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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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HB321
174083-2:n:02/24/2016:KMS*/cj LRS2016-633R1 HB321 By Representatives Faust, Shiver, Sessions,
Gaston, Baker, McMillan, Bracy, Buskey, Pringle, Williams (JW), Wilcox, Davis, Clarke, Drummond
and Jackson RFD Insurance Rd 1 25-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, all insurers authorized
and writing property insurance in the State of Alabama are required to be members of the Alabama
Insurance Underwriting Association, which was established to provide a method whereby essential
property insurance coverage would be provided in any county contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico
and Mobile Bay. This bill would create the Alabama Coastal Insurance Authority for the purpose
of providing affordable windstorm insurance for owners of insurable property in any county
contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico and Mobile Bay. This bill would provide for the selection
of the board of directors of the authority. This bill would provide for the adoption of the
plan of operation of the authority, including the process...
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SB298
174083-2:n:02/24/2016:KMS*/cj LRS2016-633R1 SB298 By Senators Hightower and Pittman RFD Banking
and Insurance Rd 1 24-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, all insurers authorized and writing
property insurance in the State of Alabama are required to be members of the Alabama Insurance
Underwriting Association, which was established to provide a method whereby essential property
insurance coverage would be provided in any county contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico and Mobile
Bay. This bill would create the Alabama Coastal Insurance Authority for the purpose of providing
affordable windstorm insurance for owners of insurable property in any county contiguous to
the Gulf of Mexico and Mobile Bay. This bill would provide for the selection of the board
of directors of the authority. This bill would provide for the adoption of the plan of operation
of the authority, including the process for post-loss assessments of policyholders and assessable
insurers. This bill would authorize the sale of...
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SB213
in exchange for shares or other units that are publicly traded and represent fractional undivided
beneficial interests in the trust's net assets but not to the extent that metal is transferred
to or from the investment trust in exchange for consideration other than such publicly traded
shares or other units. For purposes of this subdivision, the term metals includes, but is
not limited to, copper, aluminum, nickel, zinc, tin, lead, and other similar metals typically
used in commercial and industrial applications. "(48) For the period commencing
on October 1, 2012, and ending May 30, 2022, unless extended by joint resolution, the gross
receipts from the sale of parts, components, and systems that become a part of a fixed or
rotary wing military aircraft or certified transport category aircraft that undergoes conversion,
reconfiguration, or general maintenance so long as the address of the aircraft for FAA registration
is not in the state; provided, however, that this exemption shall...
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HB77
172309-1:n:10/14/2015:FC/tj LRS2015-3065 HB77 By Representatives Pringle and Mooney RFD Judiciary
Rd 1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a person is guilty of criminal trespass if the
person enters or remains unlawfully on property without permission of the owner. A violation
is a misdemeanor. This bill would establish a specific crime of unlawful entry of a critical
infrastructure. A violation would be a Class D felony. 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 would be to
require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard
to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one
of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature
appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the...
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HB443
174415-1:n:02/19/2016:JET/mfc LRS2016-755 HB443 By Representative Hill (J) RFD Judiciary Rd
1 17-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, certain pension, annuity, or retirement allowance
benefits under the Teachers' Retirement System and the Employees' Retirement System are exempt
from state or municipal taxes, levy, sale, garnishment, attachment, or any other related process.
This bill would provide that restitution, fines, court costs, fees, or any other financial
obligations in a felony criminal case ordered by a circuit or district court judge in this
state are not subject to this exemption. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 16-25-23
and 36-27-28, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that certain pension, annuity, or retirement
allowance benefits under the Teachers' Retirement System and the Employees' Retirement System
are subject to certain recovery action. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section
1. Sections 16-25-23 and 36-27-28, Code of Alabama 1975, are...
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HB427
173909-1:n:03/15/2016:FC/cj LRS2016-451 HB427 By Representative Givan RFD Judiciary Rd 1 15-MAR-16
SYNOPSIS: This bill would specify that a person legally married to another person of the same
sex would have the same rights and privileges under state law as any other married person.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To provide for the rights of a person legally married to another
person of the same sex. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. (a) A person
legally married to another person of the same sex shall have the same rights and privileges
under the laws of this state as any other married person. (b) This section may be enforced
by a person aggrieved by a violation of subsection (a) in any circuit court of this state.
Section 2. All laws or parts of laws which conflict with this act are repealed. Section 3.
This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage
and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law. Family Law...
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SB55
172743-1:n:01/14/2016:JMH/th LRS2015-3430 SB55 By Senator Allen RFD Judiciary Rd 1 02-FEB-16
SYNOPSIS: Under existing statutory law, grandparents may petition for visitation with their
grandchildren under certain circumstances. The Alabama Supreme Court declared parts of Alabama's
existing grandparent visitation law unconstitutional. This bill would repeal the existing
grandparent visitation law and replace it with a new grandparent visitation law that requires
the petitioning grandparent to prove, by clear and convincing evidence, that the grandparent
has an existing relationship with the grandchild and visitation is in the best interest of
the child. This bill would specify the factors that establish a significant and viable relationship
for the purposes of establishing clear and convincing evidence. This bill would also establish
the criteria and procedures for filing a petition. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to
grandparent visitation; to establish procedures by which...
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SB313
SB313 ENGROSSED By Senator Marsh A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to Class 5 municipalities;
to authorize Class 5 municipalities to file an expedited quiet title and foreclosure action
in circuit court to establish clear title to abandoned tax sale properties within the corporate
limits that are acquired from the State Land Commissioner pursuant to Chapter 10, Title 40,
Code of Alabama 1975; and to provide for the procedure and due process for the action in circuit
court. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall apply only in
a Class 5 municipality and provides the exclusive procedure for an expedited quiet title and
foreclosure action for a Class 5 municipality, notwithstanding Section 24-9-8, Code of Alabama
1975. Section 40-10-82, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended, shall not apply to, restrict, or
otherwise affect any cause of action or action brought by a Class 5 municipality pursuant
to this act and shall not remove any limitation of action or...
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SB366
SB366 By Senator Albritton ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 16-25-23 and 36-27-28, Code
of Alabama 1975, to provide that certain pension, annuity, or retirement allowance benefits
under the Teachers' Retirement System and the Employees' Retirement System are subject to
certain recovery action. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 16-25-23
and 36-27-28, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: ยง16-25-23. "(a)
The Except as provided in subsection (b), the right of a person to a pension; an annuity,
or a retirement allowance; to the return of contributions; the pension, annuity or retirement
allowance itself; any optional benefit or any other right accrued or accruing to any person
under the provisions of this chapter; and the moneys monies in the various funds created by
this chapter are hereby exempt from any state or municipal tax and exempt from levy and sale,
garnishment, attachment or any other process whatsoever, and shall be...
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