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SB21
SB21 ENGROSSED By Senator Ward A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the Open Meetings Act
of 2005; to amend Sections 36-25A-1, 36-25A-2, 36-25A-3, and 36-25A-9, Code of Alabama 1975,
to define and prohibit serial meetings; to further define deliberation, governmental body,
and meeting to apply to the exchange of information or ideas among a quorum of members of
a committee, subcommittee, or full governmental body intended to arrive at or influence a
decision as to how any members of the governmental body should vote on a specific matter that,
at the time of the exchange, the participating members expect to come before the committee,
subcommittee, or full governmental body immediately following the discussion or at a later
time; to clarify that the Alabama Legislature is solely governed by the Alabama Constitution
which establishes that the doors of each house of the Alabama Legislature shall be open to
the public except when secrecy is required under the circumstances and that no...
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HB195
165123-1:n:03/03/2015:LLR/th LRS2014-871 HB195 By Representative Davis RFD Ethics and Campaign
Finance Rd 1 05-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Open Meetings Act of 2005 specifically
applies to quorums of committees and subcommittees of governmental bodies. In 2012, the Alabama
Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, ruled that the Open Meetings Act did not apply to a series
of committee or subcommittee gatherings at which discussions were conducted on matters that
would later come before the full governmental body. In 2013, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled,
in a 5-3 decision, that citizens do not have standing to bring suits under the Open Meetings
Act if the civil penalty is paid to the state and there is no allegation of a likelihood of
future violations. Also in 2013, the Alabama Supreme Court stated that there is no requirement
that the Alabama Legislature hold open meetings. This bill would define and prohibit serial
meetings. This bill would further define deliberation,...
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HB199
164795-2:n:03/09/2015:KMS/mfc LRS2015-573R1 HB199 By Representatives McMillan, Hubbard and
McCampbell RFD Education Policy Rd 1 10-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Department
of Postsecondary Education, and its chief executive officer, entitled Chancellor, is a parallel
organization to the State Department of Education that is directly responsible to the State
Board of Education for the direction and supervision of two-year institutions of higher education.
This bill would establish an independent Alabama Community College System in lieu of the Department
of Postsecondary Education and would provide for the assumption by the Chancellor of the system
and the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System of all duties and responsibilities
for community and technical colleges in the state. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To establish
an independent Alabama Community College System in lieu of the Department of Postsecondary
Education and provide for the assumption by the...
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SB191
SB191 By Senators Pittman, Orr, Hightower, Sanford, Dial, Holley, Ward, Melson, Glover, Albritton,
Whatley, Shelnutt, Allen, Marsh, Blackwell, McClendon, Williams, Waggoner, Smith, Scofield,
Brewbaker and Stutts ENROLLED, An Act, To establish an independent Alabama Community College
System in lieu of the Department of Postsecondary Education and provide for the assumption
by the Chancellor of the system and the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College
System of all duties and responsibilities for community and technical colleges in the state;
to provide legislative intent; to amend Sections 16-60-110, 16-60-111.1, 16-60-111.2, 16-60-111.3,
16-60-111.4, 16-60-111.5, 16-60-111.6, 16-60-111.7, 16-60-111.8, and 16-60-111.9, as amended
by Act 2014-448, 2014 Regular Session (Acts 2014), 16-60-112, 16-60-113, 16-60-114, and 16-60-115,
Code of Alabama 1975; to add Sections 16-60-110.1, 16-60-111, 16-60-111.10, 16-60-111.11,
16-60-111.12, 16-60-111.13, 16-60-111.14, 16-60-111.15,...
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SB45
165751-6:n:03/18/2015:HOUSE EDUCATION POLICY COMMITTEE/ajh SB45 By Senator Marsh RFD Education
and Youth Affairs Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create the Alabama School Choice
and Student Opportunity Act. This bill would create the Alabama Public Charter School Commission
and would provide for the membership, powers, duties, and liabilities of the commission. This
bill would provide for the application process for establishing public charter schools and
conversion charter schools and would provide for charter terms, charter contracts, and preopening
requirements and conditions. This bill would provide for accountability of charter schools
pursuant to a performance framework, ongoing oversight and corrective action, and renewal,
revocation, and nonrenewal of charters. This bill would provide for the operation and autonomy
of public charter schools. This bill would also provide for funding and facilities. A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To create the Alabama School Choice and...
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HB582
168310-1:n:04/29/2015:PMG/agb LRS2015-1759 HB582 By Representative Weaver RFD State Government
Rd 1 30-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would authorize a public university in the state that operates
a school of medicine to organize and establish public corporations to own and operate health
care facilities or to collaborate with other health care providers. This bill would provide
procedures for the incorporations, reincorporation, and dissolution of authorities by a university.
This bill would provide for a board of directors to direct the operations of an authority
established under this act. This bill would also authorize these authorities to have any power
granted nonprofit corporations, the power of eminent domain as is vested by law in any municipality,
and the power to incur indebtedness. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to medical schools;
to authorize a public university in the state that operates a school of medicine to organize
and establish public corporations to own and...
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SB429
SB429 ENGROSSED By Senators Reed, Marsh and Waggoner A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating
to universities; to enact the University Authority Act of 2015, in order to authorize universities
operating schools of medicine to form a new type of public corporation to be called an authority;
to provide for definitions; to express legislative intent; to establish a procedure for incorporation
of authorities by universities; to prescribe the requirements for articles of incorporation
of an authority; to establish a procedure for amending articles of incorporation of an authority;
to prescribe requirements for and powers of a board of directors of an authority; to prescribe
requirements for and powers of officers of an authority; to prescribe powers of an authority,
which includes the power to form university affiliates; to authorize authorities to exercise
their powers even if the exercise of such powers would be deemed anticompetitive or monopolistic
under federal or state antitrust laws;...
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HB316
Rep(s). By Representatives Givan, Beckman, England, Treadaway and Coleman-Evans HB316 ENROLLED,
An Act, Relating to sex offender registration, to amend Sections 12-15-107, 12-15-116, 13A-5-2,
13A-5-6, 14-9-41, 15-18-8, 15-19-7, 15-20A-4, 15-20A-5, 15-20A-6, 15-20A-7, 15-20A-8, 15-20A-9,
15-20A-10, 15-20A-11, 15-20A-12, 15-20A-13, 15-20A-14, 15-20A-15, 15-20A-16, 15-20A-17, 15-20A-18,
15-20A-20, 15-20A-21, 15-20A-22, 15-20A-23, 15-20A-24, 15-20A-25, 15-20A-26, 15-20A-27, 15-20A-28,
15-20A-29, 15-20A-30, 15-20A-31, 15-20A-32, 15-20A-34, 15-20A-35, 15-20A-36, 15-20A-37, 15-20A-38,
15-20A-39, 15-20A-40, 15-20A-42, 15-20A-43, 15-20A-44, 15-20A-45, 15-20A-46, 15-22-27.3, 32-6-49.24,
36-18-24, 36-18-25, 38-13-2, and 38-13-4, Code of Alabama 1975, to make technical revisions
to the Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act; to update internal
citations to reflect the appropriate section of the current registration and community notification
law; to clarify that petitions...
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HB584
be deposited with the State Treasurer to be continuously appropriated to the Department of
Human Resources to assist all children in temporary or permanent custody in foster care. "(9)
Contributions designated for mental health on the Alabama state resident individual income
tax return shall be deposited with the State Treasurer and shall be distributed equally to
the Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Alabama and to the Mental Health Consumers of Alabama.
"(10) Contributions to the Alabama Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Program
shall be deposited with the State Treasurer and distributed to the University of Alabama at
Birmingham, which shall implement and administer the program. "(11) Contributions to
the Neighbors Helping Neighbors Fund shall be deposited with the State Treasurer for distribution
by the Department of Economic and Community Affairs for weatherization assistance as provided
for under Article 6, commencing with Section 41-23-100, Chapter 23, Title 41. "(12)...
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SB132
SB132 By Senators Hightower, Bussman and Reed ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Section 36-25A-2 of
the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Open Meetings Act; to further define the term meeting.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 36-25A-2 of the Code of Alabama
1975, is amended to read as follows: ยง36-25A-2. "As used in and for determining the
applicability of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings solely
for the purposes of this chapter: "(1) DELIBERATION. An exchange of information or ideas
among a quorum of members of a governmental body intended to arrive at or influence a decision
as to how the members of the governmental body should vote on a specific matter that, at the
time of the exchange, the participating members expect to come before the body immediately
following the discussion or at a later time. "(2) EXECUTIVE SESSION. That portion of
a meeting of a governmental body from which the public is excluded for one or more...
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