HB390
175246-1:n:03/10/2016:PMG/cj LRS2016-925 HB390 By Representative Pringle RFD Technology and Research Rd 1 10-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, there are no economic incentives or tax credits extended to Alabama businesses for qualified research expenses incurred by Alabama companies that spend funds and resources in-house, or pay Alabama research companies to conduct qualified research for new or improved products or services. This bill would establish the Alabama Innovation Act that would provide for a research and development tax credit to certain Alabama companies modeled on the federal research and development tax credit. The credit would be 25 percent of research at an Alabama research entity, and 10 percent for other research conducted in Alabama. The credit could be taken against the income tax or the financial institution excise tax. This bill would limit the Alabama Innovation tax credits to no more than twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) of credits per year, and no...
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HB462
175707-1:n:03/15/2016:LFO-HP*/bdl HB462 By Representative Martin RFD Ways and Means General Fund Rd 1 22-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under current law, all entities doing business or registered to do business in Alabama, have an annual filing obligation for Business Privilege Tax. The Business Privilege Tax is calculated based on an entitys net worth, apportioned to Alabama. There is a minimum of $100 Business Privilege Tax imposed annually on all entities subject to this tax. Currently, taxpayers have an annual maximum Business Privilege Tax due of $15,000. In addition, under current law, the Business Privilege Tax due date for Financial Institutions is March 15. The Alabama Excise Tax return filed by financial institutions is due April 15. Taxpayers often need to extend the filing date of the Business Privilege Tax in order to have complete information not available until the Financial Institution Excise Tax return is completed. In addition, this bill ensures that all other entity types have...
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SB112
173358-1:n:02/02/2016:FC/tj LRS2016-341 SB112 By Senator Ward RFD County and Municipal Government Rd 1 02-FEB-16 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: Section 1. This act shall apply only to any Class 8 municipality. Section 2. An abundance of overgrown grass or weeds within the municipality which is injurious to the general public health, safety, and general welfare by providing breeding grounds and shelter for...
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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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HB169
Rep(s). By Representative Fincher HB169 ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Section 40-9B-5, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the abatement of taxes by a municipality or a public industrial authority; to further provide for the conditions for a municipality or a municipal public industrial authority to abate a county tax. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 40-9B-5, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §40-9B-5. "(a) Subject to the geographical or jurisdictional or other limitations specified in subsections (b), (c), and (d), the governing body of a municipality, a county, or a public industrial authority may grant abatements of all of the taxes allowed to be abated under Section 40-9B-4 with respect to private use industrial property. "(b)(1) The abatements authorized to be granted pursuant to subsection (a) for construction related transaction taxes and for ad valorem taxes for a period not to exceed 10 years may be granted: "a. By the governing...
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HB526
176321-1:n:04/06/2016:LLR/tj LRS2016-1308 HB526 By Representative Scott RFD Financial Services Rd 1 12-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create the Alabama Motor Vehicle Title Loan Act. The bill would: Require licensure by the State Banking Department for a person to act as a title loan lender; provide for the application for licensure; require a bond and a nonrefundable application and investigation fee; provide for inactive licenses, renewal and reactivation of licenses, a fee for the license, and for the denial, suspension, or revocation of licenses. The bill would specify acts which constitute violations for which certain disciplinary actions may be taken; would provide for the imposition of fines and criminal penalties; and would provide remedies for title loans made or serviced without proper licensure. The bill would establish requirements for a title loan agreement; would provide for reclaiming a repossessed motor vehicle under certain circumstances; and would provide payment of...
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HB528
Rep(s). By Representative Ford HB528 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to Etowah County; to amend Sections 45-28-91.01 and 45-28-91.02, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the distribution of lodging taxes; to further provide for the distribution of a portion of the tax; to remove the exemption for campgrounds; and to further provide for the distribution and use of certain lodging tax proceeds. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 45-28-91.01 and 45-28-91.02, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §45-28-91.01. "(a) There is hereby created the new Etowah County Tourism Board. The new board shall consist of one member appointed by each member of the Etowah County House Legislative Delegation, one member appointed by the senator representing Etowah County, one member appointed by the county commission, one member appointed by the Mayor of Gadsden, one member appointed by the Etowah County Mayors Association, one member appointed by the Etowah/Gadsden...
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HB313
173595-1:n:02/18/2016:EBO-DHC/jk HB313 By Representative Clouse RFD Ways and Means General Fund Rd 1 24-FEB-16 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...
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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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SB350
174719-2:n:03/02/2016:LLR/tj LRS2016-798R1 SB350 By Senator Sanders RFD Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Rd 1 15-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a party desiring to redeem property sold to the state for unpaid taxes is required to pay the amount of money for which the property was sold, together with the amount of all taxes found to be due on the property since the date of sale, with interest at the rate of 12 percent. This bill would provide that a party desiring to redeem property sold to the state for unpaid taxes would pay interest only on the taxes due at the time of default. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 40-10-121, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide that a party desiring to redeem property sold to the state for unpaid taxes pay interest only on the taxes due at the time of default. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 40-10-121, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §40-10-121. "(a) In order to obtain the...
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