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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SB368
SB368 SYNOPSIS: This bill would provide for the issuance of temporary and permanent protection orders against sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking (a STOP order). This bill would establish procedures for petitioning for the issuance of temporary and permanent STOP orders, would provide for notice and hearings on the petition, would set forth evidentiary standards, and would provide for the modification of STOP orders under certain conditions. This bill would also provide criminal penalties for the violation of STOP orders and would authorize a law enforcement officer to arrest a STOP order violator without a warrant under certain conditions. 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 regard to a local...
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HB423
173657-1:n:02/10/2016:JMH/th LRS2016-506 HB423 By Representatives Hall, Todd and Daniels RFD Judiciary Rd 1 15-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create the Alabama Innocence Inquiry Commission within the Administrative Office of Courts and would provide for the duties and functions of the commission. This bill would establish a procedure by which a person convicted of a felony could petition for a hearing before the commission in order to present credible, verifiable evidence of innocence that has not previously been presented at trial or considered at a hearing granted through postconviction relief. This bill would authorize the commission to hear the evidence and, at its discretion, refer the case back to the court of original jurisdiction for additional judicial review. This bill would specify that there is a moratorium on executions until June 1, 2017. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To create the Alabama Innocence Inquiry Commission within the Administrative Office of Courts; to...
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SB264
SB264 By Senator Livingston ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Section 25-8-59, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama Child Labor Law; to allow the Department of Labor to file an action for the collection of civil penalties imposed pursuant to this section against an employer in the circuit court of the county where the violation occurred. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 25-8-59, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §25-8-59. "(a) Any employer who violates this chapter, or who fails or refuses to obey within a reasonable time any lawful order or direction given by the state officials charged with the enforcement of this chapter, and any parent, guardian, or custodian who suffers or permits a person under his or her care or control who is under 19 years of age to work in violation of this chapter, shall be subject to civil penalties in addition to other penalties provided in this chapter. "(b) The department may impose a civil penalty of...
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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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SB144
SB144 ENGROSSED By Senator Ward A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the Alabama Fraudulent Transfer Act; to amend Section 8-9A-1 of the Code of the Alabama 1975; to provide that a transfer includes those transfers made pursuant to a divorce settlement or domestic settlement for purposes of the Alabama Fraudulent Transfer Act; to provide that to the extent necessary to effectuate the Legislature's intent, the Act shall be applied retroactively; and to clarify that this act is declaratory in nature and not intended to change existing law. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 8-9A-1 of the Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §8-9A-1. As used in this chapter, the following words have the following meanings: "(1) AFFILIATE. "a. A person who directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds with power to vote, 20 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of the debtor, other than a person who holds the securities, "1. As a fiduciary...
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SB324
SB324 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a minor who has attained 16 years of age may be charged, arrested, and tried as an adult for capital offenses, other specified felonies, and certain lesser included offenses. This bill would repeal this provision and would allow for the transfer of a child 14 years of age or more from the juvenile court to the circuit court if the child is alleged to have committed a capital offense, other specified felonies, and certain lesser included offenses. This bill would also specify that the transfer of a case from juvenile court to circuit court does not prohibit a circuit court judge from granting an individual youthful offender status. Existing law also specifies who may be detained or confined in secure custody and when a child may be detained in a jail or other facility for the detention of adults. This bill would provide that a child 14 years of age or older whose case was transferred from the juvenile court to the circuit court may be detained or...
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SB82
SB82 By Senators Dial and Holley ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 34-30-1, 34-30-3, 34-30-5, 34-30-20, 34-30-22, 34-30-24, 34-30-30, 34-30-31, and 34-30-33, Code of Alabama 1975; to further define the practice of social work and the licensure of master social workers and independent clinical social workers licensed by the State Board of Social Work Examiners. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 34-30-1, 34-30-3, 34-30-5, 34-30-20, 34-30-22, 34-30-24, 34-30-30, 34-30-31, and 34-30-33, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §34-30-1. "As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: "(1) BOARD. The State Board of Social Work Examiners established under this chapter. "(2) SOCIAL WORK. The professional activity of helping individuals, groups, or communities enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning, and of preventing or controlling social problems altering societal conditions as a means...
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HB59
172609-1:n:12/09/2015:FC/tj LRS2015-3350 HB59 By Representative Johnson (R) RFD Boards, Agencies and Commissions Rd 1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would further define the practice of social work and would redesignate the licensure classification of "graduate social worker" to "master social worker" and the licensure classification of "certified social worker" to "independent clinical social worker" as licensed by the State Board of Social Work Examiners. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 34-30-1, 34-30-3, 34-30-5, 34-30-20, 34-30-22, 34-30-24, 34-30-30, 34-30-31, and 34-30-33, Code of Alabama 1975; to further define the practice of social work and the licensure of master social workers and independent clinical social workers licensed by the State Board of Social Work Examiners. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 34-30-1, 34-30-3, 34-30-5, 34-30-20, 34-30-22, 34-30-24, 34-30-30, 34-30-31, and 34-30-33, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read...
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SB419
176863-1:n:04/13/2016:KBH/th LRS2016-1530 SB419 By Senator Sanders RFD Judiciary Rd 1 19-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create the Fairness in Enforcement of Fines and Fees Act and would require all courts within the State of Alabama and all municipal or other governmental entities to comply with basic constitutional principles relevant to the enforcement of fines and fees, including due process, equal protection, and right to counsel. This bill would prohibit a person from being incarcerated for nonpayment of fines or fees without a prior indigency determination and would provide the person with certain notifications. This bill would require a person charged with a traffic violation or minor misdemeanor be provided with adequate information, including the charges against him or her and the options he or she has for resolving the charges. This bill would require a court to proportion all fines, fees, and costs imposed by the court when a sufficient showing of indigency has been made...
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