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SB402
SB402 ENGROSSED By Senator Melson A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To provide for the registration
and regulation of certain individual tax preparers; to provide for registration exemptions;
to prohibit individuals not registered from conducting tax preparation services; to provide
penalties for violations; and to create the Alabama Taxpayer Protection and Assistance Act
Advisory Council for the purpose of determining acceptable examinations, continuing education
requirements, and certifications. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama Taxpayer Protection and Assistance
Act." Section 2. The Alabama Taxpayer Protection and Assistance Act is enacted to protect
consumers by establishing a registration program to ensure that qualified individuals provide
individual tax preparation services. Section 3. When used in this act, the following terms
shall have the following meanings: (1) CONSUMER. Any natural person who,...
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SB353
SB353 By Senators Hightower, Figures, Glover and Albritton ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to insurance
premium finance companies; to amend Sections 27-40-1 and 27-40-8 of the Code of Alabama 1975,
to authorize the companies to provide wind mitigation construction financing, subject to approval
by the Commissioner of Insurance. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections
27-40-1 and 27-40-8 of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §27-40-1.
"For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following
meanings: "(1) INSURANCE PREMIUM FINANCE COMPANY. A person engaged in the business of
entering into premium finance agreements. "(2) PREMIUM FINANCE AGREEMENT. An agreement
by which an insured or prospective insured promises to pay to a premium finance company the
amount advanced or to be advanced under the agreement to an insurer or to an insurance agent
or broker in payment of premiums on an insurance contract together...
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HB45
Rep(s). By Representatives Weaver, Mooney, Nordgren, Fridy, Harper, Lee, Wood, Johnson (K),
Collins, Boothe, Martin, Ball, Garrett, Pettus, Williams (JD), Wilcox, McCutcheon, Sanderford,
Standridge, Greer, Millican, Beckman, Holmes (M), Baker, Poole, Carns, Shedd, Hubbard, Faulkner
and South HB45 ENROLLED, An Act, To create the Unborn Infants Dignity of Life Act; to define
terms; to allow parents of deceased unborn infants to provide a dignified final disposition
of the bodily remains of these infants; to prohibit the sale or other unlawful disposition
of the bodily remains of a deceased unborn infant under certain conditions; to prohibit the
use of an unborn infant, living or deceased, or the fetal tissue, organs, or bodily remains
of a deceased unborn infant in research or experimentation; to provide criminal penalties;
to provide for recovery of certain damages in a civil action; to provide for disciplinary
action against certain health care providers in violation of the act; and in...
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HB331
173038-2:n:02/08/2016:JMH/tj LRS2015-3428R1 HB331 By Representative Jones RFD Judiciary Rd
1 25-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Existing case law recognizes common law marriages in this state if the
parties have capacity, the present intent to enter into a permanent marriage, and there is
public recognition of the marriage. This bill would provide two methods of proving the existence
of a common law marriage. This bill would codify the elements required by case law to establish
the existence of a common law marriage-capacity and would specify that the parties could prove
the existence of a common law marriage by proving the existence of each element by clear and
convincing evidence. This bill would also provide that the parties to a common law marriage
could prove the marriage by filing a properly executed declaration of common law marriage
in the probate office. This bill would establish the required contents of the declaration.
This bill would provide that a properly executed declaration is prima...
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HB430
175414-1:n:03/09/2016:FC/tj LRS2016-1003 HB430 By Representatives Sessions, Wilcox, Faust,
Buskey, Bracy and Williams (JW) RFD Insurance Rd 1 17-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law,
insurance premium finance companies finance insurance premiums. This bill would authorize
insurance premium finance companies to also provide financing for the charges for wind mitigation
construction subject to approval by the Commissioner of Insurance. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN
ACT Relating to insurance premium finance companies; to amend Sections 27-40-1 and 27-40-8
of the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the companies to provide wind mitigation construction
financing, subject to approval by the Commissioner of Insurance. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 27-40-1 and 27-40-8 of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended
to read as follows: §27-40-1. "For the purposes of this chapter, the following words
and phrases shall have the following meanings: "(1) INSURANCE PREMIUM...
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HB442
175889-1:n:03/16/2016:JET/tj LRS2016-1211 HB442 By Representative Hill (J) RFD Judiciary Rd
1 17-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create the Alabama RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
Organizations) Act to provide criminal penalties and other sanctions for those who engage
in racketeering activity or patterns of racketeering activity. This bill would prohibit a
person, through a pattern of racketeering activity or proceeds derived therefrom, from acquiring
or maintaining, directly or indirectly, any interest in or control of any enterprise, real
property, or personal property of any nature, including money, and would prohibit a person
employed by or associated with any enterprise to conduct or participate in, directly or indirectly,
an enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity. This bill would allow courts to
enjoin certain violations of the act to protect the rights of innocent persons and would provide
that all property of every kind used or derived from a pattern of...
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SB234
173998-1:n:02/11/2016:JET*/th LRS2016-627 SB234 By Senator Orr RFD Judiciary Rd 1 16-FEB-16
SYNOPSIS: This bill would create the Alabama RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations)
Act to provide criminal penalties and other sanctions for those who engage in racketeering
activity or patterns of racketeering activity. This bill would prohibit a person, through
a pattern of racketeering activity or proceeds derived therefrom, from acquiring or maintaining,
directly or indirectly, any interest in or control of any enterprise, real property, or personal
property of any nature, including money, and would prohibit a person employed by or associated
with any enterprise to conduct or participate in, directly or indirectly, an enterprise through
a pattern of racketeering activity. This bill would allow courts to enjoin certain violations
of the act to protect the rights of innocent persons and would provide that all property of
every kind used or derived from a pattern of racketeering...
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SB368
SB368 SYNOPSIS: This bill would provide for the issuance of temporary and permanent protection
orders against sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking (a STOP order). This bill would
establish procedures for petitioning for the issuance of temporary and permanent STOP orders,
would provide for notice and hearings on the petition, would set forth evidentiary standards,
and would provide for the modification of STOP orders under certain conditions. This bill
would also provide criminal penalties for the violation of STOP orders and would authorize
a law enforcement officer to arrest a STOP order violator without a warrant under certain
conditions. 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...
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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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HB258
173440-1:n:02/03/2016:LFO-KF*/bdl HB258 By Representative Scott RFD Financial Services Rd 1
18-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under current law, Certified Public Accountants, Attorneys, and Enrolled
Agents are required to obtain a license or certification in order to prepare tax returns in
Alabama. However, there are few provisions in place to protect consumers against individual
income tax preparers that repeatedly misrepresent information on their tax returns. This legislation
would require certain tax preparers to register with the Department, prior to preparing returns,
which will help regulate services, prohibit unregistered persons from performing said services,
and establish penalties for violators. It would also establish qualifications for registration,
requirements of disclosures to consumers, and exemptions to those obligated to register. The
legislation also establishes an Individual Tax Preparers Fund that will be used to provide
for the cost associated with the administration and...
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