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SB279
174395-1:n:02/22/2016:JLB/mfc LRS2016-712 SB279 By Senator Dial RFD Governmental Affairs Rd
1 23-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the State Ethics Commission may issue advisory opinions
which provide immunity to the person requesting the opinion and any other person relying on
the opinion in good faith. Existing rules of the commission authorize the director and general
counsel of the commission to issue informal opinions on the application of the Code of Ethics
to a particular individual, but an informal opinion does not provide immunity. This bill would
establish a procedure for the issuance by the director or an attorney of the commission of
written informal opinions to public officers or employees that would provide immunity to the
officer or employee making the request if all pertinent information was presented and the
officer or employee acted in accordance with the relevant circumstances, factors, and requirements
set forth in the opinion. Under existing law, an elected...
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SB379
SB379 By Senator Allen ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 34-5A-3, 34-5A-4, 34-5A-6, and 34-5A-7,
Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama Behavior Analyst Licensing Board; to establish
the board within the Department of Mental Health; to provide further for the qualifications
of the initial board members; to provide further for a quorum; to establish the Alabama Behavior
Analyst Licensing Board Fund in the State Treasury; to require criminal background checks
on applicants for licensure to be performed pursuant to board rule; to make technical corrections
to reference certification by certifying entities; and to provide further for the expiration,
renewal, revocation, and reinstatement of licenses. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section
1. Sections 34-5A-3, 34-5A-4, 34-5A-6, and 34-5A-7 of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended
to read as follows: §34-5A-3. "(a) The Alabama Behavior Analyst Licensing Board is established
within the Department of Mental Health,...
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SB407
176920-1:n:04/12/2016:MCS/tj LRS2016-1552 SB407 By Senator Sanders RFD Tourism and Marketing
Rd 1 12-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, bingo may be played in the Town of White Hall
pursuant to Amendment 674 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. This bill proposes an amendment
to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, that would provide that electronic bingo may be played
in the Town of Whitehall and Lowndes County on any machine or device that is authorized by
the National Indian Gaming Commission pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C.
§ 2701 et seq., and which is operated by any Native American tribe in Alabama; levy a state
gross receipts tax and a county gross receipts tax on electronic bingo gaming; levy a tax
on vendors of bingo gaming equipment; provide for the administration of electronic bingo by
the Town Council of White Hall; provide for the allocation of the gaming tax proceeds to the
State of Alabama and Lowndes County; and provide for the distribution...
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HB314
174609-1:n:02/24/2016:PMG/tj LRS2016-812 HB314 By Representatives Sells and Gaston RFD Transportation,
Utilities and Infrastructure Rd 1 24-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a governmental body
that enters into a public works project that exceeds $50,000 must advertise and solicit sealed
bids. This bill would allow the Department of Transportation to let contracts for road construction
or maintenance projects without advertising for sealed bids if the project does not exceed
$250,000, provided all such projects not requiring advertising and sealed bids may not exceed
$1,000,000 in the aggregate per year. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to competitive
bidding; to amend Section 39-2-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to allow the Department of Transportation
to let contracts for road construction or maintenance projects without advertising for sealed
bids if the project does not exceed $250,000, provided all such projects not requiring advertising
and sealed bids may not exceed $1,000,000...
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HB46
172996-1:n:01/29/2016:PMG/mfc LRS2016-41 HB46 By Representative Boothe RFD Economic Development
and Tourism Rd 1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a licensed manufacturer of spirits
may not sell its product directly to a consumer for off-premises consumption. This bill would
allow a licensed distillery to sell at retail up to 750 milliliters of its product per license
year to a customer for off-premises consumption. This bill would require the distillery to
keep records of sales for off-premises consumption. This bill would also specify that liquor
sold for off-premises consumption must be sealed, labelled, packaged, and taxed in accordance
with current regulations. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to alcoholic beverages; to
amend Section 28-3A-6 of the Code of Alabama 1975; to allow a licensed distillery to sell
at retail up to 750 milliliters of its product per license year to a customer for off-premises
consumption; to require the distillery to keep records of sales for...
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HB489
176440-1:n:04/04/2016:LLR/mfc LRS2016-1384 HB489 By Representative Buskey RFD Economic Development
and Tourism Rd 1 05-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, there is a process for establishing
community development districts that meet certain requirements. Once established, the sale
of alcoholic beverages is authorized within the district by certain entities otherwise licensed
by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. This bill would create an additional class of community
development district and provide for the incorporation and powers of the district. A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 35-8B-1, 35-8B-2, and 35-8B-3, Code of Alabama 1975,
relating to community development districts; to create an additional class of community development
district; and to provide for the incorporation and powers of the district. BE IT ENACTED BY
THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 35-8B-1, 35-8B-2, and 35-8B-3, Code of Alabama
1975, are amended to read as follows: §35-8B-1. "(a)...
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HB550
Rep(s). By Representative Coleman HB550 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to
the City of Fairfield, Alabama, in Jefferson County; authorizing automated traffic light enforcement
in the city as a civil violation; providing certain procedures to be followed by the city
using automated photographic traffic light enforcement; providing that the owner of the vehicle
involved in running a traffic light is presumptively liable for a civil violation and the
payment of a civil fine, but providing procedures to contest liability; providing for jurisdiction
in the Fairfield Municipal Court over the civil violations and allowing appeals to the Jefferson
County Circuit Court for trial de novo; creating a cause of action for any person held responsible
for payment of the civil fine against the person who was actually operating a vehicle during
the running of a traffic light; and prohibiting the tampering with a photographic traffic
signal enforcement system, except by authorized...
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HB69
Rep(s). By Representatives Tuggle and Johnson (R) HB69 ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Section 35-8B-1,
35-8B-2, and 35-8B-3, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to community development districts; to
create additional classes of community development district; and to provide for the incorporation
and powers of the districts. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section
35-8B-1, 35-8B-2, and 35-8B-3, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §35-8B-1.
"(a) "Community development district" shall mean a private residential development
that: (1) Is a size of at least 250 acres of contiguous land area; (2) has at least 100 residential
sites, platted and recorded in the probate office of the county as a residential subdivision;
(3) has streets that were or will be built with private funds; (4) has a social club with:
(i) an 18-hole golf course of regulation size; (ii) a restaurant or eatery used exclusively
for the purpose of preparing and serving meals, with a seating...
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SB212
173292-1:n:02/01/2016:MCS/th LRS2016-225 SB212 By Senators Scofield, Livingston, Ward, Stutts,
Melson, Reed, Dial and Whatley RFD Finance and Taxation Education Rd 1 11-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS:
This bill would encourage accelerated investment in broadband infrastructure by private business
by providing a 10-year property tax exemption for qualifying high-speed broadband telecommunications
network facilities constructed after January 1, 2016. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend
Sections 40-21-6, 40-21-9, 40-21-17, 40-21-18, 40-21-20, and 40-21-21 of the Code of Alabama
1975; to provide a 10-year property tax exemption for qualifying high-speed broadband telecommunications
network facilities constructed after January 1, 2016. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF
ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 40-21-6, 40-21-9, 40-21-17, 40-21-18, 40-21-20, and 40-21-21 of
the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §40-21-6. "Insofar as the
other evidence and information adduced before said...
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HB299
174110-1:n:02/16/2016:KMS/cj LRS2016-658 HB299 By Representative Henry RFD Education Policy
Rd 1 24-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, at the beginning of each school year local boards
of education are required to adopt and make available codes of student conduct that describe
specific grounds for disciplinary action and explain the responsibilities and rights of students
with regard to attendance, conduct, and other matters. Also under existing law, local boards
of education are required to develop and implement local policies and procedures requiring
the one-year expulsion of students who have brought to school or have in their possession
a firearm in a school building, on school grounds, on school buses, or at other school-sponsored
functions. This bill would require local boards of education to impose punishment in an offense
appropriate manner on a case-by-case basis and would prohibit any local board of education
from adopting and enforcing any so-called "zero tolerance"...
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