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SB385
SB385 ENGROSSED By Senator Orr A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the Alabama Transportation
Infrastructure Bank; to amend Sections 23-7-2, 23-7-6, 23-7-7, 23-7-9, 23-7-11, 23-7-14, 23-7-15,
23-7-17, 23-7-18, 23-7-19, 23-7-20, and 23-7-21, Code of Alabama 1975, and to add Sections
23-7-29, 23-7-30 and 23-7-31 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the definitions
of government unit, permitted investments, qualified borrower, and qualified project; to provide
further for the exercise of the powers of the bank; to provide for the appropriation and pledge
of certain gasoline tax revenues, motor vehicle license taxes and registration fees, diesel
fuel tax revenues, motor carrier tax revenues, and identification marker fees to capitalize
the bank and for the bank to carry out its purposes; to provide for the administration of
the bank; to provide that a pledge of the revenues of the bank to secure its bonds or other
financial assistance would continue until such...
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HB356
183263-1:n:03/01/2017:EBO-KB/mej HB356 By Representative Patterson RFD State Government Rd
1 02-MAR-17 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create an option for certain retirees of the Teachers'
Retirement System and the Employees' Retirement System to elect to receive a lump-sum cash
payment equal to and in lieu of a portion of his or her retirement allowance, not to exceed
50 percent. This bill would require the Director of Finance to certify to the Board of Control,
the Governor, and the presiding officer of each house of the Legislature whether or not available
funds are sufficient and economic conditions are satisfactory to support the financial viability
of the lump-sum retirement allowance option and would delay the offering of the option for
a period of 12 months if economic conditions do not support the viability of the lump-sum
option. This bill would also create the Alabama Pension Authority and would authorize the
authority to issue bonds to fund the lump-sum retirement allowance...
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HB530
182263-4:n:04/17/2017:FC/mfc LRS2017-649R3 HB530 By Representative Wilcox RFD Transportation,
Utilities and Infrastructure Rd 1 18-APR-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Alabama Transportation
Infrastructure Bank was established pursuant to Act 2015-50. Various sources of funding were
authorized to capitalize the bank including revenue from one cent of the gasoline tax and
a portion of the revenue from the license and registration fees on trucks and truck tractors.
The bank is authorized to make loans to units of government to construct, operate, or own
transportation projects. The bank is authorized to raise funds for qualified projects by the
issuance of bonds. At the current time, funding has not been made available to capitalize
the bank. This bill would further provide for the Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank.
The bill authorizes additional tax revenue to be pledged to pay and secure revenue bonds issued
by the bank as determined by the Director of Transportation and...
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SB321
183263-1:n:03/01/2017:EBO-KB/mej SB321 By Senator Hightower RFD Finance and Taxation Education
Rd 1 15-MAR-17 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create an option for certain retirees of the Teachers'
Retirement System and the Employees' Retirement System to elect to receive a lump-sum cash
payment equal to and in lieu of a portion of his or her retirement allowance, not to exceed
50 percent. This bill would require the Director of Finance to certify to the Board of Control,
the Governor, and the presiding officer of each house of the Legislature whether or not available
funds are sufficient and economic conditions are satisfactory to support the financial viability
of the lump-sum retirement allowance option and would delay the offering of the option for
a period of 12 months if economic conditions do not support the viability of the lump-sum
option. This bill would also create the Alabama Pension Authority and would authorize the
authority to issue bonds to fund the lump-sum retirement...
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SB88
SB88 SYNOPSIS: This bill would authorize the State Department of Education, pending available
funds, to offer competitive two-year grants to public schools for the purpose of developing
new educational programs or continuing existing educational programs for gifted or talented
children. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to education; to provide findings of the Legislature
relating to public education; to authorize the State Department of Education, pending available
funds, to offer certain grants to public schools for the purpose of developing new advanced
educational and specialized programs for gifted or talented children; to require the department
to adopt rules providing for the evaluation of applications for grants; to provide public
access to applicant scoring; and to require local boards of education to match awarded grant
funds. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. The Legislature finds and declares
the following: (1) It is vital that Alabama's public...
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HB53
Rep(s). By Representative Beech HB53 ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Section 16-1-46, Code of Alabama
1975, and Section 16-13B-2, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2016-298, 2016 Regular
Session, relating to the farm to school program for the purchase of unprocessed agricultural
products; to specify that federal funds for school nutrition may be used in the program pursuant
to the federal simplified acquisition threshold and that the exception to the competitive
bid process for local boards of education would be equal to or less than the federal simplified
acquisition threshold. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 16-1-46,
Code of Alabama 1975, and Section 16-13B-2, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2016-298,
2016 Regular Session, are amended to read as follows: §16-1-46. "(a) This section shall
be known and may be cited as the Farm-To-School Procurement Act. "(b) For the purposes
of this section, unprocessed agricultural products means only...
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SB340
184337-1:n:04/03/2017:KMS/mfc LRS2017-1353 SB340 By Senator Brewbaker RFD Education and Youth
Affairs Rd 1 04-APR-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the National Guard Educational Assistance
Act authorizes the Alabama Commission on Higher Education to pay or reimburse the tuition
of any eligible active member of the Alabama National Guard enrolled in an accredited institution
of higher education, technical college, or junior college within the state and supplemental
educational assistance benefits are provided to eligible active members of the Alabama National
Guard through the Alabama Commission on Higher Education. This bill would clarify that the
tuition assistance under the National Guard Educational Assistance Act is available to the
National Guard Member regardless of whether he or she is enrolled in and attending a public
institution of higher education, an accredited private institution of higher education, or
a partnership formed between or among public and accredited private...
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HB62
175647-1:n:03/11/2016:FC/tj LRS2016-1091 HB62 By Representative Beech RFD Transportation, Utilities
and Infrastructure Rd 1 07-FEB-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a municipality or municipal
instrumentality may provide telecommunication services. The law specifies that state and local
governmental agencies may require fair and reasonable compensation from telecommunication
providers for use of public rights-of-way. This bill would specify that rights-of-way fees
would be required to be cost-based. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 11-50B-3
of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to municipal telecommunication services; to further
provide for fair and reasonable compensation for use of public rights-of-way. BE IT ENACTED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 11-50B-3 of the Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows: §11-50B-3. "In addition to all other power, rights, and
authority heretofore granted by law, public providers may acquire, establish,...
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SB192
181868-1:n:02/13/2017:KBH*/th LRS2017-323 SB192 By Senators Whatley and Dial RFD Transportation
and Energy Rd 1 14-FEB-17 SYNOPSIS: Existing law places certain restrictions on a public provider
of municipal telecommunications services or other services that is a municipality or a municipal
instrumentality. This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901,
relating to Lee County, to remove restrictions on the service area of a public provider of
municipal telecommunications services or other services that is a municipality or a municipal
instrumentality in the county. This bill would further allow the public provider to provide
cable systems, telecommunications equipment and systems, furnish cable service, interactive
computer service, Internet access, other Internet services, advanced telecommunications service,
and other services, or any combination thereof without the restrictions as to coverage area.
This bill would provide that a public provider intending...
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SB345
SB345 By Senator Melson ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to agriculture authorities; to authorize
a county to establish an agriculture authority to construct and operate facilities to promote
agricultural businesses, operations, and commodities, workforce development, and economic
development within the county; to provide procedures for creating an agriculture authority;
to provide for the composition, membership, terms of office, powers, and duties of the board
of directors of an agriculture authority; to authorize an agriculture authority to take steps
necessary for the planning and development of an agriculture center; to authorize an agriculture
authority to acquire property by gift, grant, lease, or purchase, or to make and enter into
contracts, to accept pledges of revenues or grants of money, and to borrow money; to authorize
a county in which an agriculture authority is established and any municipality in the county
to expend funds for the purposes of the authority; to authorize the...
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