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HB69
Rep(s). By Representatives Tuggle and Johnson (R) HB69 ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Section 35-8B-1,
35-8B-2, and 35-8B-3, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to community development districts; to
create additional classes of community development district; and to provide for the incorporation
and powers of the districts. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section
35-8B-1, 35-8B-2, and 35-8B-3, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §35-8B-1.
"(a) "Community development district" shall mean a private residential development
that: (1) Is a size of at least 250 acres of contiguous land area; (2) has at least 100 residential
sites, platted and recorded in the probate office of the county as a residential subdivision;
(3) has streets that were or will be built with private funds; (4) has a social club with:
(i) an 18-hole golf course of regulation size; (ii) a restaurant or eatery used exclusively
for the purpose of preparing and serving meals, with a seating...
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SB373
175511-1:n:03/09/2016:LLR/tj LRS2016-1050 SB373 By Senator Pittman RFD Finance and Taxation
General Fund Rd 1 22-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Land Commissioner, with the
approval of the Governor, may sell lands that have been sold for taxes and bought in for the
State of Alabama and not redeemed for five years. This bill would require the Land Commissioner
to contract with a nationally recognized auction company to sell at public auction lands sold
for taxes and bought in for the State of Alabama which have not been redeemed at public auction
within five years from the date the land was sold. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section
40-10-134, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the sale of land sold for taxes and bought in
for the State of Alabama; to provide further for the sale of land that is not redeemed. BE
IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 40-10-134, Code of Alabama 1975,
is amended to read as follows: §40-10-134. "(a) When lands have...
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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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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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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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SB325
172725-1:n:12/22/2015:JLB/th LRS2015-3438 SB325 By Senators Dial, Holley, Ward and Sanford
RFD Governmental Affairs Rd 1 03-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, various services are
provided to the Legislature by the Legislative Reference Service, Legislative Fiscal Office,
and Alabama Law Institute. This bill would create the Legislative Services Agency and reconstitute
the Legislative Reference Service, Legislative Fiscal Office, and Alabama Law Institute as
divisions of the Legislative Services Agency and repeal conflicting and obsolete provisions.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the Legislature; to create the Legislative Services
Agency to provide certain staff services to the Legislature; to reconstitute the Legislative
Reference Service, Legislative Fiscal Office, and the Alabama Law Institute as divisions of
the agency; to add Chapter 5A (commencing with Section 29-5A-1) to, and to repeal Chapter
5 (commencing with Section 29-5-1), Section 29-6-2.1, Chapter 7...
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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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HB550
Rep(s). By Representative Coleman HB550 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to
the City of Fairfield, Alabama, in Jefferson County; authorizing automated traffic light enforcement
in the city as a civil violation; providing certain procedures to be followed by the city
using automated photographic traffic light enforcement; providing that the owner of the vehicle
involved in running a traffic light is presumptively liable for a civil violation and the
payment of a civil fine, but providing procedures to contest liability; providing for jurisdiction
in the Fairfield Municipal Court over the civil violations and allowing appeals to the Jefferson
County Circuit Court for trial de novo; creating a cause of action for any person held responsible
for payment of the civil fine against the person who was actually operating a vehicle during
the running of a traffic light; and prohibiting the tampering with a photographic traffic
signal enforcement system, except by authorized...
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HB114
Rep(s). By Representative Hanes HB114 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections
34-33-1, 34-33-2, 34-33-3, 34-33-4, 34-33-5, and 34-33-10 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating
to fire protection and fire protection sprinkler systems; to allow the State Fire Marshal
to issue permits to certified potable water single family dwelling fire protection sprinkler
contractors; to require the plans for a residential fire protection sprinkler system be designed
by a certified licensed engineer; to create the Fire Prevention, Protection, and Sprinkler
System Advisory Board; to provide for membership and duties of the board; and to require the
State Fire Marshal to collect and publish certain data and make the information available
on the website of the State Fire Marshal. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section
1. Sections 34-33-1, 34-33-2, 34-33-3, 34-33-4, and 34-33-5, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended
to read as follows: §34-33-1. "For purposes of this chapter, the...
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HB331
173038-2:n:02/08/2016:JMH/tj LRS2015-3428R1 HB331 By Representative Jones RFD Judiciary Rd
1 25-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Existing case law recognizes common law marriages in this state if the
parties have capacity, the present intent to enter into a permanent marriage, and there is
public recognition of the marriage. This bill would provide two methods of proving the existence
of a common law marriage. This bill would codify the elements required by case law to establish
the existence of a common law marriage-capacity and would specify that the parties could prove
the existence of a common law marriage by proving the existence of each element by clear and
convincing evidence. This bill would also provide that the parties to a common law marriage
could prove the marriage by filing a properly executed declaration of common law marriage
in the probate office. This bill would establish the required contents of the declaration.
This bill would provide that a properly executed declaration is prima...
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