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SB96
173137-1:n:01/22/2016:FC/cj LRS2016-193 SB96 By Senator Brewbaker RFD Fiscal Responsibility
and Economic Development Rd 1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a municipality or a
public industrial authority may abate taxes for economic development purposes under
certain conditions. A municipality or municipal public industrial authority may abate
county taxes only if the municipality has abated corresponding municipal taxes. This bill
would specify that a municipality or public industrial authority may abate county taxes
only if the corresponding municipal tax is abated and the abatement is limited to the same
rate of taxation as the corresponding municipal tax. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend
Section 40-9B-5, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the abatement of taxes by a municipality
or a public industrial authority; to specify that in order for a municipality or a
municipal public industrial authority to abate county tax, the municipality would be
required to abate the...
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HB245
172946-1:n:01/12/2016:PMG/cj LRS2016-68 HB245 By Representatives McClammy and Knight RFD Constitution,
Campaigns and Elections Rd 1 16-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a person convicted of
a felony involving moral turpitude is prohibited from voting until he or she has been released
upon completion of a sentence, has been pardoned, has completed probation or parole, and has
paid any victim restitution. Restoration of voting rights is made through an application to
the Board of Pardons and Paroles. This bill would provide for the automatic restoration of
voting rights of a person who has been convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude when
he or she is discharged from incarceration. This bill would specify responsibilities of the
Secretary of State concerning such voter restoration. This bill would provide for absentee
voting for persons who are eligible to vote and are incarcerated. This bill would repeal the
provisions of state law that provide the procedure for the Board of...
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HB324
174367-1:n:02/23/2016:JMH/th LRS2016-726 HB324 By Representative Hill (J) RFD Judiciary Rd
1 25-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the maximum fee that counsel appointed to represent
an indigent defendant may collect is based on the degree of severity of the original charge
or the type of case to which the counsel is appointed. Under existing law, where the original
charge is a Class A felony, appointed counsel may collect a maximum of $4,000 for legal services.
This bill would authorize the court or the Director of Indigent Defense Services to waive
the $4,000 maximum in certain cases where the original charge was a Class A felony. This bill
would require a court waiving the limit to enter an order specifying the reasons for the waiver.
This bill would also require the director to submit a memo to the state Finance Director explaining
the reasons for any waiver granted by the director. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend
Section 15-12-21 of the Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by...
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HB550
Rep(s). By Representative Coleman HB550 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to
the City of Fairfield, Alabama, in Jefferson County; authorizing automated traffic light enforcement
in the city as a civil violation; providing certain procedures to be followed by the city
using automated photographic traffic light enforcement; providing that the owner of the vehicle
involved in running a traffic light is presumptively liable for a civil violation and the
payment of a civil fine, but providing procedures to contest liability; providing for jurisdiction
in the Fairfield Municipal Court over the civil violations and allowing appeals to the Jefferson
County Circuit Court for trial de novo; creating a cause of action for any person held responsible
for payment of the civil fine against the person who was actually operating a vehicle during
the running of a traffic light; and prohibiting the tampering with a photographic traffic
signal enforcement system, except by authorized...
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SB135
SB135 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the state occupies and preempts the entire field of regulation
in this state touching in any way upon firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories, with
certain limited exceptions. This bill would clarify that the occupation and preemption by
the state expressly includes taxation and use of firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories.
This bill would also prohibit counties and municipalities from imposing user fees or other
special fees related solely to the ownership or use of a firearm, ammunition, or firearm accessory
or from imposing additional restrictions on the issuance of pistol permits. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT Relating to firearms; to amend Section 13A-11-61.3, Code of Alabama 1975, to specify
that the state occupies the entire field of regulation of firearms, ammunition, and firearm
accessories including taxation and use; and to specify that a county or municipality may not
impose a user fee or other special fee related solely to...
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SB234
173998-1:n:02/11/2016:JET*/th LRS2016-627 SB234 By Senator Orr RFD Judiciary Rd 1 16-FEB-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 racketeering...
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SB328
174367-1:n:02/23/2016:JMH/th LRS2016-726 SB328 By Senator Whatley RFD Judiciary Rd 1 08-MAR-16
SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the maximum fee that counsel appointed to represent an indigent
defendant may collect is based on the degree of severity of the original charge or the type
of case to which the counsel is appointed. Under existing law, where the original charge is
a Class A felony, appointed counsel may collect a maximum of $4,000 for legal services. This
bill would authorize the court or the Director of Indigent Defense Services to waive the $4,000
maximum in certain cases where the original charge was a Class A felony. This bill would require
a court waiving the limit to enter an order specifying the reasons for the waiver. This bill
would also require the director to submit a memo to the state Finance Director explaining
the reasons for any waiver granted by the director. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend
Section 15-12-21 of the Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act...
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SB385
SB385 By Senator Blackwell ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Section 5-5A-44, Code of Alabama 1975,
relating to acquisition of control of state banks; to require the application to and approval
of the Superintendent of the State Banking Department for certain conditions that constitute
acquisition of control of a certain percent of the voting securities of a state bank; and
to provide for prospective effect. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1.
Section 5-5A-44 of the Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: ยง5-5A-44. "(a)
No person, acting directly or indirectly or through or in concert with one or more persons,
may acquire control any voting security of a state bank or of any corporation or other entity
owning voting securities of having control of a state bank if after the acquisition such person
would own or possess the power to vote a majority of the voting securities of such bank, unless
an application is filed with the superintendent for review of the...
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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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HB73
171095-1:n:08/03/2015:MCS/th LRS2015-2584 HB73 By Representative Wadsworth RFD Judiciary Rd
1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, copies of hospital records are admissible as evidence
in judicial trials. Under existing law, a custodian of hospital records who receives a subpoena
from a litigant in a court trial in Alabama for hospital records must copy the records and
forward the records to the court clerk for admission at trial. This bill would allow a litigant
to request records from a medical provider, as defined, including itemization of charges,
and would allow the custodian of those records to process the request and deliver the records
to the litigant, the court clerk for admission at trial, or to an attorney of record for a
trial involving the records. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 12-21-5, 12-21-6,
and 12-21-7, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to reproducing medical records; to allow a litigant
in a trial in Alabama to request medical records from a medical...
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