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SB59
181096-1:n:02/06/2017:EBO-KB/mej SB59 By Senator Ward RFD Judiciary Rd 1 07-FEB-17 SYNOPSIS:
This bill will be known as the Alabama Prison Transformation Initiative Act. This bill would
provide for the construction of four modern, efficient prison facilities to reduce overcrowding,
to improve safety conditions for corrections officers, to allow for additional inmate re-entry
programs and to improve operational practices and procedures. This bill would require increased
reporting to the Joint Legislative Prison Committee. 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 construct women's and regional
prison facilities using various types of construction agreements. This bill would allow the
Authority to issue additional bonds with no...
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HB215
Rep(s). By Representative Johnson (K) HB215 ENROLLED, An Act, To repeal Chapter 7 (commencing
with Section 8-7-1) of Title 8, and to add Chapter 7A (commencing with Section 8-7A-1), the
Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for regulation of money transmissions by the Alabama Securities
Commission; to require any person engaging in the business of monetary transmissions to obtain
a license from the commission and specify requirements for licensing and exceptions; to require
a licensee to maintain records and specify the commission would periodically examine each
licensee; to specify the powers of the commission with regard to enforcement; to provide an
aggrieved person with an opportunity for a hearing; to allow the commission to promulgate
rules; to provide criminal penalties for violations; 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...
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SB165
181628-2:n:02/08/2017:FC/th LRS2017-408R1 SB165 By Senator Whatley RFD Finance and Taxation
Education Rd 1 09-FEB-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a sales and use tax of 1.5 percent
is levied by the state on the sale or the use of agricultural machinery and equipment. This
bill would provide that the sale or the use of agricultural machinery and equipment would
be exempt from state sales or use tax. The exemptions would be phased in over a three-year
period. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to agriculture; to amend Sections 40-23-37 and
40-23-63 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that the sale or the use, storage, and consumption
of agricultural machinery and equipment for use on a farm would be exempt from state sales
and use tax; to provide that the exemptions would be phased in over a three-year period; and
to repeal Sections 40-23-38 and 40-23-64 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the administration
of sales and use tax on agricultural machinery and equipment. BE IT...
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SB173
SB173 ENGROSSED By Senator Orr A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To repeal Chapter 7 (commencing
with Section 8-7-1) of Title 8, and to add Chapter 7A (commencing with Section 8-7A-1), the
Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for regulation of money transmissions by the Alabama Securities
Commission; to require any person engaging in the business of monetary transmissions to obtain
a license from the commission and specify requirements for licensing and exceptions; to require
a licensee to maintain records and specify the commission would periodically examine each
licensee; to specify the powers of the commission with regard to enforcement; to provide an
aggrieved person with an opportunity for a hearing; to allow the commission to promulgate
rules; to provide criminal penalties for violations; 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...
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HB594
Rep(s). By Representatives Knight, McClammy and Lawrence HB594 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to
Montgomery County, to authorize the Montgomery County Commission to levy and collect a rental
tax against the lessees or renters of tangible personal property; to make legislative findings;
to establish maximum rates of the rental tax; to provide that the rental tax is a direct tax
on the lessee or renter though required to be collected by the lessor or vendor; to provide
that the rental tax is not a gross receipts tax in the nature of a sales tax; to provide for
exemptions from the tax; to provide for the collection, administration, and enforcement of
the rental tax; to provide that the rental tax constitutes a debt due Montgomery County and
may be collected in a civil suit, in addition to all other methods provided by law and in
this act; to provide that the rental tax, together with any interest and penalties with respect
thereto, shall constitute and be secured by a lien on the property of...
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SB227
182538-1:n:02/16/2017:LFO-HP/jmb SB227 By Senator Dial RFD Finance and Taxation Education Rd
1 21-FEB-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the state imposes sales or use taxes upon certain
persons, firms, or corporations. Sales of certain items are taxed at a reduced rate. Sales
of other items are exempt from the taxes. This bill would increase the state sales and use
tax general rate to four and thirty-five one-hundredths percent (4.35%) on September 1, 2017
and to four and seventy one-hundredths percent (4.70%) on September 1, 2018. This bill would
phase out the state sales and use taxes on food over a two-year period by reducing the rates
by two percentage points per year beginning September 1, 2017. This bill would exempt sales
of food from the sales and use taxes beginning September 1, 2018. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN
ACT To amend Sections 40-23-2 and 40-23-61, Code of Alabama 1975, to increase the state sales
and use tax general rates to four and thirty-five one-hundredths percent...
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SB373
185522-1:n:04/18/2017:JET/th LRS2017-1803 SB373 By Senator Pittman RFD Finance and Taxation
General Fund Rd 1 20-APR-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Alabama Jobs Act provides certain
incentives and credits to certain qualifying projects. The act caps the aggregate balance
of outstanding incentives at $850 million and provides that the incentives are not available
to qualifying projects for which project agreements have not been executed on or before December
31, 2019. This bill would extend eligibility for incentives under the act to projects for
which project agreements have been executed on or before December 31, 2023, and would exempt
megaprojects, as defined by the act, from the $850 million aggregate cap on outstanding incentives.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to economic development; to amend Sections 40-18-370,
as last amended by Act 2016-321, 2016 Regular Session, 40-18-382 and 40-18-383, Code of Alabama
1975, relating to the Alabama Jobs Act, to continue the...
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HB436
183023-1:n:03/02/2017:LLR/th LRS2017-484 HB436 By Representative Faulkner RFD Ways and Means
General Fund Rd 1 16-MAR-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, each person, firm, corporation,
association, or copartnership operating an amusement or entertainment machine business where
the machine is operated by the use of coin, cash, token, or credit card is required to pay
an annual privilege license tax based on the total sales of each machine. This bill would
levy an annual license fee on the privilege of owning and operating a bona fide amusement
or entertainment machine for commercial use by the public, with the exception of a single
business location with 50 machines or more, and an additional annual fee for each machine.
This bill would provide for the collection of the fees. This bill would provide for civil
penalties for violations. This bill would provide that it may not be construed to make legal
an otherwise illegal device or to authorize or permit gambling on any device whatsoever....
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HB334
Rep(s). By Representatives Butler, Harbison, Farley, Blackshear, Nordgren and Standridge HB334
ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to public records pertaining to law enforcement
officers; to amend Sections 36-25-14 and 41-13-7, Code of Alabama 1975; to exempt from public
scrutiny all identifiable information with regard to law enforcement officers and district
attorneys, including the names and addresses of certain family members; and to require the
Ethics Commission to remove from public disclosure the names and addresses of family members
of a law enforcement officer or district attorney listed on past economic statements if so
requested. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 36-25-14 and 41-13-7,
Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §36-25-14. "(a) A statement of
economic interests shall be completed and filed in accordance with this chapter with the commission
no later than April 30 of each year covering the period of the...
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HB43
173270-2:n:03/30/2016:LLR/tj LRS2016-259R1 HB43 By Representative Hill RFD Economic Development
and Tourism Rd 1 07-FEB-17 SYNOPSIS: Currently, there is a uniform beer tax on beer or malt
or brewed beverages sold in Alabama. This bill would provide that a portion of the proceeds
of the uniform beer tax paid to St. Clair County for the benefit of libraries or bookmobiles
in the county would be distributed to the libraries or bookmobiles as determined by the St.
Clair County Commission. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 28-3-190, Code of Alabama
1975, to provide that a portion of the proceeds of the uniform beer tax paid to St. Clair
County for the benefit of libraries or bookmobiles in the county would be distributed to the
libraries or bookmobiles as determined by the St. Clair County Commission. BE IT ENACTED BY
THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 28-3-190, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to
read as follows: §28-3-190. "(a) Levy. In addition to the excise tax...
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