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SB284
183291-2:n:03/07/2017:JMH/th LRS2017-1008R1 SB284 By Senators Orr and Smitherman RFD Judiciary
Rd 1 07-MAR-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the maximum rate of interest on a small loan
is three percent a month on amounts not more than $200 and two percent a month for amounts
in excess of $200, and the maximum term of the small loan is limited to 25 months. Under existing
law, in lieu of these interest rates, the lender may utilize an alternative rate of charge
that consists of an acquisition fee of up to 10 percent of the principal and a monthly installment
handling fee. Under existing law, the maximum term of a small loan on which the alternative
rate of charge may be utilized is 12 months. This bill would provide that the minimum term
for a small loan in which the lender is charging the alternative rate is six months. This
bill would prohibit the lender from collecting an additional acquisition charge if the loan
is refinanced within the first six months. Under existing law, the term...
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SB300
182280-3:n:03/09/2017:KMS/mfc LRS2017-714R2 SB300 By Senator Marsh RFD Education and Youth
Affairs Rd 1 14-MAR-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Alabama School Choice and Student
Opportunity Act establishes the Alabama Public Charter School Commission and provides the
process for establishing and maintaining public charter schools in the state. This bill would
provide that the 10 members of the Alabama Public Charter School Commission currently appointed
by the State Board of Education from nominees recommended by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives be appointed
by the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives and would authorize the commission to employ necessary
staff. Under existing law, a public charter school may be authorized only by a local school
board or the Alabama Public Charter School Commission. This bill would...
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HB545
183337-2:n:04/20/2017:JET/cj LRS2017-1807R1 HB545 By Representative Farley RFD Judiciary Rd
1 20-APR-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority
is authorized to issue bonds for prison construction purposes. The authority is required to
construct facilities using plans and specifications of architects or engineers, or both. This
bill would also allow the authority to issue bonds up to $100,000,000 to purchase, renovate,
and equip the existing Perry County facility, the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women and existing
regional or other prison facilities and would require the competitive bidding of all contracts
for renovations. This bill would require increased reporting to the Joint Legislative Prison
Committee. This bill would provide for the creation of capital improvement cooperative districts
by counties and municipalities for the renovation, expansion, maintenance, and operation of
county and municipal jail facilities to house state inmates....
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SB242
SB242 By Senator Holtzclaw ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to the military and military support
personnel; to create the Alabama Job Creation and Military Stability Commission. BE IT ENACTED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. (a) There is created the Alabama Job Creation and
Military Stability Commission. Members of the commission shall include a chair and two vice
chairs. The chair shall be the Lieutenant Governor, or in the absence of a Lieutenant Governor,
the chair shall be the Governor, or his or her designee. The vice chairs shall be the President
Pro Tempore of the Senate, or his or her designee, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
or his or her designee. (b) The commission shall also consist of the following members: (1)
Two members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(2) Two members of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. (3) The
Adjutant General of the Alabama National Guard. (4)...
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SB4
SB4 ENGROSSED By Senators Dial and Holley 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 provide for additional authority for the Legislative
Council with regard to legislative operations; to add additional provisions relating to the
provision of services by legislative staff; to make related and conforming changes; to add
Chapter 5A (commencing with Section 29-5A-1) and Sections 29-6-7.1 and 29-6-7.2 to, to amend
Sections 29-6-5, 29-6-7, and 41-9-370 of, and to repeal Chapter 5 (commencing with Section
29-5-1), Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 29-7-1), and Chapter 8 (commencing with Section
29-8-1) of Title 29 of, the Code of Alabama 1975. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Chapter 5A (commencing with Section 29-5A-1)...
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HB333
Rep(s). By Representative Johnson (K) HB333 ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 40-17-160,
40-17-161, 40-17-165, and 40-17-167, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the liquefied petroleum
gas and natural gas fuel tax, to remove references to natural gas; to add Article 3B, commencing
with Section 40-17-168, to Chapter 17 of Title 40, Code of Alabama 1975, to establish a standardized
motor fuel tax collection and enforcement system for the collection of excise tax on compressed
natural gas and liquefied natural gas; to provide civil and criminal penalties for violations;
to provide for rulemaking authority; 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. Sections...
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SB326
184147-1:n:03/15/2017:CMH/tgw LRS2017-1266 SB326 By Senator Ward RFD Fiscal Responsibility
and Economic Development Rd 1 15-MAR-17 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create the Alabama Homeowners'
Association Act to govern homeowners' associations responsible for the maintenance of common
areas of a residential development and with the authority to levy assessments that are enforceable
as liens against real property. This bill would require that any association formed after
January 1, 2018, to organize under the Alabama Nonprofit Corporation Act, including all duties,
requirements, obligations, rights, and privileges under the act and would require the filing
of certain association documents with the Secretary of State. This bill would require the
Secretary of State to implement and maintain an electronic database, organized by association
name, accessible by the public through the Secretary of State's website which provides the
capability to search and retrieve association filings. This bill...
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HB341
182254-5:n:03/01/2017:PMG/th LRS2017-561R3 HB341 By Representatives McMillan, Shiver, Davis,
Greer, Faust and Gaston RFD Boards, Agencies and Commissions Rd 1 02-MAR-17 SYNOPSIS: Under
existing law, the Home Builders Licensure Board licenses and regulates persons who engage
in home building and private residential construction when the costs of a project exceed $10,000.
This bill would revise the minimum cost of a project that brings a homebuilder under the jurisdiction
of the Home Builders Licensure Board from $10,000 to $1,000. This bill would revise definitions.
This bill would authorize the board to collect costs relating to hearings for disciplinary
actions. This bill would increase administrative fines for a violation. This bill would allow
the cap on the payment amount to an aggrieved homeowner from the Homeowners' Recovery Fund
when the homeowner is injured due to a violation committed by a licensee, to be set by rule.
This bill would also authorize the board to revoke the...
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SB260
180760-4:n:02/23/2017:LFO-HP/jmb SB260 By Senators Orr and Sanford RFD Fiscal Responsibility
and Economic Development Rd 1 28-FEB-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, liquor wholesale licensees
may sell liquor at wholesale to the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board or as authorized
by the board, but not other than to a retail licensee of the board. Under existing law, state
liquor stores operated by the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and certain licensed
private retail stores may sell liquor at retail. Under existing law, retail licensees of the
board must purchase liquor from the board for resale. This bill would require the Alabama
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to phase out retail sale of alcoholic beverages by the board
prior to October 1, 2022, but continue all other functions prescribed by law; require the
board to obtain the best available price for fixed assets, equipment, and property; and require
the Department of Economic and Community Affairs to provide certain...
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HB94
Rep(s). By Representative Rich HB94 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to insurance; to amend Sections
27-2B-9, 27-29-1, 27-29-4, and 27-29-7 of the Code of Alabama 1975, and to add Section 27-29-6.2
to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that the commissioner or any person receiving documents,
materials, or other information under the Alabama Risk-Based Capital for Insurers Act under
the authority of the commissioner shall not be permitted or required to testify in a private
civil action concerning the confidential documents, materials, or information received except
to authorize the documents, material, or other information to be shared with other state,
federal, and international regulatory agencies, with the NAIC, and state, federal, and international
law enforcement authorities; to provide that any documents, materials, or other information
received from the NAIC, from regulatory or law enforcement officials of foreign or domestic
jurisdictions shall be maintained as confidential or...
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