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SB161
SB161 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, preferred vendors are given preference in the awarding
of public contracts required to be competitively bid. This bill would give preferred vendor
status under the competitive bid laws to those businesses located in the state that are owned
by veterans who were deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq as a part of Operation Enduring Freedom
or Operation Iraqi Freedom. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 41-16-20, Code of
Alabama 1975, relating to preferred vendors under the state competitive bid law; to grant
preferred vendor status to any business located in the state that is owned by a veteran deployed
to Afghanistan or Iraq as a part of Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 41-16-20 of the Code of Alabama
1975, is amended to read as follows: §41-16-20. "(a) With the exception of contracts
for public works whose competitive bidding requirements are governed...
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SB17
172859-1:n:01/06/2016:LFO-SS/bdl SB17 By Senators Dial and McClendon RFD Finance and Taxation
Education Rd 1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Alabama Ahead Act, commencing with
the 2012-2013 school year, phased in the provision of textbooks and other instructional materials
to students and teachers in electronic format through pen-enabled tablets and mobile computers.
The law provides for the reassignment of the tablets and mobile computers to students, requires
the State Department of Education to establish an advisory committee, and provides for a bond
issue. The law authorizes the Alabama Public School and College Authority to issue bonds for
the purposes of the law contingent upon a separate legislative enactment. This bill, commencing
with the 2016-2017 school year, would delete the requirement that the tablets and mobile computers
be pen-enabled, would delete the phase-in provisions, would delete the reassignment provisions,
would delete the requirement for the...
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SB178
173421-1:n:02/04/2016:JMH/th LRS2016-98 SB178 By Senator Marsh RFD Transportation and Energy
Rd 1 09-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would authorize the operation of autonomous motor vehicles
on the public roads of the state and would require that each make and model of autonomous
vehicle be tested and approved for use before being operated on a public road by anyone other
than a licensed tester. This bill would provide that the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency
(ALEA) would license all persons authorized to test autonomous vehicles. This bill would specify
criteria for testing of autonomous technology on the roads of the state. This bill would require
each autonomous vehicle operated on the public roads to carry insurance. This bill would authorize
ALEA to create a new endorsement on the driver's license and specify additional testing requirements
for persons authorized to operate approved autonomous vehicles. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT
To authorize the operation of autonomous motor...
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SB246
SB246 ENGROSSED By Senators Pittman and Marsh A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the
Alabama Community College System; to amend Sections 3, 4, and 5 of Act 2015-125, 2015 Regular
Session, now appearing as Sections 16-60-110.1, 16-60-111.4, and 16-60-111.10, Code of Alabama
1975, so as to provide for the operation of the system as a body corporate; and to provide
certain powers to the board of trustees of the system relating to the acquisition of and disposition
of property. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 3, 4, and 5 of
Act 2015-125, 2015 Regular Session, now appearing as Sections 16-60-110.1, 16-60-111.4, and
16-60-111.10 of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §16-60-110.1. "(a)
There is created the Alabama Community College System as a department of state government
body corporate under the name of the Alabama Community College System, which shall replace
and succeed to the duties of the Department of Postsecondary...
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SB349
SB349 ENGROSSED By Senator Ward A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to crimes and offenses,
corrections, and pardons and paroles; to amend Sections 12-25-34, 13A-4-1, 13A-4-2, and 13A-4-3,
Code of Alabama 1975, Sections 6, 7, 9, 11, and 18 of Act 2015-185, 2015 Regular Session,
now appearing as Sections 13A-8-4.1, 13A-8-8.1, 13A-8-10.25, 13A-8-18.1, 15-22-26.2, and 15-22-29.1,
Code of Alabama 1975, respectively, Sections 13A-5-6 and 15-18-8, Code of Alabama 1975, as
last amended by Act 2015-463, 2015 Regular Session, and Sections 12-25-32, 15-18-172, 15-22-29,
15-22-32, 15-22-52, 15-22-54, and 29-2-20, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2015-185,
2015 Regular Session, to clarify when modifications to the initial voluntary sentencing standards
are effective; to modify the predicate monetary values of theft of property in the third degree,
theft of lost property in the third degree, theft of services in the third degree, and receiving
stolen property in the third degree; to...
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HB153
172901-1:n:01/08/2016:JET/tj LRS2016-54 HB153 By Representatives Ford, Lindsey, Melton, Clarke,
Drummond, Warren and Lawrence RFD State Government Rd 1 09-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing
law, a preferred vendor that produces or manufactures products in this state, has an assembly
plant or distribution facility in this state, or, in addition to other requirements, is organized
for business under the laws of this state may be awarded the competitively bid public contract
if the bid is no more than five percent greater than the bid of the lowest responsible bidder.
This bill would make the five-percent preference for preferred vendors mandatory. A BILL TO
BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 41-16-20, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to public contracts,
to require awarding authorities accepting competitive bids or proposals to provide a preference
of five percent to resident business entities meeting certain criteria. BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall be...
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HB215
Rep(s). By Representatives Baker, Davis, Faust, McCutcheon, Jones, Shiver, Polizos, Standridge
and Rowe HB215 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to volunteer fire departments; to amend Section
9-3-17, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to certification by the Alabama Forestry Commission;
to further provide for the minimum standards for certification, to authorize decertification
of departments, and to authorize the commission to adopt rules providing procedures for certification
and decertification of volunteer fire departments. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section
1. Section 9-3-17, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §9-3-17. "(a)
The term "volunteer fire department" shall apply to and be used to define an organized
group of area residents who meet the following requirements for personnel, training and equipment:
"(1) The group shall be organized and incorporated under the laws of the State of Alabama
as a nonprofit organization or as an authority of a...
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HB394
175343-3:n:03/15/2016:JET*/cj LRS2016-1000R2 HB394 By Representative McCutcheon RFD Transportation,
Utilities and Infrastructure Rd 1 15-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would provide for additional
gasoline and diesel fuel excise taxes and would provide for an adjustment to the gasoline
and diesel fuel excise tax rates effective in 2019 and again in 2023 and 2027, unless the
Legislature adopts a resolution that the adjustment not take place, to bring the excise taxes
in line with the average gasoline taxes and fees levied in the four states bordering Alabama.
The revenue from the additional taxes would be paid into the Alabama Transportation Safety
Fund established in SB180, 2016 Regular Session, and would be expended only as authorized
in that act. This bill would also prohibit the passage of a local law levying an excise tax
on gasoline or diesel fuel unless approved by a local referendum and would allow a local governing
body to hold a local referendum on levying a local excise tax on...
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HB395
175645-1:n:03/15/2016:LLR/tj LRS2016-1093 HB395 By Representative Pringle RFD Financial Services
Rd 1 15-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would regulate the providing of money or credit to a consumer
pursuant to an agreement under which the consumer is not prohibited from using the money or
credit for a purpose other than prosecuting a dispute, and under which repayment of the money
or credit is conditioned upon the consumer's recovery of money in a dispute or where recourse
against the consumer by the person providing the money or credit is limited exclusively or
primarily to the amount recovered by the consumer in a dispute. This bill would define provider
of money or credit as a consumer lawsuit lender. This bill would provide that each provision
of money or credit would be deemed to be a consumer loan and the maximum finance charge on
the loan would be as provided in this bill, regardless of the amount of the loan or credit
provided. This bill would require each consumer lawsuit lender...
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HB41
Rep(s). By Representative Chesteen HB41 ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 16-16B-1 and 16-16B-2,
Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama Ahead Act; commencing with the 2016-2017 school
year, to delete the requirement that tablets and mobile computers be pen-enabled; to delete
the phase-in provisions; to delete the reassignment provisions; to delete the requirement
for the establishment of an advisory committee; to establish the Alabama Ahead Oversight Committee;
to make participation by local school systems voluntary; to provide that funds be used to
purchase and install, maintain or upgrade a high-quality, standards-based, broadband Wi-Fi
infrastructure and mobile digital computing devices to enable access to digital instructional
materials in all public school classrooms; and to amend Section 14 of Act 2012-560, 2012 Regular
Session, to delete the requirement that implementation of the act be contingent upon separate
legislative enactment. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF...
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