HB388
173179-2:n:03/08/2016:KBH/th LRS2016-154R1 HB388 By Representatives Treadaway, Farley, Mooney, Hill (M), Weaver, Harper, Rowe, Faulkner, Garrett, Fridy, Williams (P), Black, McCutcheon, Hill (J), Whorton (I), Moore (B), Ingram, Morrow, Warren, Drummond, Carns, Drake, Shedd and South RFD Public Safety and Homeland Security Rd 1 10-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, there is no provision for the issuance of a distinctive motor vehicle license plate that would indicate a person in a vehicle has been medically diagnosed with a sensory issue, including, but not limited to, autism, dementia, Down syndrome, Parkinson's disease, post traumatic stress disorder, or stroke. This bill would provide that a person could submit verification to the Department of Revenue that he or she or a person under his or her care has been medically diagnosed with a sensory issue and qualifies for the issuance of a distinctive motor vehicle license plate indicating that a person in the vehicle has a sensory...
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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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SB209
SB209 By Senator Holtzclaw ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to credit unions; to amend Sections 5-17-2, 5-17-4, 5-17-6, 5-17-7, 5-17-8, 5-17-10, 5-17-11, 5-17-12, 5-17-13, 5-17-19, 5-17-21, 5-17-22, 5-17-42, 5-17-45, 5-17-46, 5-17-47, 5-17-51, 5-17-52, 5-17-54, and 5-17-55, Code of Alabama 1975; to clarify and codify certain powers of credit unions, including, but not limited to, loan purchases, borrowing capacity, mergers, voluntary dissolutions, and other measures to provide parity with products and services offered by federal credit unions; to provide appellate rights for persons affected by a suspension of operation of a credit union; to authorize the Administrator of the Alabama Credit Union Administration to involuntarily merge a credit union into another credit union or another financial institution in certain extenuating circumstances; to modernize the bond provisions covering employees of the Alabama Credit Union Administration by providing that the employees are bonded under the...
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SB212
173292-1:n:02/01/2016:MCS/th LRS2016-225 SB212 By Senators Scofield, Livingston, Ward, Stutts, Melson, Reed, Dial and Whatley RFD Finance and Taxation Education Rd 1 11-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would encourage accelerated investment in broadband infrastructure by private business by providing a 10-year property tax exemption for qualifying high-speed broadband telecommunications network facilities constructed after January 1, 2016. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 40-21-6, 40-21-9, 40-21-17, 40-21-18, 40-21-20, and 40-21-21 of the Code of Alabama 1975; to provide a 10-year property tax exemption for qualifying high-speed broadband telecommunications network facilities constructed after January 1, 2016. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 40-21-6, 40-21-9, 40-21-17, 40-21-18, 40-21-20, and 40-21-21 of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §40-21-6. "Insofar as the other evidence and information adduced before said...
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HB321
174083-2:n:02/24/2016:KMS*/cj LRS2016-633R1 HB321 By Representatives Faust, Shiver, Sessions, Gaston, Baker, McMillan, Bracy, Buskey, Pringle, Williams (JW), Wilcox, Davis, Clarke, Drummond and Jackson RFD Insurance Rd 1 25-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, all insurers authorized and writing property insurance in the State of Alabama are required to be members of the Alabama Insurance Underwriting Association, which was established to provide a method whereby essential property insurance coverage would be provided in any county contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico and Mobile Bay. This bill would create the Alabama Coastal Insurance Authority for the purpose of providing affordable windstorm insurance for owners of insurable property in any county contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico and Mobile Bay. This bill would provide for the selection of the board of directors of the authority. This bill would provide for the adoption of the plan of operation of the authority, including the process...
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SB298
174083-2:n:02/24/2016:KMS*/cj LRS2016-633R1 SB298 By Senators Hightower and Pittman RFD Banking and Insurance Rd 1 24-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, all insurers authorized and writing property insurance in the State of Alabama are required to be members of the Alabama Insurance Underwriting Association, which was established to provide a method whereby essential property insurance coverage would be provided in any county contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico and Mobile Bay. This bill would create the Alabama Coastal Insurance Authority for the purpose of providing affordable windstorm insurance for owners of insurable property in any county contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico and Mobile Bay. This bill would provide for the selection of the board of directors of the authority. This bill would provide for the adoption of the plan of operation of the authority, including the process for post-loss assessments of policyholders and assessable insurers. This bill would authorize the sale of...
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HB94
Rep(s). By Representatives Baker, Davis, Faust, McMillan, Jones, Shiver and McCutcheon HB94 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to motor vehicle license plates for disabled veterans; to amend Sections 32-6-130; 40-12-244, as amended by Act 2015-506 of the 2015 First Special Session; and 40-12-254 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize a disabled veteran to claim a license tax and registration fee exemption or reduction for any license plate category in which the disabled veteran is otherwise qualified to obtain a license plate. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 32-6-130; 40-12-244, as amended by Act 2015-506 of the 2015 First Special Session; and 40-12-254 of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §32-6-130. "(a) Any veteran, as defined in Section 31-5-1, who is a resident of this state and who is suffering a physical disability which requires that any motor vehicle he or she operates be equipped with special mechanical control devices or...
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HB131
173098-2:n:02/01/2016:FC/mfc LRS2016-124R1 HB131 By Representative Hill (J) RFD Judiciary Rd 1 09-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a child who is placed for care may be placed with a kinship guardian. This bill would provide for a successor guardian to be named in a kinship guardian agreement in the event the kinship guardian dies or becomes incapacitated. Under existing law, a standard is not provided for a foster parent or a designated institutional caregiver of a foster child to authorize a child to participate in age or developmentally appropriate activities. This bill would define age or developmentally appropriate for the purposes of childhood activities and specify a reasonable and prudent parent standard for a caregiver to allow a child to participate in activities and would provide the standard would apply for purposes of caregiver liability. The bill would also require the juvenile court to consider services for a child at age 14 or over, instead of age 16 or over,...
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HB78
164053-1:n:11/03/2015:JET/tj LRS2015-2820 HB78 By Representative Pringle RFD State Government Rd 1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would establish the Alabama Cooperative Housing Corporation Act of 2016, to regulate cooperatives, a form of ownership of real property in which legal title is vested in a corporation or other entity, and the cooperative unit's occupants receive an exclusive right to occupy the unit. This bill would require any cooperative housing corporation formed after January 1, 2017, to organize under the Alabama Nonprofit Corporation Act, and be subject to all the duties, requirements, obligations, rights, and privileges under the act, and would require the filing of certain cooperative documents with the Secretary of State. This bill would require the Secretary of State to implement and maintain an electronic database, organized by cooperative name and accessible by the public through the Secretary of State's website, with the capability to search and retrieve...
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SB241
173541-1:n:02/04/2016:LFO-HP*/bdl SB241 By Senator Pittman RFD Finance and Taxation General Fund Rd 1 16-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would specifically include definitions in the chapter of the transient occupancy tax levy, clarifying the Department of Revenues policy and interpretation of existing law. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 40-26-1, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to transient occupancy tax; to include definitions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 40-26-1 of the Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §40-26-1. "(a) For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: "(1) ACCOMMODATION. The renting or furnishing of any room or rooms, living quarters, sleeping or housekeeping space in any hotel, motel, rooming house, apartment house, lodge, inn, tourist cabin, tourist court, tourist home, camp, campsite, trailer court, marina, convention center, recreational...
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