HB256
172645-1:n:12/10/2015:FC/tj LRS2015-3316 HB256 By Representative Poole RFD Judiciary Rd 1 18-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Currently, the age of majority is 19 years. This bill would lower the age of majority to 18 years and provide for certain exceptions. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 26-1-1, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act 2015-167 of the 2015 Regular Session, relating to the age of majority, to lower the age of majority to 18 years; to provide for certain exceptions; and to amend Section 13A-12-3, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to selling tobacco products to minors, to retain the age limitation on sales. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 26-1-1, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act 2015-167 of the 2015 Regular Session, is amended to read as follows: §26-1-1. "(a) Any person in this state, at the arrival at the age of 19 18 years, shall be relieved of his or her disabilities of minority and thereafter shall have the same legal rights and...
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HB534
Rep(s). By Representative Knight HB534 ENROLLED, An Act, To create the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs; to provide for the position of Director of the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs as a cabinet level position; to provide for the appointment, service, and duties of the director; and to create the Advisory Board on Minority Affairs. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. There is established the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs, to advise the Governor on issues affecting minorities, including women, focusing on the improvement of the overall quality of life of minorities, specifically in the areas of education, health, economics, political participation and empowerment, housing, employment, civil rights, criminal justice, and race relations. Section 2. The office shall be managed by a Director of the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The position of director shall be a Governor's...
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SB308
174159-3:n:02/23/2016:LLR/th LRS2016-640R2 SB308 By Senator Bussman RFD Health and Human Services Rd 1 01-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama is authorized to adopt rules necessary to carry into effect certain duties and powers related to the practice of dentistry, dental hygiene, and expanded duty dental assisting. This bill would provide further for such authority in relation to state and federal anti-trust laws as well as establish that anti-competitive rules which prioritize the health, safety, and welfare of the public are permissible. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To add Section 34-9-43.2 to the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the powers and duties of the Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama; to clarify rulemaking authority of the board regarding state and federal anti-trust laws and to establish that rules which prioritize patient health, safety, and welfare, but appear to be anti-competitive or have an anti-competitive effect, are...
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SB397
176806-1:n:04/11/2016:JMH/tj LRS2016-1495 SB397 By Senator Reed RFD Health and Human Services Rd 1 12-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the State Medicaid Agency may contract with an alternate care provider only in limited circumstances such as if no regional care organization has been certified in the region or if a regional care organization loses its probationary certification. Under existing law, a regional care organization has until October 1, 2016, to obtain its full certification, and all probationary certifications expire on October 1, 2016. This bill would authorize the State Medicaid Agency to establish a later date for obtaining regional care organization certification and would authorize probationary certification to be extended beyond October 1, 2016. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the State Medicaid Agency; to amend Sections 22-6-156, 22-6-159, and 22-6-162, to authorize the agency to provide further for the time frame for an organization to obtain regional...
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SB401
SB401 By Senators Dunn, Beasley and Coleman-Madison ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to the City of Bessemer, Alabama, in Jefferson County; authorizing automated traffic safety law enforcement in the City of Bessemer, Alabama, as a civil violation; providing certain procedures to be followed by the City using automated photographic traffic enforcement; providing that the owner of the vehicle involved in running a traffic light, stop sign, or violating the speed limit in the City of Bessemer is presumptively liable for a civil violation and the payment of a specified fine, but providing procedures to contest liability; providing for jurisdiction in Jefferson County and the City of Bessemer over such civil violations and allowing petitions for judicial review in the Jefferson County Circuit Court for trial de novo; creating a cause of action for any person held responsible for payment of the fine against the person who was actually operating a vehicle during the commission of a civil...
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HB181
173937-1:n:02/10/2016:FC*/cj LRS2016-597 HB181 By Representative Martin RFD Insurance Rd 1 11-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, insurance adjusters are defined to be representatives of the insurance company and not of the insured. This bill would provide for the licensing and regulation of public adjusters of insurance claims on behalf of insureds. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to insurance; to provide for the qualifications and procedures for the licensing of public adjusters; to provide definitions and exceptions to the licensing and registration requirements; to require public adjusters to take and pass a written examination, with exception; to provide for nonresident licensing; to require public adjusters to complete a minimum of 24 hours of continuing education on a biennial basis; to provide standards of conduct for public adjusters; to require public adjusters to report administrative action taken against them in other jurisdictions; to give the Commissioner of...
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HB442
175889-1:n:03/16/2016:JET/tj LRS2016-1211 HB442 By Representative Hill (J) RFD Judiciary Rd 1 17-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create the Alabama RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act to provide criminal penalties and other sanctions for those who engage in racketeering activity or patterns of racketeering activity. This bill would prohibit a person, through a pattern of racketeering activity or proceeds derived therefrom, from acquiring or maintaining, directly or indirectly, any interest in or control of any enterprise, real property, or personal property of any nature, including money, and would prohibit a person employed by or associated with any enterprise to conduct or participate in, directly or indirectly, an enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity. This bill would allow courts to enjoin certain violations of the act to protect the rights of innocent persons and would provide that all property of every kind used or derived from a pattern of...
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HB530
Rep(s). By Representative Weaver HB530 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to the State Medicaid Agency; to amend Sections 22-6-156, 22-6-159, and 22-6-162, to authorize the agency to provide further for the time frame for an organization to obtain regional care organization certification and to extend the date in which a probationary status expires. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 22-6-156, 22-6-159, and 22-6-162, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §22-6-156. "The Medicaid Agency may contract with an alternate care provider in a Medicaid region only under the terms of this section: "(1) If a regional care organization failed to provide adequate service pursuant to its contract, or had its certification terminated, or if the Medicaid Agency could not award a contract to a regional care organization under the terms of Section 22-6-153, or if no organization had been awarded a regional care organization certificate by October 1, 2016, or a later...
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SB2
169821-1:n:05/21/2015:FC/tj LRS2015-2118 SB2 By Senator Bussman RFD Health and Human Services Rd 1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, after a child has been placed in the legal custody of the Department of Human Resources, the department may request the court to appoint a kinship guardian to care for the child. This bill would specify that the department would not be required to consider a relative of the child who resides outside of this state for appointment if the relative has not notified the department within six months after the child has been placed in the legal custody of the department that the person desires to be considered for appointment as a kinship guardian. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating the Department of Human Resources; to amend Section 12-15-314 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to written requests of the department for the appointment of kinship guardians; to specify that the department would not be required to consider a relative of the child who...
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SB234
173998-1:n:02/11/2016:JET*/th LRS2016-627 SB234 By Senator Orr RFD Judiciary Rd 1 16-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create the Alabama RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act to provide criminal penalties and other sanctions for those who engage in racketeering activity or patterns of racketeering activity. This bill would prohibit a person, through a pattern of racketeering activity or proceeds derived therefrom, from acquiring or maintaining, directly or indirectly, any interest in or control of any enterprise, real property, or personal property of any nature, including money, and would prohibit a person employed by or associated with any enterprise to conduct or participate in, directly or indirectly, an enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity. This bill would allow courts to enjoin certain violations of the act to protect the rights of innocent persons and would provide that all property of every kind used or derived from a pattern of racketeering...
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