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SB115
172469-2:n:01/14/2016:JET/tj LRS2015-3169R1 SB115 By Senator Sanford RFD Judiciary Rd 1 02-FEB-16
SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, it is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for the unlawful
possession of marijuana if the defendant has a debilitating epileptic condition and he or
she, or a parent or caretaker, used or possessed cannabidiol (CBD) pursuant to a prescription
by a health care practitioner employed by the Department of Neurology at the University of
Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The availability of the affirmative defense is repealed on July
1, 2019. This bill would revise the affirmative defense to include a defendant who is prosecuted
for unlawful possession of marijuana in the second degree if the defendant used the cannabidiol
(CBD) because he or she was diagnosed with a debilitating medical condition, as defined in
the bill, by a physician with whom he or she had a bona fide physician-patient relationship
and the CBD provides the defendant with therapeutic or pallative...
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SB359
SB359 By Senators Holtzclaw and Orr ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to the City of Madison; to provide
for the abatement of grass or weeds which becomes 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 city; to provide for the city's
collection of the costs through the addition of the costs to ad valorem taxes; 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 in the City of Madison. Section 2. An abundance of overgrown
grass or weeds within the city which is injurious to the general public health, safety, and
general welfare by providing breeding grounds and shelter for rats, mice, snakes, mosquitoes,
and other vermin, insects, and pests; or attaining heights and dryness so as to constitute
a serious fire threat or hazard; or bearing wingy or downy...
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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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HB359
175000-1:n:03/01/2016:JET/tj LRS2016-917 HB359 By Representative Moore (B) RFD Commerce and
Small Business Rd 1 01-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, employers are not required to
provide workers' compensation insurance if they employ less than five employees in any one
business. This bill would provide that the number of employees employed in any one business
does not include the employer or any other person owning 50 percent or more of the business
for the purposes of workers' compensation requirements. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating
to workers' compensation; to amend Section 25-5-50, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that
the number of employees employed in any one business does not include the employer or other
persons owning a certain percentage of the business for workers' compensation purposes. BE
IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 25-5-50, Code of Alabama 1975,
is amended to read as follows: §25-5-50. "(a) This article and Article 2 of this...
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HB99
Rep(s). By Representative Johnson (R) HB99 ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Section 26-2A-108 of
the Code of Alabama 1975 and Division 2A, commencing with Section 26-2A-112, is added to Article
2, Chapter 2A of Title 26 of the Code of Alabama 1975; to establish a procedure by which a
relative who has been isolated from a family member who is the subject of a guardianship may
petition for reasonable visitation rights. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section
1. Section 26-2A-108 of the Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §26-2A-108.
"(a) Except as limited pursuant to Section 26-2A-105(c), a guardian of an incapacitated
person is responsible for health, support, education, or maintenance of the ward, but is not
liable to third persons by reason of that responsibility for acts of the ward. In particular
and without qualifying the foregoing, a guardian has the same duties, powers, and responsibilities
as a guardian for a minor as described in Section 26-2A-78(b),...
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SB167
172944-1:n:01/14/2016:JMH*/cj LRS2016-80 SB167 By Senators Figures and Waggoner RFD Education
and Youth Affairs Rd 1 09-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Existing law does not specifically authorize an
adult child to petition for visitation with a parent or dependent adult. Existing law provides
that the conservator or guardian, or both, of a dependent adult who is the subject of a conservatorship,
also known as a conservatee, is responsible for the care, custody, control, and education
of the conservatee, unless the court expressly limits those powers. This bill would specify
that a spouse's, conservator's, or guardian's control of a conservatee does not extend to
the right to refuse visitors, telephone calls, and other correspondence from an adult child
or relative of a first degree who is not the conservator or a guardian, unless these rights
are expressly limited by court order. This bill would establish a procedure by which an adult
child or relative of the first degree may petition for visitation...
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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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SB374
SB374 ENGROSSED By Senators Figures, Waggoner, Allen, Beasley, Ross, Smitherman, Singleton,
Brewbaker, Dunn, Coleman-Madison, Sanders, Stutts, Smith, Williams, Marsh and Ward A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 26-2A-108 of the Code of Alabama 1975 and Division
2A, commencing with Section 26-2A-112, is added to Article 2, Chapter 2A of Title 26 of the
Code of Alabama 1975; to establish a procedure by which a relative who has been isolated from
a family member who is the subject of a guardianship may petition for reasonable visitation
rights. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 26-2A-108 of the Code
of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §26-2A-108. "(a) Except as limited pursuant
to Section 26-2A-105(c), a guardian of an incapacitated person is responsible for health,
support, education, or maintenance of the ward, but is not liable to third persons by reason
of that responsibility for acts of the ward. In particular and without...
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HB20
167702-1:n:04/21/2015:PMG/agb LRS2015-1592 HB20 By Representative Williams (JD) RFD State Government
Rd 1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a corporate officer may elect on an annual basis
to be exempt from workers' compensation insurance coverage by notifying the Department of
Labor and his or her insurance carrier. This bill would remove the requirement that a corporate
officer notify the Department of Labor when he or she elects to be exempt from workers' compensation
insurance coverage. This bill would provide that once exempt from workers' compensation coverage,
the officer would continue to be exempt until he or she revokes the exemption in accordance
with certain procedures. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to workers' compensation insurance;
to amend Section 25-5-50, Code of Alabama 1975; to remove the requirement that a corporate
officer notify the Department of Labor when he or she elects to be exempt from workers' compensation
insurance coverage; and to provide...
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HB290
173333-1:n:02/01/2016:JET/mfc LRS2016-319 HB290 By Representative Rowe RFD Military and Veterans
Affairs Rd 1 24-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, criminal penalties are provided for receiving
certain remuneration for certain referrals for Medicaid payments or in return for purchasing,
leasing, ordering, or arranging certain goods or services to be paid by Medicaid. This bill
would provide that a person must knowingly engage in the prohibited conduct in order to be
subject to the criminal penalties, would provide that the criminal penalties do not apply
to certain safe harbor exceptions included in federal law, would define a person to include
a corporation or other business entity, and would provide for a six-year statute of limitations
for prosecution of the offenses. Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now
appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of
1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect...
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