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HB502
Rep(s). By Representative South HB502 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to Fayette County; to amend
Sections 45-29-140.04 and 45-29-140.06 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Fayette
County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority; to further provide for the members
of the board of directors; and to delete the provision exempting the authority from the competitive
bid laws of the state. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 45-29-140.04
and 45-29-140.06 of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §45-29-140.04.
"(a) The Fayette County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority shall be governed
by a board of directors. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant
to its authorization. "(b) The initial board of directors shall consist of the three
citizens appointed to incorporate the authority and four other directors to be appointed within
45 days after the date the authority is incorporated as...
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SB32
SB32 By Senator Bussman ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to the Alabama Sunset Law; to continue the
existence and functioning of the Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy until October 1,
2020, with certain modifications; and to amend Section 34-1-3, Code of Alabama 1975, so as
to require diversity in the membership of the board. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Pursuant to the Alabama Sunset Law, the Sunset Committee recommends the continuance
of the Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy until October 1, 2020, with the additional
recommendation for statutory change as set out in Section 3. Section 2. The existence and
functioning of the Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy, created and functioning pursuant
to Sections 34-1-1 to 34-1-22, inclusive, and Section 40-12-71, Code of Alabama 1975, is continued
until October 1, 2020, and those code sections are expressly preserved. Section 3. Section
34-1-3 of the Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as...
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SB55
172743-1:n:01/14/2016:JMH/th LRS2015-3430 SB55 By Senator Allen RFD Judiciary Rd 1 02-FEB-16
SYNOPSIS: Under existing statutory law, grandparents may petition for visitation with their
grandchildren under certain circumstances. The Alabama Supreme Court declared parts of Alabama's
existing grandparent visitation law unconstitutional. This bill would repeal the existing
grandparent visitation law and replace it with a new grandparent visitation law that requires
the petitioning grandparent to prove, by clear and convincing evidence, that the grandparent
has an existing relationship with the grandchild and visitation is in the best interest of
the child. This bill would specify the factors that establish a significant and viable relationship
for the purposes of establishing clear and convincing evidence. This bill would also establish
the criteria and procedures for filing a petition. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to
grandparent visitation; to establish procedures by which...
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HB268
Rep(s). By Representative Jones HB268 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To add Section
17-3-30.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to create the Felony Voter Disqualification Act; to
establish a comprehensive list of felonies that involve moral turpitude which disqualify a
person from exercising his or her right to vote; and to amend Sections 17-4-3 and 17-4-4,
Code of Alabama 1975, relating to voter registration lists, to provide procedures for the
Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Secretary of State to follow to purge certain disqualified
voters from voter registration lists. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section
1. Section 17-3-30.1 is added to the Code of Alabama 1975, to read as follows: §17-3-30.1.
(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Definition of Moral Turpitude Act
Felony Voter Disqualification Act. (b)(1) The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Article
VIII of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 177 of...
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HB328
166222-4:n:02/02/2016:JMH/cj LRS2015-784R2 HB328 By Representatives Coleman and Jones RFD Judiciary
Rd 1 25-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a court may order an allowance up to 50 percent
of the present or future value of retirement benefits of a person to his or her spouse upon
divorce if the parties have been married for at least 10 years and if certain other conditions
are met. Under existing law, when the court orders an allowance of retirement benefits of
one spouse to another upon divorce, no amount is payable until the covered spouse begins to
receive benefits unless the parties agree to a lump sum settlement. This bill would eliminate
the requirement that the parties have been married for 10 years before the court may award
retirement benefits. This bill would allow the court to use any equitable method of valuing,
dividing, or distributing to benefits, but the noncovered spouse could receive no more than
50 percent of the benefits considered by the court. This bill would...
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HB338
174592-1:n:02/24/2016:JET/mfc LRS2016-578 HB338 By Representatives Pettus, Rowe, Harper, Weaver,
Hill (M), Johnson (K), Henry, Collins, Nordgren, Patterson, Greer, Boothe, Lee, Ledbetter,
Whorton (R) and McCutcheon RFD Judiciary Rd 1 25-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, certain
periods of incarceration are required for persons convicted of first, second, or third degree
domestic violence. This bill would double the incarceration periods for convictions of first
or second degree domestic violence if a child under the age of 18 years witnessed the domestic
violence and would provide increased incarceration periods for a first conviction of third
degree domestic violence if a child under the age of 18 years witnessed the domestic violence
and enhanced penalties for second, third, or subsequent convictions of third degree domestic
violence if a child witnessed the domestic violence. Also under existing law, a person who
commits a capital offense may be sentenced to death or life without...
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HB528
Rep(s). By Representative Ford HB528 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to Etowah County; to amend
Sections 45-28-91.01 and 45-28-91.02, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the distribution of
lodging taxes; to further provide for the distribution of a portion of the tax; to remove
the exemption for campgrounds; and to further provide for the distribution and use of certain
lodging tax proceeds. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 45-28-91.01
and 45-28-91.02, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §45-28-91.01. "(a)
There is hereby created the new Etowah County Tourism Board. The new board shall consist of
one member appointed by each member of the Etowah County House Legislative Delegation, one
member appointed by the senator representing Etowah County, one member appointed by the county
commission, one member appointed by the Mayor of Gadsden, one member appointed by the Etowah
County Mayors Association, one member appointed by the Etowah/Gadsden...
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SB300
SB300 By Senator Allen ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Section 13A-10-190, Code of Alabama 1975,
and add Sections 13A-10-193.1 and 13A-10-193.2 to the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to destructive
devices; to provide for the crimes of unlawful manufacture of a destructive device or bacteriological
or biological weapon in the second degree as a Class B felony and in the first degree as a
Class A felony; to authorize the State Fire Marshal to establish qualifications and procedures
for issuing a permit to lawfully manufacture a destructive device or bacteriological or biological
weapon; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of
a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of 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. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section
13A-10-190 of the Code of...
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SB420
SB420 By Senator Williams ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Section 13A-3-23, Code of Alabama 1975,
relating to the use of force in defense of a person, to require a pretrial hearing in which
a defendant claiming self-defense must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the force,
including deadly force, was justified; to require the entry of an order dismissing the case
under certain conditions; and allowing certain defendants to continue to claim self-defense
at trial. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 13A-3-23, Code of
Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §13A-3-23. "(a) A person is justified in
using physical force upon another person in order to defend himself or herself or a third
person from what he or she reasonably believes to be the use or imminent use of unlawful physical
force by that other person, and he or she may use a degree of force which he or she reasonably
believes to be necessary for the purpose. A person may use deadly...
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HB229
Rep(s). By Representatives Beech and McCampbell HB229 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to Choctaw
County; to establish a service of process fee for the service or attempted service of documents
by the Choctaw County Sheriff's Office in the civil division of the circuit and district courts;
to provide for the distribution of the fees; and to establish the Choctaw County Sheriff's
Law Enforcement Fund for the disposition of service of process fees. BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall only apply to Choctaw County. Section 2.
(a)(1) In addition to all other charges, fees, judgments, and costs of court, a service of
process fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be collected in Choctaw County for service
or attempted service of process on each complaint, counter claim, third party complaint, or
declaratory judgment proceeding requiring personal service of process by the sheriff in civil
proceedings filed in the State of Alabama. (2) A service of process fee of...
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