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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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SB45
165751-6:n:03/18/2015:HOUSE EDUCATION POLICY COMMITTEE/ajh SB45 By Senator Marsh RFD Education
and Youth Affairs Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create the Alabama School Choice
and Student Opportunity Act. This bill would create the Alabama Public Charter School Commission
and would provide for the membership, powers, duties, and liabilities of the commission. This
bill would provide for the application process for establishing public charter schools and
conversion charter schools and would provide for charter terms, charter contracts, and preopening
requirements and conditions. This bill would provide for accountability of charter schools
pursuant to a performance framework, ongoing oversight and corrective action, and renewal,
revocation, and nonrenewal of charters. This bill would provide for the operation and autonomy
of public charter schools. This bill would also provide for funding and facilities. A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To create the Alabama School Choice and...
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HB455
164979-1:n:02/27/2015:LFO-KF/bdl HB455 By Representatives Lindsey and Scott RFD Ways and Means
Education Rd 1 09-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill defines unitary business and requires taxpayers
who are part of a unitary business to use a combined report to determine their Alabama taxable
income. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 40-18-1, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide
for additional definitions and Sections 40-2A-17 and 40-18-39, Code of Alabama 1975, to require
taxpayers who are part of a unitary business to use a combined report to determine their Alabama
taxable income. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 40-2A-17,
40-18-1 and 40-18-39, Code of Alabama 1975, are hereby amended to read as follows: §40-2A-17.
"For purposes of the tax imposed in Chapter 18 of this title, the following rules shall
apply: "(a) In any case of two or more organizations, trades, or businesses (whether
or not affiliated within the meaning of 26 U.S.C. § 1504) owned or...
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HB628
166399-5:n:05/20/2015:KBH/th LRS2015-1173R2 HB628 By Representative Brown RFD Local Legislation
Rd 1 07-MAY-15 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the Civil Service Board of the City
of Oxford in Calhoun County, Cleburne County, and Talladega County; to amend Sections 45-8A-112
to 45-8A-112.17, inclusive, of the Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for employees,
appointed employees, and vacancies of appointed positions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 45-8A-112 to 45-8A-112.17, inclusive, of the Code of Alabama
1975, are amended to read as follows: §45-8A-112. "This part shall apply only in the
City of Oxford in Calhoun County, Cleburne County, and Talladega County. §45-8A-112.01. "As
used in this part, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: "City"
means the City of Oxford in Calhoun County; "employee" means any person including
firemen and policemen, not excepted by Section 45-8A-112.02, who is employed in the service
of...
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HB554
Rep(s). By Representatives Baker, Harper, Collins, Shiver, Hill (M), McCutcheon, Weaver, Gaston,
Sessions, Moore (B), Johnson (K), Nordgren, McMillan, Ingram and Davis HB554 ENROLLED, An
Act, Relating to the Department of Commerce; to transfer various departments, programs, duties,
functions, boards, and committees of the Department of Economic and Community Affairs and
the Department of Postsecondary Education to the Department of Commerce; to transfer certain
property, employees, and appropriations to the Department of Commerce; to reorganize the newly
constituted Department of Commerce and provide for its duties and functions; to amend and
renumber Sections 41-9-201, 41-9-202, 41-9-202.1, and 41-9-203 as Article 1, Chapter 29, of
Title 41 of; to add Section 41-29-5 to; to amend and renumber Sections 41-9-760 to 41-9-767,
inclusive, as Division 1, Part 1, Article 2, Chapter 29 of Title 41 of; to add Part 2 to Division
3, Article 2, Chapter 29 of Title 41 of; to add Division 4 to...
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SB494
169821-1:n:05/21/2015:FC/tj LRS2015-2118 SB494 By Senator Bussman RFD Education and Youth Affairs
Rd 1 21-MAY-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, after a child has been placed in the legal custody
of the Department of Human Resources, the department may request the court to appoint a kinship
guardian to care for the child. This bill would specify that the department would not be required
to consider a relative of the child who resides outside of this state for appointment if the
relative has not notified the department within six months after the child has been placed
in the legal custody of the department that the person desires to be considered for appointment
as a kinship guardian. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating the Department of Human Resources;
to amend Section 12-15-314 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to written requests of the
department for the appointment of kinship guardians; to specify that the department would
not be required to consider a relative of the child...
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HB568
167521-2:n:04/16/2015:PMG*/agb LRS2015-1536R1 HB568 By Representatives Weaver, Beech, Morrow,
Collins, Henry, Shedd, Martin, Buskey, Bracy, Clarke, McClammy, Drummond, Hubbard, Clouse,
Robinson, Scott, South, Williams (JD), Treadaway, Hall, Pettus, Whorton (R), Hanes, Patterson,
Harper and Hill (M) RFD Ways and Means General Fund Rd 1 28-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would
provide for the establishment, operations, and funding of the Health Center Access and Quality
Improvement Program. This bill would provide for an assessment on qualified health centers
in Alabama to be administered by the Department of Revenue. This bill would create a Health
Center Assessment Account and require health center assessments be deposited in that account
for use by the Alabama Medicaid Agency to obtain matching federal funds. This bill would provide
that the program shall terminate on September 30, 2018. This bill would provide that the federal
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) must approve...
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HB660
166544-1:n:03/30/2015:LFO-RR*/bdl HB660 By Representative Scott RFD Ways and Means General
Fund Rd 1 12-MAY-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill, known as the Non-Nexus Use Tax Remittance Act, would
provide an easily-accessible method for non-nexus sellers to remit, on behalf of their customers,
a non-nexus sellers use tax on items delivered into Alabama. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT
Relating to non-nexus sellers use tax to establish an easily-accessible method for non-nexus
sellers to remit, on behalf of their customers, use tax on items delivered into Alabama. BE
IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Sections 40-23-191 through 40-23-200
are hereby added to Division 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 23 of Title 40 of the Code of Alabama
1975, as follows: §40-23-191. "This act shall be titled The Non-Nexus Use Tax Remittance
Act. "§40-23-192. "For the purpose of this act, the following terms shall have
the respective meanings ascribed to them in this section: "(1) DEPARTMENT. The...
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HB43
163521-2:n:11/26/2014:FC/tj LRS2014-3515R1 HB43 By Representative Johnson (R) RFD Boards, Agencies
and Commissions Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Alabama Municipal Electric
Authority is a public corporation comprised of member municipalities which purchases and otherwise
provides electric power for distribution by participating municipalities to their citizens.
The authority is governed by a board of directors of nine members which number was originally
based on the number of member municipalities participating in the authority. Currently, 13
municipalities participate in the authority. The terms of board members are for three years
and the terms are staggered. Also, under existing law, the board members are not provided
compensation and the accounting firm that audits the authority is required to be a nationally
recognized accounting firm. This bill would provide that the number of board members of the
authority would equal the number of municipalities participating...
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HB352
Rep(s). By Representative England HB352 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to contract law; to clarify
and restate the law relating to restrictive covenants; and to repeal Section 8-1-1, Code of
Alabama 1975. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. (a) Every contract by
which anyone is restrained from exercising a lawful profession, trade, or business of any
kind otherwise than is provided by this section is to that extent void. (b) Except as otherwise
prohibited by law, the following contracts are allowed to preserve a protectable interest:
(1) A contract between two or more persons or businesses or a person and a business limiting
their ability to hire or employ the agent, servant, or employees of a party to the contract
is permitted where the agent, servant, or employee holds a position uniquely essential to
the management, organization, or service of the business. (2) An agreement between two or
more persons or businesses or a person and a business to limit commercial...
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