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SB262
206030-2:n:03/03/2020:CMH/bm LSA2020-718R1 SB262 By Senator Allen RFD Transportation and Energy
Rd 1 03-MAR-20 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Department of Transportation and county commissions
may designate areas along the county roads and highways of the state as construction zones
and may set reduced speed construction zone speed limits. Existing law also provides that
a person who commits a violation of a construction zone speed limit shall be assessed a fine
of double the amount prescribed by law outside of a construction zone. This bill would further
provide for the violation to include all moving violations committed within a construction
zone while workers are present and while there are work zone traffic control devices or warning
signs present to notify motorists of construction and maintenance workers in the area. This
bill would provide that the penalty for a construction zone violation is the greater of $250
or double the amount prescribed by law outside of a...
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SB57
203975-1:n:01/23/2020:LK/bm LSA2020-44 SB57 By Senator Ward RFD Governmental Affairs Rd 1 04-FEB-20
SYNOPSIS: This bill would repeal existing law providing access to public records and replace
it with a new Alabama Public Records Act with provisions establishing the rights of citizens
to access public records, enumerating exceptions to disclosure, establishing procedures for
making and responding to requests for access, setting the charges associated with responding
to requests, establishing a Public Access Counselor within the Alabama Department of Examiners
of Public Accounts, creating administrative and judicial remedies, and establishing civil
penalties for noncompliance. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to public records; to repeal
Sections 36-12-40 and 36-12-41, Code of Alabama 1975; to establish the Alabama Public Records
Act; to require governmental bodies of this state to adopt rules allowing each citizen to
inspect and take a copy of any public record upon a request made...
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SB71
SB71 ENGROSSED By Senator Ward A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to school zones; to amend
Sections 32-5A-181, 32-5A-182, and 32-5A-183, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that the reduced
speed school zone applies to every school in a county or municipality; 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 32-5A-181, 32-5A-182,
and 32-5A-183, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §32-5A-181. "For
the purposes of this article, the following words have the following meanings: "(1) REDUCED
SPEED SCHOOL ZONE. A designated length of a road or highway extending between school zone
speed limit signs with or without warning lights. "(2) ROAD or...
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HB179
203259-2:n:02/05/2020:PMG/bm LSA2019-2412 HB179 By Representative Ball RFD Ethics and Campaign
Finance Rd 1 06-FEB-20 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the State Ethics Commission is responsible
for administering and enforcing the code of ethics for public officials and public employees.
The commission is comprised of five members appointed on a rotating basis by the Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, and Speaker of the House of Representatives. Under existing law, the
State Ethics Commission may impose administrative penalties for minor violations, but refers
cases for all other enforcement of the code of ethics to the Attorney General or the appropriate
district attorney. The Attorney General or a district attorney may also initiate an enforcement
action against a public official or public employee without involving the State Ethics Commission.
This bill would require the Attorney General, a district attorney, or any other law enforcement
agency that initiates an investigation of a suspected...
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SB165
SB165 ENGROSSED By Senator Melson A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the medical use
of cannabis; to add a new Chapter 2A to Title 20, Code of Alabama 1975; to amend Section 13A-7-2,
Code of Alabama 1975; to create the Compassion Act; to provide civil and criminal protections
to certain patients with a qualifying medical condition who have a valid medical cannabis
card for the medical use of cannabis; to establish the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission
and provide for its membership and duties; to provide for certification of patients to authorize
use of medical cannabis; to license and regulate the cultivation, processing, transporting,
testing, and dispensing of medical cannabis; to prohibit certain types of medical cannabis
products; to provide for patient registry and seed-to-sale tracking; to impose taxes; to provide
certain legal protections for users of medical cannabis; to provide certain legal protections
for employers; to provide further for workers' compensation...
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HB410
203470-1:n:11/25/2019:CMH/bm LSA2019-2810 HB410 By Representatives Faulkner, Jones (M) and
Reynolds RFD Public Safety and Homeland Security Rd 1 05-MAR-20 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law,
a reduced speed school zone is established for every school in the county outside the corporate
limits of a municipality. Also under existing law, a person who is convicted of a school zone
speed violation is assessed a fine double the amount prescribed by law for outside of the
school zone. This bill would expand the reduced speed school zone to include every public
and private school in the state. 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, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new
or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental
entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of...
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SB185
203524-1:n:02/12/2020:CNB/tj LSA2019-3002 SB185 By Senators Orr, Albritton, Shelnutt, Butler,
Melson and Allen RFD Judiciary Rd 1 13-FEB-20 SYNOPSIS: Under current law, an expert witness
may testify in the form of an opinion or otherwise. This bill would provide additional circumstances
in which an expert witness may give expert testimony. Under current law, any person who operates
a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state is deemed to have given consent to a
chemical test of his or her blood, breath, or urine to determine the alcoholic content of
his or her blood. This bill would also provide that a chemical test may be used to determine
whether a person was driving under the influence. Under current law, only a physician, a registered
nurse, or other qualifying person may withdraw blood for a chemical test of a person's blood.
This bill would provide additional persons who would be allowed to withdraw blood for a chemical
test of a person's blood. This bill would provide...
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SB72
196784-1:n:01/23/2019:FC/cr LSA2019-184 SB72 By Senator Ward RFD Governmental Affairs Rd 1
04-FEB-20 SYNOPSIS: This bill would provide an alternative procedure for any Class 8 municipality
to abate grass or weeds which become a nuisance and would provide for the assessment and collection
of the costs of the abatement when the work is required to be performed by the municipality.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to Class 8 municipalities; to provide for the abatement
of grass or weeds which become a nuisance under certain conditions; to provide for notice
to the property owners; to provide for the assessment of the costs for abatement when the
work is required to be performed by the municipalities; to provide for the collection by the
municipality of the costs through the addition of the costs to ad valorem taxes and for enforcement
by the county tax collecting official; and to provide for liens on the property under certain
conditions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:...
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HB30
203266-1:n:10/15/2019:ANS/tj LSA2019-2622 HB30 By Representatives Jackson and Hatcher RFD Constitution,
Campaigns and Elections Rd 1 04-FEB-20 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, voters in Alabama may
vote only on election day. This bill would require each county to provide at least one early
voting center to be open for a period of 14 days during the week immediately preceding election
day, which allows registered voters to vote prior to the official election day. This bill
would prescribe the hours of operation for each early voting center. This bill would clarify
that this act does not impair or affect the powers and duties of boards of registrars, judges
of probate, and other election officials. This bill would also require the Secretary of State
to adopt rules. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to elections; to require each county
to provide at least one early voting center to be open for a period of 14 days during the
week immediately preceding election day, which allows registered...
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SB93
SB93 ENGROSSED By Senator Waggoner A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the Alabama Board
of Athletic Trainers; to amend Sections 34-40-2, 34-40-3, 34-40-5, 34-40-6, 34-40-9, 34-40-10,
34-40-15, and 34-40-16, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the licensing and regulation
of athletic trainers; and to add Section 34-40-3.2 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to establish
and provide for the membership and duties of the Advisory Council of the State Board of Medical
Examiners and the Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF
ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 34-40-2, 34-40-3, 34-40-5, 34-40-6, 34-40-9, 34-40-10, 34-40-15,
and 34-40-16 of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §34-40-2. "As
used in this chapter, the following words and phrases terms shall have the following meanings,
respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "(1) APPRENTICE ATHLETIC
TRAINER. A person who assists in the duties usually performed by an...
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