HB84
168098-2:n:02/02/2016:LLR/mfc LRS2015-1633R1 HB84 By Representative Johnson (K) RFD Education Policy Rd 1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create the Education Savings Account program which would allow parents to use the funds in the account which would have been allocated to their child at their resident school district for an education program of the parents' choosing. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to education; to create the Education Savings Account program which would allow parents to use the funds in the account which would have been allocated to their child at their resident school district for an education program of the parents' choosing. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Education Savings Account Act. Section 2. As used in this act, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Education or an organization chosen by the state. (2) ELIGIBLE...
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SB272
174272-1:n:02/17/2016:LFO-HP/bdl SB272 By Senator Dial RFD Finance and Taxation Education Rd 1 18-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the state imposes sales or use taxes upon certain persons, firms, or corporations. Sales of certain items are taxed at a reduced rate. Sales of other items are exempt from the taxes. This bill would increase the state sales and use tax general rate to four and one-half percent on September 1, 2016 and to five percent on September 1, 2017. This bill would phase out the state sales and use taxes on food over a two-year period by reducing the rates by two percentage points per year beginning September 1, 2016. This bill would exempt sales of food from the sales and use taxes beginning September 1, 2017. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 40-23-2 and 40-23-61, Code of Alabama 1975, to increase the state sales and use tax general rates to four and one-half percent on September 1, 2016 and five percent on September 1, 2017; to phase out the state...
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HB258
173440-1:n:02/03/2016:LFO-KF*/bdl HB258 By Representative Scott RFD Financial Services Rd 1 18-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under current law, Certified Public Accountants, Attorneys, and Enrolled Agents are required to obtain a license or certification in order to prepare tax returns in Alabama. However, there are few provisions in place to protect consumers against individual income tax preparers that repeatedly misrepresent information on their tax returns. This legislation would require certain tax preparers to register with the Department, prior to preparing returns, which will help regulate services, prohibit unregistered persons from performing said services, and establish penalties for violators. It would also establish qualifications for registration, requirements of disclosures to consumers, and exemptions to those obligated to register. The legislation also establishes an Individual Tax Preparers Fund that will be used to provide for the cost associated with the administration and...
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SB213
in exchange for shares or other units that are publicly traded and represent fractional undivided beneficial interests in the trust's net assets but not to the extent that metal is transferred to or from the investment trust in exchange for consideration other than such publicly traded shares or other units. For purposes of this subdivision, the term metals includes, but is not limited to, copper, aluminum, nickel, zinc, tin, lead, and other similar metals typically used in commercial and industrial applications. "(48) For the period commencing on October 1, 2012, and ending May 30, 2022, unless extended by joint resolution, the gross receipts from the sale of parts, components, and systems that become a part of a fixed or rotary wing military aircraft or certified transport category aircraft that undergoes conversion, reconfiguration, or general maintenance so long as the address of the aircraft for FAA registration is not in the state; provided, however, that this exemption shall...
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HB284
173517-1:n:02/12/2016:PMG/th LRS2016-356 HB284 By Representatives Johnson (K), Ball, Pettus and McCutcheon RFD Health Rd 1 23-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, certified nurse midwives are licensed by the State Board of Nursing and the Board of Medical Examiners to practice nurse midwifery. This bill would establish a State Board of Midwifery to license and regulate the practice of midwifery. This bill would: provide for the composition of the board members and function of the board; specify requirements for the licensing of midwives; provide for licensing fees; and establish guidelines for the practice of midwifery. This bill also would provide for penalties for violations. 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...
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SB228
172593-1:n:12/01/2015:KMS/tj LRS2015-3290 SB228 By Senator Blackwell RFD Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Rd 1 11-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a corporate officer may elect on an annual basis to be exempt from workers' compensation insurance coverage by notifying the Department of Labor and his or her insurance carrier. This bill would remove the requirement that a corporate officer notify the Department of Labor when he or she elects to be exempt from workers' compensation insurance coverage. This bill would provide that once exempt from workers' compensation coverage, the officer would continue to be exempt until he or she revokes the exemption in accordance with certain procedures. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 25-5-50, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to workers' compensation insurance; to remove the requirement that a corporate officer notify the Department of Labor when he or she elects to be exempt from workers' compensation insurance...
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HB359
175000-1:n:03/01/2016:JET/tj LRS2016-917 HB359 By Representative Moore (B) RFD Commerce and Small Business Rd 1 01-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, employers are not required to provide workers' compensation insurance if they employ less than five employees in any one business. This bill would provide that the number of employees employed in any one business does not include the employer or any other person owning 50 percent or more of the business for the purposes of workers' compensation requirements. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to workers' compensation; to amend Section 25-5-50, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that the number of employees employed in any one business does not include the employer or other persons owning a certain percentage of the business for workers' compensation purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 25-5-50, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: ยง25-5-50. "(a) This article and Article 2 of this...
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HB20
167702-1:n:04/21/2015:PMG/agb LRS2015-1592 HB20 By Representative Williams (JD) RFD State Government Rd 1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a corporate officer may elect on an annual basis to be exempt from workers' compensation insurance coverage by notifying the Department of Labor and his or her insurance carrier. This bill would remove the requirement that a corporate officer notify the Department of Labor when he or she elects to be exempt from workers' compensation insurance coverage. This bill would provide that once exempt from workers' compensation coverage, the officer would continue to be exempt until he or she revokes the exemption in accordance with certain procedures. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to workers' compensation insurance; to amend Section 25-5-50, Code of Alabama 1975; to remove the requirement that a corporate officer notify the Department of Labor when he or she elects to be exempt from workers' compensation insurance coverage; and to provide...
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SB125
OF FUNDS: Alabama State Board of Chiropractic Examiner's Fund 504,000 As provided in Section 34-24-143, Code of Alabama 1975. Total Chiropractic Examiners, Alabama State Board of 504,000 504,000 Choctawhatchee, Pea and Yellow Rivers Watershed Management Authority: Water Resource Development Program 10,000 10,000 SOURCE OF FUNDS: Choctawhatchee, Pea and Yellow Rivers Fund 10,000 Total Choctawhatchee, Pea and Yellow Rivers Watershed Management Authority 10,000 10,000 Commerce, Department of: Industrial Development Program 5,010,544 350,000 5,360,544 Of the above appropriation, $75,000 shall be expended for the Robotics Technology Park. Skills Enhancement and Employment Opportunities Program 759,456 41,686,938 42,446,394 SOURCE OF FUNDS: State General Fund 5,770,000 Departmental Receipts 350,000 Federal and Local Funds 41,686,938 Total Commerce, Department of 5,770,000 42,036,938 47,806,938 Conservation and Natural Resources, Department of: State Land Management Program 20,049,291...
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HB241
173341-1:n:02/03/2016:PMG/mfc LRS2016-274 HB241 By Representatives Pringle, South, Sessions, Morrow, Beech, McCampbell, Williams (JD) and Greer RFD Commerce and Small Business Rd 1 16-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would authorize public universities operating schools of medicine to form a new type of public corporation to be called an authority. This bill would provide procedures for the incorporation, reincorporation, and dissolution of an authority. This bill would prescribe powers of an authority, including the power to form university affiliates, the power of eminent domain, and the power to incur indebtedness. This bill would authorize an authority to exercise its powers even if doing so would be deemed anticompetitive or monopolistic under federal or state antitrust laws. This bill would authorize liens on the revenues and assets of an authority or university affiliate. This bill would exempt an authority and university affiliate from state taxation and exempt indebtedness issued by...
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