SB292
173949-2:n:02/24/2016:LFO-HP/bdl SB292 By Senators Orr and Melson RFD Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Rd 1 24-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, liquor wholesale licensees may sell liquor at wholesale to the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board or as authorized by the board, other than to a retail licensee of the board. Under existing law, state liquor stores operated by the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and certain licensed private retail stores may sell liquor at retail. Under existing law, retail licensees of the board must purchase liquor from the board for resale. This bill would require the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to phase out retail sale of alcoholic beverages by the board prior to October 1, 2021 but continue all other functions prescribed by law; require the board to obtain the best available price for fixed assets, equipment, and property; and require the Department of Economic and Community Affairs to provide certain technical...
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HB34
(1) GROWING ALABAMA CREDIT. The credit provided for in Section 40-18-413(a). (2) INDUSTRY OR BUSINESS. An entity which would conduct at a site an activity that is primarily described in Section 40-18-372(1). (3) LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS. Organizations which are determined by the Department of Commerce to meet both of the following criteria: a. The organization is an Alabama entity not operating for a profit, including, but not limited to, a municipality or county, an industrial board or authority, a chamber of commerce, or some other foundation or Alabama nonprofit corporation charged with improving a community or region of the state; and b. The organization has a record of supporting or otherwise participating in economic development activities in some part of Alabama. (4) RENEWAL OF ALABAMA COMMISSION. The Renewal of Alabama Commission created by Section 40-18-402. (5) SITE. Real property owned by a local economic development organization and intended for use...
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HB153
172901-1:n:01/08/2016:JET/tj LRS2016-54 HB153 By Representatives Ford, Lindsey, Melton, Clarke, Drummond, Warren and Lawrence RFD State Government Rd 1 09-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a preferred vendor that produces or manufactures products in this state, has an assembly plant or distribution facility in this state, or, in addition to other requirements, is organized for business under the laws of this state may be awarded the competitively bid public contract if the bid is no more than five percent greater than the bid of the lowest responsible bidder. This bill would make the five-percent preference for preferred vendors mandatory. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 41-16-20, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to public contracts, to require awarding authorities accepting competitive bids or proposals to provide a preference of five percent to resident business entities meeting certain criteria. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall be...
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SB269
SB269 By Senators Livingston and Orr ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Section 21-2-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to clarify that state entities apply the purchasing preference for services provided by certain individuals with disabilities under the direction of the Department of Adult Blind and Deaf of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind; and to require the board to ensure that approved services do not adversely impact services provided under the federal Randolph-Sheppard program. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 21-2-2, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §21-2-2. "Whenever any of the products or services made, provided, or manufactured by the blind, visually handicapped, deaf or other severely handicapped persons individuals with disabilities under the direction or supervision of the Department of Adult Blind and Deaf of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind meet the requirements of any department, institution, or agency supported in...
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SB161
SB161 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, preferred vendors are given preference in the awarding of public contracts required to be competitively bid. This bill would give preferred vendor status under the competitive bid laws to those businesses located in the state that are owned by veterans who were deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq as a part of Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 41-16-20, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to preferred vendors under the state competitive bid law; to grant preferred vendor status to any business located in the state that is owned by a veteran deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq as a part of Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 41-16-20 of the Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §41-16-20. "(a) With the exception of contracts for public works whose competitive bidding requirements are governed...
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SB395
176699-1:n:04/06/2016:PMG/tj LRS2016-1477 SB395 By Senator Brewbaker RFD Education and Youth Affairs Rd 1 07-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create the Education Savings Account program which would allow parents to use the funds in the account which would have been allocated to their child at their resident school district for an education program of the parents' choosing. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to education; to create the Education Savings Account program which would allow parents to use the funds in the account which would have been allocated to their child at their resident school district for an education program of the parents' choosing. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Education Savings Account Act. Section 2. As used in this act, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Revenue or an organization chosen by the state. (2) ELIGIBLE...
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HB84
168098-2:n:02/02/2016:LLR/mfc LRS2015-1633R1 HB84 By Representative Johnson (K) RFD Education Policy Rd 1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create the Education Savings Account program which would allow parents to use the funds in the account which would have been allocated to their child at their resident school district for an education program of the parents' choosing. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to education; to create the Education Savings Account program which would allow parents to use the funds in the account which would have been allocated to their child at their resident school district for an education program of the parents' choosing. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Education Savings Account Act. Section 2. As used in this act, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Education or an organization chosen by the state. (2) ELIGIBLE...
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SB32
SB32 By Senator Bussman ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to the Alabama Sunset Law; to continue the existence and functioning of the Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy until October 1, 2020, with certain modifications; and to amend Section 34-1-3, Code of Alabama 1975, so as to require diversity in the membership of the board. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Pursuant to the Alabama Sunset Law, the Sunset Committee recommends the continuance of the Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy until October 1, 2020, with the additional recommendation for statutory change as set out in Section 3. Section 2. The existence and functioning of the Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy, created and functioning pursuant to Sections 34-1-1 to 34-1-22, inclusive, and Section 40-12-71, Code of Alabama 1975, is continued until October 1, 2020, and those code sections are expressly preserved. Section 3. Section 34-1-3 of the Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as...
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SB316
173986-3:n:03/01/2016:KMS/tj LRS2016-614R2 SB316 By Senator Marsh RFD Education and Youth Affairs Rd 1 01-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Students First Act of 2011 provides a process for public K-12 school teachers to attain tenure. This bill would create the Preparing and Rewarding Educational Professionals (PREP) Act of 2016. This bill would provide a procedure for observing and evaluating teachers, principals, and assistant principals on performance and student achievement. This bill would make an appropriation of $10,000,000 from the Education Trust Fund to the Legislative School Performance Recognition Program, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, to fund rewards earned by schools pursuant to that program. This bill would require implementation of the Legislative School Performance Recognition Program before September 1, 2016. This bill would increase the number of years of service required to attain tenured status pursuant to the Students First Act of 2011, as...
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SB335
SB335 By Senator Sanford ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 40-2A-3, 40-2A-6, 40-2A-12, 40-2A-13, 40-2A-14, and 40-2A-15 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama Taxpayers' Bill of Rights and Uniform Revenue Procedures Act; to further define terms; to further require signed and dated written authorization for examining the books and records of a taxpayer under certain conditions; to require certain disclosures; to further provide the time frame in which a private auditing or collecting firm engaged by a self-administered municipality or county may commence an examination; to require certain confidentiality requirements; to provide for an independent hearing or appeals officer; to require a public official or employee of the taxing authority sign the final assessment; to provide minimum education requirements for examiners of private auditing or collecting firms; and to require the Alabama Local Tax Institute of Standards and Training Board to establish a hotline to...
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