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SB279
174395-1:n:02/22/2016:JLB/mfc LRS2016-712 SB279 By Senator Dial RFD Governmental Affairs Rd
1 23-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the State Ethics Commission may issue advisory opinions
which provide immunity to the person requesting the opinion and any other person relying on
the opinion in good faith. Existing rules of the commission authorize the director and general
counsel of the commission to issue informal opinions on the application of the Code of Ethics
to a particular individual, but an informal opinion does not provide immunity. This bill would
establish a procedure for the issuance by the director or an attorney of the commission of
written informal opinions to public officers or employees that would provide immunity to the
officer or employee making the request if all pertinent information was presented and the
officer or employee acted in accordance with the relevant circumstances, factors, and requirements
set forth in the opinion. Under existing law, an elected...
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HB125
Rep(s). By Representatives Collins and Baker HB125 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating
to public education; to create the Alabama Longitudinal Data System to provide for the matching
of information about students from early learning through postsecondary education and into
employment; to create the Alabama Office of Education and Workforce Statistics to develop,
operate, and maintain the system; to provide for the protection and safeguarding of confidential
student and workforce information; to create an advisory board to the Alabama Office of Education
and Workforce Statistics; to provide for the adoption of statewide governance policies; to
require the State Board of Education, the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College
System, and the Alabama Commission on Higher Education to define remediation and the process
of remediation to be utilized. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. (a)
For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall...
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HB27
Rep(s). By Representative McMillan HB27 ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Section 17-6-81, Code of
Alabama 1975, relating to the Fair Ballot Commission; to require that the ballot statement
of the commission be posted on the website of the Secretary of State in lieu of the legislative
website. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 17-6-81 of the Code
of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §17-6-81. "(a)(1) There is created the
Fair Ballot Commission. The purpose of the commission is to provide to the public a fair and
accurate explanation of what a vote for and what a vote against a statewide ballot measure
represents. "(2) The commission shall consist of the following 18 members: The Governor,
the Lieutenant Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, and the Secretary of State, or their designees, shall each serve
as a member on the commission and shall each appoint to the commission one member who...
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SB354
SB354 By Senators Glover, Allen, Shelnutt, Scofield and Albritton ENROLLED, An Act, To amend
Sections 34-27-32, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama Real Estate License Law;
to provide that an applicant for real estate licensure in this state whose application for
real estate licensure in another state has been rejected more than two years from the date
of his or her application for real estate licensure in this state may not be issued a license
without the approval of the commissioners; to require the commission to conduct both state
and national criminal history background checks before a real estate license could be issued;
and to require each applicant to submit required information to the appropriate state and
federal agencies or a fingerprint processing service. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF
ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 34-27-32, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows:
§34-27-32. "(a) A license for a broker or a salesperson shall be registered to a...
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SB54
SB54 ENGROSSED By Senator Ward A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the Alabama Trails
Commission; to amend Sections 41-23-140 and 41-23-141, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide
for the membership of the commission and the advisory board; to provide for terms; and to
provide that the commission may be transferred for administrative and staff purposes to another
state agency or department. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections
41-23-140 and 41-23-141, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §41-23-140.
"(a) For the purposes of this article, the term trail means any form of paved or unpaved
trail including freshwater and saltwater paddling trails. The term trail user community includes,
but is not limited to, the following: Paved and unpaved trail users, hikers, off-road bicyclists,
users of off-road off-highway vehicles, paddlers, equestrians, disabled outdoor recreational
users, and commercial recreational interests. "(b) There is...
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HB215
Rep(s). By Representatives Baker, Davis, Faust, McCutcheon, Jones, Shiver, Polizos, Standridge
and Rowe HB215 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to volunteer fire departments; to amend Section
9-3-17, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to certification by the Alabama Forestry Commission;
to further provide for the minimum standards for certification, to authorize decertification
of departments, and to authorize the commission to adopt rules providing procedures for certification
and decertification of volunteer fire departments. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section
1. Section 9-3-17, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §9-3-17. "(a)
The term "volunteer fire department" shall apply to and be used to define an organized
group of area residents who meet the following requirements for personnel, training and equipment:
"(1) The group shall be organized and incorporated under the laws of the State of Alabama
as a nonprofit organization or as an authority of a...
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HB264
173853-1:n:02/10/2016:PMG*/cj LRS2016-556 HB264 By Representatives Fincher, Mooney, Whorton
(I), Holmes (M), Hanes, Martin, Hurst, Millican, Johnson (R), Whorton (R), Ledbetter, Harbison,
Fridy, Wingo, Polizos, Drake, Ainsworth, Williams (JW), Moore (B) and Beckman RFD Education
Policy Rd 1 18-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the State Board of Education is required
to establish curriculum standards for all K-12 public schools. This bill would terminate the
use of the standards commonly known as the Common Core Standards, also known as the Alabama
College- and Career-Ready Standards. This bill would direct the State Board of Education to
replace the Common Core Standards for Math and English Language Arts with the courses of study
for Math and English Language Arts in place immediately prior to adoption of the Common Core
Standards and use these transition standards in K-12 public schools for the 2016-2017 school
year. This bill would require the State Board of Education to revise...
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SB170
SB170 By Senator Blackwell ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to the State Insurance Department and
the regulation of insurance; to add Chapter 29A to Title 27, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide
requirements for maintaining a risk management framework and completing an Own Risk and Solvency
Assessment (ORSA), with instructions for filing an ORSA Summary Report with the Commissioner
of Insurance; and to provide that documents and other information from an insurer in an assessment
would be confidential and privileged except as otherwise provided in this act. BE IT ENACTED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Chapter 29A is added to Title 27, Code of Alabama
1975, to read as follows: Chapter 29A. Risk Management and Own Risk and Solvency Assessment.
§27-29A-1. Purpose and Scope. (a) The purpose of this chapter is to provide the requirements
for maintaining a risk management framework and completing an Own Risk and Solvency Assessment
(ORSA) and provide guidance and instructions for filing...
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HB558
170665-1:n:06/16/2015:LLR/agb LRS2015-2297 HB558 By Representative Holmes (A) RFD Economic
Development and Tourism Rd 1 19-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, lotteries and gift enterprises
are prohibited by Section 65 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. This bill proposes an
amendment to Section 65 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 to establish an Alabama Lottery
and the Alabama Lottery Corporation; to authorize and regulate gaming by the entities currently
licensed to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at the four existing racetracks in Alabama where
pari-mutuel wagering is currently legal; to levy a state gross receipts tax and a local gross
receipts tax on gaming revenue of the racetracks; to levy a tax on vendors of gaming equipment;
to provide for the disposition of lottery proceeds and state gaming tax proceeds; to create
the Alabama Lottery and Gaming Commission to implement, regulate, and administer gaming and
regulate and supervise the Alabama Lottery and Alabama Lottery...
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SB237
SB237 ENGROSSED By Senators Brewbaker, Hightower, Whatley, Stutts, Marsh, Reed, Ward, Smitherman
and Figures A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To create the Alabama Innocence Inquiry Commission
within the Administrative Office of Courts; to provide for the duties and functions of the
commission; to authorize the commission to order judicial review of certain capital cases
in which the defendant has been sentenced to death and there is found to exist credible, verifiable
evidence of innocence that has not previously been presented at trial or considered at a hearing
granted through postconviction relief; and to provide that no execution date shall be set
for any person while that person's case is pending before the commission. BE IT ENACTED BY
THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. There is established the Alabama Innocence Inquiry
Commission. The commission shall be an independent commission under the Administrative Office
of Courts for administrative purposes. The Administrative Office of...
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