain TNC
and TNC driver insurance requirements, including TNC and insurer disclosure requirements regarding
insurance coverage and limits of liability. This bill would...
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SB159
SB159 By Senator Glover ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 16-5-10 and 16-46-3, Code of Alabama
1975, as amended by Act 2014-245 and Act 2014-330 of the 2014 Regular Session, relating to
exemptions from state approval for entities participating in reciprocity agreements; to clarify
the exemption for regional accrediting authorities and accredited degree granting entities;
and to establish the State Reciprocity Committee and provide for the duties and powers of
the reciprocity committee. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections
16-5-10 and 16-46-3, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act 2014-245 and Act 2014-330 of
the 2014 Regular Session, are amended to read as follows: §16-5-10. "The commission
shall exercise the following powers and duties in addition to those otherwise specified in
this article: "(1) To cause to be made such surveys and evaluations of higher education
as are believed necessary for the purpose of providing appropriate information to carry...
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SB226
SB226 By Senators Brewbaker, Melson, Dunn, Whatley, Glover, Figures, Hightower, Smitherman,
Orr, Stutts, Ross, Pittman, Reed, Ward, Williams, Allen, Smith, Albritton, Singleton, Waggoner,
Chambliss, Holley, Marsh, McClendon, Blackwell, Beasley, Scofield and Bussman ENROLLED, An
Act, This bill would amend Sections 16-33C-1, 16-33C-2, 16-33C-2.1, 16-33C-3, 16-33C-4, 16-33C-5,
16-33C-10, 16-33C-11, 16-33C-12, and 40-18-19, Code of Alabama 1975 to rename the Wallace-Folsom
College Savings Investment Plan to the Wallace-Folsom Savings Investment Plan; to provide
for the ABLE Program; provide for definitions relating to the ABLE Program; provide for the
income tax exemption eligible to the ABLE Program; allow board members that are employed by
the state. This bill would add new sections to the Code of Alabama 1975, to generally provide
for the ABLE Program; provide for the investment of ABLE and ACES Programs; and provide appropriations
for Fiscal Year 2015 for development and...
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