SB216
173599-2:n:02/09/2016:JET/th LRS2016-317R1 SB216 By Senator Ward RFD Judiciary Rd 1 11-FEB-16
SYNOPSIS: Existing law does not provide a specific remedy for the state to pursue damages
sustained when a person or entity commits false or fraudulent acts against the state. This
bill would establish the Alabama Medicaid False Claims Act, to provide a remedy for fraudulent
claims in the Alabama Medicaid program. This bill would provide that certain persons who make
false claims or commit fraud against the Medicaid program would be liable to the state for
three times the amount of damage sustained, a civil penalty, and any associated costs, including
attorneys' fees. This bill would provide for the responsibilities of the Attorney General
and private individuals in investigating and proceeding against violators in civil actions.
This bill would prohibit any employer from taking retaliatory action or preventing an employee
from disclosing information to government or law enforcement agencies...
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SB202
171463-1:n:08/17/2015:JET*/th LRS2015-2668 SB202 By Senators Coleman-Madison, Beasley, Singleton,
Pittman, Figures and Sanders RFD Finance and Taxation Education Rd 1 11-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under
current law, each entity, subject to the Alabama corporate income tax, is required to file
a separate return and calculate the income tax on its separately accounted for taxable income,
regardless whether the entity is part of a larger business that consists of an affiliated
group of entities. This filing method allows large corporate taxpayers to take advantage of
tax planning options to shift income to other entities within the affiliated group located
in tax favorable states. Most large corporate businesses consist of a parent corporation and
a number of corporate subsidiaries. This bill would amend the corporate income tax law to
require the operations of all related entities, involved in a unitary business, file one corporate
income tax return on a combined basis, known as combined...
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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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HB367
175072-1:n:03/02/2016:PMG/th LRS2016-921 HB367 By Representative Johnson (K) RFD Financial
Services Rd 1 03-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would 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. This bill would provide appellate rights for persons affected by a suspension
of operation of a credit union. This bill would 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. This bill would modernize
the bond provisions covering employees of the Alabama Credit Union Administration by providing
that the employees are bonded under the Alabama Division of Risk Management. This bill would
provide the Administrator of the Alabama Credit Union...
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SB15
services to and on behalf of needy persons. b. a. Nine and nine one-hundredths percent shall
be set apart and used for the following purposes only and in the following order: 1. So much
thereof as may be necessary for such purpose is hereby appropriated and shall be used by the
State Treasurer to pay at their respective maturities the principal and interest that will
mature during the then current fiscal year on all bonds at the time outstanding that may have
been issued by the State Industrial Development Authority under the provisions of the
following acts: (i) Acts 1967, No. 231; (ii) Acts 1971, No. 1420; (iii) Acts 1973, No. 1039;
(iv) Acts 1975, No. 1217; (v) Acts 1978, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 99; (vi) Acts 1981, No. 81-843;
(vii) Acts 1983, No. 83-925; and (viii) Acts 1987, No. 87-550. 2. The balance thereafter remaining
during each fiscal year shall be paid into the State General Fund. a special fund in the State
Treasury to be designated the "General and Mental Health Fund,"...
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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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SB278
SB278 ENGROSSED By Senator Sanford A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 11-3-11.3,
11-51-183, 11-51-208, 11-51-210, 40-12-4, and 40-12-7, and add Section 11-51-210.1, to the
Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Department of Revenue; to further provide for the administration
of local sales, use, rental, and lodgings tax; to prohibit the department from charging for
certain services related to taxes authorized to be filed under the ONE SPOT system; to decrease
the cap on costs the department can charge a county from five percent to two percent; to extend
the county and municipal tax levy and rate notification requirements to the department; and
to provide liability relief for miscollection of local taxes due to the lack of proper rate
change notifications. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 11-3-11.3,
11-51-183, 11-51-208, 11-51-210, 40-12-4, and 40-12-7 of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended
to read as follows: §11-3-11.3. "(a) Counties may,...
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HB289
173439-3:n:02/22/2016:LLR/mfc LRS2016-410R2 HB289 By Representative Daniels RFD Commerce and
Small Business Rd 1 24-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Department of Revenue is authorized
to enter into agreements with counties and municipalities to collect and administer local
sales, use, rental, and lodging taxes. To recover its costs, the department is authorized
to charge a municipality a maximum of two percent of the revenue collected and a county a
maximum of five percent of the revenue collected. This bill would prohibit the Department
of Revenue from charging a local governmental entity for which it provides collection and
administration for a tax levy of the entity for the cost of filing, payment processing, and
remittance services for any tax authorized to be filed under the ONE SPOT system of the department
and would define collection and administrative services for those purposes. The bill would
also reduce the maximum percentage the department could charge a county to...
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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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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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