SB243
SB243 By Senator Reed ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to universities; to enact the University Authority Act of 2016, to authorize constitutionally created public universities and public universities operating schools of medicine to form a new type of public corporation to be called an authority; to express legislative intent; to establish procedures for incorporation of authorities by universities; to prescribe requirements for and powers of a board of directors and officers of an authority; to prescribe powers of an authority, which includes the power to form university affiliates; to authorize authorities to exercise their powers even if the exercise of such powers would be deemed anticompetitive or monopolistic under federal or state antitrust laws; to grant authorities the power of eminent domain; to authorize authorities to issue obligations such as bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness; to authorize liens on the revenues and assets of an authority or a university...
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HB241
173341-1:n:02/03/2016:PMG/mfc LRS2016-274 HB241 By Representatives Pringle, South, Sessions, Morrow, Beech, McCampbell, Williams (JD) and Greer RFD Commerce and Small Business Rd 1 16-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would authorize public universities operating schools of medicine to form a new type of public corporation to be called an authority. This bill would provide procedures for the incorporation, reincorporation, and dissolution of an authority. This bill would prescribe powers of an authority, including the power to form university affiliates, the power of eminent domain, and the power to incur indebtedness. This bill would authorize an authority to exercise its powers even if doing so would be deemed anticompetitive or monopolistic under federal or state antitrust laws. This bill would authorize liens on the revenues and assets of an authority or university affiliate. This bill would exempt an authority and university affiliate from state taxation and exempt indebtedness issued by...
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HB558
170665-1:n:06/16/2015:LLR/agb LRS2015-2297 HB558 By Representative Holmes (A) RFD Economic Development and Tourism Rd 1 19-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, lotteries and gift enterprises are prohibited by Section 65 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. This bill proposes an amendment to Section 65 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 to establish an Alabama Lottery and the Alabama Lottery Corporation; to authorize and regulate gaming by the entities currently licensed to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at the four existing racetracks in Alabama where pari-mutuel wagering is currently legal; to levy a state gross receipts tax and a local gross receipts tax on gaming revenue of the racetracks; to levy a tax on vendors of gaming equipment; to provide for the disposition of lottery proceeds and state gaming tax proceeds; to create the Alabama Lottery and Gaming Commission to implement, regulate, and administer gaming and regulate and supervise the Alabama Lottery and Alabama Lottery...
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HB436
Rep(s). By Representative Shedd HB436 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to Blount County; authorizing the county commission to levy an additional sales and use tax; providing for the collection, distribution, and use of the proceeds of the tax; and providing for a referendum on the issue. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall apply only to Blount County and be known as the Moving Blount County Forward Initiative. Section 2. As used in this act, sales and use tax means a tax imposed by the state sales and use tax statutes and such other acts applicable to Blount County, including, but not limited to, Sections 40-23-1, 40-23-2, 40-23-3, 40-23-4, 40-23-60, 40-23-61, 40-23-62, and 40-23-63, Code of Alabama 1975. Section 3. Subject to the approval of a majority of the electors voting at a referendum as provided for herein, the County Commission of Blount County may, upon a majority vote of the members, levy, in addition to all other taxes, including, but not...
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HB491
Rep(s). By Representative Fincher HB491 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to Randolph County; to authorize the county commission to levy a one-half cent sales tax for constructing a new county jail which would terminate when the debt for construction of the new jail is paid in full; and to provide for a referendum. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall only apply to Randolph County. Section 2. As used in this act, state sales tax means the tax imposed by the state sales and use tax statutes, including, but not limited to, Sections 40-23-1, 40-23-2, 40-23-3, and 40-23-4, Code of Alabama 1975. Section 3. (a) In addition to all other taxes authorized by law, the Randolph County Commission may levy a one-half cent sales tax. (b) The proceeds of the tax shall be used for the construction of a new county jail. The tax shall terminate when the debt for the construction of the jail is paid in full. (c) Sales that are presently exempt under the state sales and use tax...
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SB278
SB278 ENGROSSED By Senator Sanford A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 11-3-11.3, 11-51-183, 11-51-208, 11-51-210, 40-12-4, and 40-12-7, and add Section 11-51-210.1, to the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Department of Revenue; to further provide for the administration of local sales, use, rental, and lodgings tax; to prohibit the department from charging for certain services related to taxes authorized to be filed under the ONE SPOT system; to decrease the cap on costs the department can charge a county from five percent to two percent; to extend the county and municipal tax levy and rate notification requirements to the department; and to provide liability relief for miscollection of local taxes due to the lack of proper rate change notifications. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 11-3-11.3, 11-51-183, 11-51-208, 11-51-210, 40-12-4, and 40-12-7 of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §11-3-11.3. "(a) Counties may,...
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SB180
SB180 ENGROSSED By Senators Dial and Allen A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To establish the Alabama Transportation Safety Fund for the receipt of designated revenues to be utilized for the maintenance, improvement, replacement, and construction of state, county, and municipal roads and bridges within the state; to authorize monies in the fund to be expended for the payment for road or bridge projects or as matching funds for any federally-funded road or bridge projects; to restrict the use of monies in the fund; to provide for the establishment of the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program (ATRIP) Advisory Committee and to provide that certain funds would be expended only for county projects authorized by the committee; and to require public announcement of new projects and periodic reporting on ongoing projects. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. As used in this act, the following words have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The...
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HB289
173439-3:n:02/22/2016:LLR/mfc LRS2016-410R2 HB289 By Representative Daniels RFD Commerce and Small Business Rd 1 24-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Department of Revenue is authorized to enter into agreements with counties and municipalities to collect and administer local sales, use, rental, and lodging taxes. To recover its costs, the department is authorized to charge a municipality a maximum of two percent of the revenue collected and a county a maximum of five percent of the revenue collected. This bill would prohibit the Department of Revenue from charging a local governmental entity for which it provides collection and administration for a tax levy of the entity for the cost of filing, payment processing, and remittance services for any tax authorized to be filed under the ONE SPOT system of the department and would define collection and administrative services for those purposes. The bill would also reduce the maximum percentage the department could charge a county to...
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SB265
168703-1:n:05/04/2015:KMS/tj LRS2015-1865 SB265 By Senators Stutts, Ward, Singleton and Whatley RFD Finance and Taxation General Fund Rd 1 17-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Alabama Uniform Severance Tax Act provides for the taxation of materials severed from the ground in this state. This bill would remove the exception from the tax for certain minerals that are severed from the ground in this state, sold to a purchaser for use in another state, and not transported on public roads in Alabama. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 40-13-53, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama Uniform Severance Tax Act; to remove the exception from the tax for certain minerals that are severed from the ground in this state, sold to a purchaser for use in another state, and not transported on public roads in Alabama. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 40-13-53 of the Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §40-13-53. "(a) The term...
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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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