HB24
172894-2:n:01/19/2016:FC/th LRS2016-15R1 HB24 By Representative Clouse RFD County and Municipal Government Rd 1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, county and municipal governing bodies have authority to operate solid waste programs and may establish and collect fees, charges, and rates for the service. Existing law provides that all funds collected from the solid waste program are required to be used for the administration of the solid waste program. This bill would authorize enactment of local laws providing for the use of the funds by the local governing body for administrative service related to the program, for buildings and roads or bridges used for solid waste services, and for certain other services provided through the solid waste program. Existing law also provides for the collection of delinquent fees for solid waste services by the suspension of service and by civil action. This bill would further authorize local governing bodies to use provisions for collection through...
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SB207
171975-2:n:09/14/2015:KMS/mfc LRS2015-2921R1 SB207 By Senator Whatley RFD County and Municipal Government Rd 1 11-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, neither a municipality nor a municipal public industrial authority may abate county taxes unless the municipality or authority also abates the corresponding municipal taxes. This bill would clarify that the prohibition was not intended to apply if the municipality does not levy or impose one or more of the taxes to be abated or if the property is outside of the taxing jurisdiction of the municipality. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 40-9B-5 of the Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act 2015-24, 2015 Regular Session, relating to the granting of abatement; to clarify that the prohibitions contained in the section do not apply if the municipality in question does not levy or impose one or more of the taxes to be abated or the property is outside of the taxing jurisdiction; and to provide for a retroactive effective date. BE...
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SB54
SB54 ENGROSSED By Senator Ward A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the Alabama Trails Commission; to amend Sections 41-23-140 and 41-23-141, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the membership of the commission and the advisory board; to provide for terms; and to provide that the commission may be transferred for administrative and staff purposes to another state agency or department. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 41-23-140 and 41-23-141, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §41-23-140. "(a) For the purposes of this article, the term trail means any form of paved or unpaved trail including freshwater and saltwater paddling trails. The term trail user community includes, but is not limited to, the following: Paved and unpaved trail users, hikers, off-road bicyclists, users of off-road off-highway vehicles, paddlers, equestrians, disabled outdoor recreational users, and commercial recreational interests. "(b) There is...
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HB169
Rep(s). By Representative Fincher HB169 ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Section 40-9B-5, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the abatement of taxes by a municipality or a public industrial authority; to further provide for the conditions for a municipality or a municipal public industrial authority to abate a county tax. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 40-9B-5, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §40-9B-5. "(a) Subject to the geographical or jurisdictional or other limitations specified in subsections (b), (c), and (d), the governing body of a municipality, a county, or a public industrial authority may grant abatements of all of the taxes allowed to be abated under Section 40-9B-4 with respect to private use industrial property. "(b)(1) The abatements authorized to be granted pursuant to subsection (a) for construction related transaction taxes and for ad valorem taxes for a period not to exceed 10 years may be granted: "a. By the governing...
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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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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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HB573
177282-3:n:04/21/2016:FC/tj LRS2016-1622R2 HB573 By Representatives Clouse and Boothe RFD Local Legislation Rd 1 27-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would propose a local constitutional amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, relating to Dale County, to authorize the Dale County Commission to levy a road and bridge maintenance and construction excise fee on motor fuels. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901; relating to Dale County; to authorize the Dale County Commission to levy a road and bridge maintenance construction excise fee on motor fuels; and to provide for the distribution of proceeds to a special transportation safety fund to be used for road and bridge maintenance and construction in the county. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, is proposed and shall become valid as a part of the Constitution when all requirements of this amendment...
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SB180
SB180 ENGROSSED By Senators Dial and Allen A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To establish the Alabama Transportation Safety Fund for the receipt of designated revenues to be utilized for the maintenance, improvement, replacement, and construction of state, county, and municipal roads and bridges within the state; to authorize monies in the fund to be expended for the payment for road or bridge projects or as matching funds for any federally-funded road or bridge projects; to restrict the use of monies in the fund; to provide for the establishment of the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program (ATRIP) Advisory Committee and to provide that certain funds would be expended only for county projects authorized by the committee; and to require public announcement of new projects and periodic reporting on ongoing projects. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. As used in this act, the following words have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The...
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SB194
173064-1:n:01/28/2016:LLR/cj LRS2016-81 SB194 By Senator Waggoner RFD County and Municipal Government Rd 1 09-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would authorize the city council or other governing body of a municipality to adopt a municipal ordinance providing for parking enforcement and collection. This bill would provide for parking enforcement civil violations. This bill would authorize each municipality to adopt a municipal ordinance consistent with this act. This bill would provide certain procedures to be followed by the municipality for parking enforcement. This bill would provide that the owner of the vehicle unlawfully parked shall be presumptively liable for a civil violation and the payment of a civil fine, but providing procedures to contest liability. This bill would provide for jurisdiction in the municipal court of the municipality over the civil violations and allow appeals to the circuit court of the county where the municipality is situated for trial de novo without a jury....
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SB407
176920-1:n:04/12/2016:MCS/tj LRS2016-1552 SB407 By Senator Sanders RFD Tourism and Marketing Rd 1 12-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, bingo may be played in the Town of White Hall pursuant to Amendment 674 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. This bill proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, that would provide that electronic bingo may be played in the Town of Whitehall and Lowndes County on any machine or device that is authorized by the National Indian Gaming Commission pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq., and which is operated by any Native American tribe in Alabama; levy a state gross receipts tax and a county gross receipts tax on electronic bingo gaming; levy a tax on vendors of bingo gaming equipment; provide for the administration of electronic bingo by the Town Council of White Hall; provide for the allocation of the gaming tax proceeds to the State of Alabama and Lowndes County; and provide for the distribution...
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