SB122
that institution's treatment of comparable type cases for the 12-month period immediately preceding August 1, 1992. These rates shall be updated every 12 months thereafter. Initial rates shall be established within six months of August 1, 1992. For those non-participating hospitals the prevailing rate shall be determined by a committee. In the first year following August 1, 1992, the committee shall be composed of five members. The director shall appoint one member from the Department of Industrial Relations and two members from the community in which the non-participating hospital is located. The non-participating hospital shall appoint two members. This committee shall by a majority vote establish the maximum rates of reimbursement or payment for the non-participating hospital, and the hospital shall be bound for one year by the determined rates of reimbursement or payment for workers' compensation cases. If, following the first year after the rates were established by this...
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SB317
SB317 By Senators Allen and Waggoner ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to athlete agents, to enact the Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act, to provide for the registration of athlete agents and the regulation of the relationship between athlete agents and student athletes; to provide definitions, licensing requirements, reciprocal licensing, agency contract requirements, notification requirements, criminal and civil penalties, and civil remedies; and, in this connection, to add Chapter 26B (commencing with Section 8-26B-1), and repeal Chapter 26A (commencing with Section 8-26A-1) of, Title 8 of the Code of Alabama 1975; 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....
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HB241
173341-1:n:02/03/2016:PMG/mfc LRS2016-274 HB241 By Representatives Pringle, South, Sessions, Morrow, Beech, McCampbell, Williams (JD) and Greer RFD Commerce and Small Business Rd 1 16-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would authorize public universities operating schools of medicine to form a new type of public corporation to be called an authority. This bill would provide procedures for the incorporation, reincorporation, and dissolution of an authority. This bill would prescribe powers of an authority, including the power to form university affiliates, the power of eminent domain, and the power to incur indebtedness. This bill would authorize an authority to exercise its powers even if doing so would be deemed anticompetitive or monopolistic under federal or state antitrust laws. This bill would authorize liens on the revenues and assets of an authority or university affiliate. This bill would exempt an authority and university affiliate from state taxation and exempt indebtedness issued by...
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SB408
176838-1:n:04/12/2016:PMG*/mfc LRS2016-1520 SB408 By Senator Sanders RFD Judiciary Rd 1 12-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would require all circuit, district, and municipal courts in the state to consider alternatives to incarceration for defendants unable to pay fines or court fees, to provide notice when enforcing fines and court fees, and to safeguard against unconstitutional practices by court staff and private contractors. This bill would also prohibit the courts from incarcerating a person for nonpayment of fines or court fees without first conducting an indigency determination and establishing that the failure to pay was willful; from conditioning access to a judicial hearing on the prepayment of fines or court fees; from using arrest warrants or driver's license suspension as a means of coercing the payment of court debt when individuals have not been afforded constitutionally adequate procedural protections; and from employing bail or bond practices that cause defendants to remain...
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SB413
173581-3:n:04/07/2016:JET/mfc LRS2016-499R2 SB413 By Senators Pittman, Melson and Scofield RFD Health and Human Services Rd 1 13-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, if a physician or other health care practitioner injures a patient because he or she has failed to follow the governing standard of care in the applicable area of medicine, the patient can bring an action against the physician or health care practitioner for medical malpractice. This bill would establish a Patient Compensation System to be administered by the Alabama Department of Public Health to provide for a mandatory alternative administrative procedure to address medical malpractice claims by a panel of physicians and medical experts to determine the payment of damages related to medical injuries. This bill would establish a Patient Compensation Board to govern the system and to approve a schedule of compensation for confirmed medical injuries. On or after January 1, 2017, this bill would require a person to submit an...
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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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HB44
172718-1:n:12/15/2015:FC/th LRS2015-3405 HB44 By Representative McMillan RFD Agriculture and Forestry Rd 1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a person is not permitted to collect protected wild animals or birds or bird eggs for scientific purposes unless the person has a permit from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The cost of the permit is $1 and a person who violates this provision is subject to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $25. This bill would establish three types of permits for the purposes of protection of wild invertebrate or vertebrate species, or their eggs, would increase the fees, and would provide that the applicable fine would be three times the cost of the appropriate permit. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 9-11-231 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to permits issued by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for the collection of protected wild animals or birds or bird eggs for propagation or...
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HB416
174954-1:n:03/01/2016:LLR/mfc LRS2016-81R1 HB416 By Representative England RFD County and Municipal Government Rd 1 15-MAR-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 parking 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...
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HB297
174362-1:n:02/23/2016:LLR/tj LRS2016-727 HB297 By Representatives Garrett, Faulkner, Mooney, Scott, Boyd, Melton, Forte, Knight, Beech, McCampbell, Morrow, Lawrence, Clarke, Warren, Drummond, Fridy, Rowe, Shedd, Collins, Ledbetter and Pettus RFD Financial Services Rd 1 24-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Existing law regulates deferred presentment services. This bill would allow the State Banking Department to require an applicant for a license to engage in deferred presentment services to apply through the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry and would require a license for each location at which deferred presentment loans are made. This bill would require a licensee who offers deferred presentment services to offer an extended repayment option prior to the commencement of a civil action; would limit the fee that could be collected on a check returned for insufficient funds; would provide for when the period of the deferred presentment transaction begins and eliminate any additional...
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HB457
175381-1:n:03/10/2016:PMG/th LRS2016-1013 HB457 By Representatives Wood, Pettus, Fridy and Rowe RFD State Government Rd 1 22-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a Tier II correctional officer, firefighter, or law enforcement officer is eligible for full retirement benefits if he or she retires after the age of 56 with at least 10 years of creditable service as a correctional officer, firefighter, or law enforcement officer. This bill would allow Tier II members of the Employees' Retirement System or the Teachers' Retirement System employed as a correctional officer, firefighter, or law enforcement officer to retire with full retirement benefits upon completion of 25 years of service. The bill would also provide that Tier II members of the Employees' Retirement System or the Teachers' Retirement System employed as a correctional officer, firefighter, or law enforcement officer shall contribute eight and one-quarter percent of his or her earnable compensation to the retirement system. A...
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