HB557
173268-1:n:01/28/2016:MCS/tj LRS2016-303 HB557 By Representatives Mooney, Wingo, Williams (JW), Whorton (R), Shedd, Crawford, Hanes, Harbison, Holmes (M) and Fridy RFD State Government Rd 1 19-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: Existing law does not provide for a comprehensive method for legislative committees to subpoena witnesses and documents. This bill would provide standing committees of the House of Representatives and standing committees of the Senate with the authority to subpoena witnesses to testify before the committee and to subpoena documents as needed to conduct the business of the respective committee. This bill would further provide for enforcement by the circuit court regarding persons failing to properly respond to a legislative subpoena. This bill would provide for payment of certain expenses of witnesses. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to standing legislative committees; to provide the authority to subpoena witnesses and documents; and to provide for enforcement and witness...
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SB69
173268-1:n:01/28/2016:MCS/tj LRS2016-303 SB69 By Senators Brewbaker, Whatley, Scofield, Livingston, Ward, Shelnutt, Smitherman, Orr, Albritton, Stutts, Marsh, Allen, Sanford, Bussman, Pittman, Holtzclaw, Reed, Glover and Melson RFD Judiciary Rd 1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Existing law does not provide for a comprehensive method for legislative committees to subpoena witnesses and documents. This bill would provide standing committees of the House of Representatives and standing committees of the Senate with the authority to subpoena witnesses to testify before the committee and to subpoena documents as needed to conduct the business of the respective committee. This bill would further provide for enforcement by the circuit court regarding persons failing to properly respond to a legislative subpoena. This bill would provide for payment of certain expenses of witnesses. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to standing legislative committees; to provide the authority to subpoena witnesses and...
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HB392
175122-1:n:03/03/2016:FC/th LRS2016-857 HB392 By Representative Fridy RFD State Government Rd 1 15-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, property may be acquired by the state or another governmental entity through an eminent domain proceeding. However, if an owner of property alleges that the property was taken or injured without initiating an eminent domain proceeding and the property owner discovers the encroachment, the owner may file an inverse condemnation action. Under existing law, there is no specific statute of limitations for the filing of an inverse condemnation action against a state official. This bill would require an inverse condemnation action to be commenced within two years after the property was appropriated for public use. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the statute of limitations for inverse condemnation actions against the state; to amend Section 6-2-38, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that actions for inverse condemnation must be commenced within two...
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HB416
174954-1:n:03/01/2016:LLR/mfc LRS2016-81R1 HB416 By Representative England RFD County and Municipal Government Rd 1 15-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would authorize the city council or other governing body of a municipality to adopt a municipal ordinance providing for parking enforcement and collection. This bill would provide for parking enforcement civil violations. This bill would authorize each municipality to adopt a municipal ordinance consistent with this act. This bill would provide certain procedures to be followed by the municipality for parking enforcement. This bill would provide that the owner of the vehicle unlawfully parked shall be presumptively liable for a parking violation and the payment of a civil fine, but providing procedures to contest liability. This bill would provide for jurisdiction in the municipal court of the municipality over the civil violations and allow appeals to the circuit court of the county where the municipality is situated for trial de novo...
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HB442
175889-1:n:03/16/2016:JET/tj LRS2016-1211 HB442 By Representative Hill (J) RFD Judiciary Rd 1 17-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create the Alabama RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act to provide criminal penalties and other sanctions for those who engage in racketeering activity or patterns of racketeering activity. This bill would prohibit a person, through a pattern of racketeering activity or proceeds derived therefrom, from acquiring or maintaining, directly or indirectly, any interest in or control of any enterprise, real property, or personal property of any nature, including money, and would prohibit a person employed by or associated with any enterprise to conduct or participate in, directly or indirectly, an enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity. This bill would allow courts to enjoin certain violations of the act to protect the rights of innocent persons and would provide that all property of every kind used or derived from a pattern of...
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HB159
173640-1:n:02/09/2016:DSM*/th LRS2016-494 HB159 By Representatives Mooney, Weaver, Fridy, Rowe, Williams (JD), Whorton (I), Williams (JW), Hanes, Ledbetter, Whorton (R), Butler, Hammon, Wingo, Fincher, Beech and Greer RFD Health Rd 1 09-FEB-16 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 care providers for declining to participate in a health care service that violates their conscience. The bill would also provide for injunctive relief and back pay for violation. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to health care, to allow health care providers to decline to perform any health care service that violates their conscience...
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SB330
175097-1:n:03/07/2016:PMG/th LRS2016-916 SB330 By Senator Ward RFD Banking and Insurance Rd 1 08-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, lenders of $1,000 or less are licensed and regulated under the Alabama Small Loan Act. This bill would authorize non-bank lenders to issue short-term unsecured loans, known as flex loans. This bill would provide for the licensure and regulation of lenders of flex loans by the State Banking Department. This bill would establish the maximum interest rate and maximum duration of a flex loan and provide for fees that may be charged to a customer. This bill would set qualifications, including financial guarantees, for lenders and provide civil penalties for violations by lenders. This bill would also authorize the State Banking Department to enforce the provisions of this act and promulgate rules. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to short-term loans; to authorize non-bank lenders to issue short-term unsecured loans, known as flex loans; to provide for...
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HB28
Act 2007-592, Act 2008-25, Act 2008-121, Act 2008-337, Act 2008-386, Act 2009-142, Act 2009-180, Act 2009-794, Act 2009-798, Act 2009-806, Act 2010-458, Act 2010-638, Act 2011-132, Act 2011-356, Act 2012-25, Act 2012-597, and Act 2014-194. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. The following provisions of the Code of Alabama 1975, are repealed: (1) Article 1, commencing with Section 2-7-1, of Chapter 7 of Title 2, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Agricultural and Industrial Exhibit Commission. (2) Chapter 13A, commencing with Section 2-13A-1, of Title 2, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Southern Dairy Compact and the Southern Dairy Compact Commission. (3) Chapter 2A, commencing with Section 4-2A-1, of Title 4, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama International Airport Authority. (4) Chapter 6A, commencing with Section 9-6A-1, of Title 9, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Synfuels Development Authority. (5) Section 9-12-142, Code of Alabama...
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SB121
Act 2007-592, Act 2008-25, Act 2008-121, Act 2008-337, Act 2008-386, Act 2009-142, Act 2009-180, Act 2009-794, Act 2009-798, Act 2009-806, Act 2010-458, Act 2010-638, Act 2011-132, Act 2011-356, Act 2012-25, Act 2012-597, and Act 2014-194. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. The following provisions of the Code of Alabama 1975, are repealed: (1) Article 1, commencing with Section 2-7-1, of Chapter 7 of Title 2, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Agricultural and Industrial Exhibit Commission. (2) Chapter 13A, commencing with Section 2-13A-1, of Title 2, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Southern Dairy Compact and the Southern Dairy Compact Commission. (3) Chapter 2A, commencing with Section 4-2A-1, of Title 4, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama International Airport Authority. (4) Chapter 6A, commencing with Section 9-6A-1, of Title 9, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Synfuels Development Authority. (5) Section 9-12-142, Code of Alabama...
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HB526
176321-1:n:04/06/2016:LLR/tj LRS2016-1308 HB526 By Representative Scott RFD Financial Services Rd 1 12-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create the Alabama Motor Vehicle Title Loan Act. The bill would: Require licensure by the State Banking Department for a person to act as a title loan lender; provide for the application for licensure; require a bond and a nonrefundable application and investigation fee; provide for inactive licenses, renewal and reactivation of licenses, a fee for the license, and for the denial, suspension, or revocation of licenses. The bill would specify acts which constitute violations for which certain disciplinary actions may be taken; would provide for the imposition of fines and criminal penalties; and would provide remedies for title loans made or serviced without proper licensure. The bill would establish requirements for a title loan agreement; would provide for reclaiming a repossessed motor vehicle under certain circumstances; and would provide payment of...
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