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SB236
173775-1:n:02/12/2016:LFO-LC/bdl SB236 By Senator Smitherman RFD Finance and Taxation Education
Rd 1 16-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would provide for a supplemental two percent cost-of-living
increase for retirees under the Teachers' Retirement System beginning October 1, 2016. A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to public education retirees; to provide for a two percent
cost-of-living adjustment for retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System beginning October
1, 2016. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. (a) Commencing October 1,
2016, there is provided an increase in benefits to each person currently receiving benefits
whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 2015, for purposes of receiving
benefits, and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased retirees currently
receiving survivor benefits, if the effective date of retirement or death for the deceased
retiree or deceased member was prior to October 1, 2015, for purposes of...
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SB311
174307-1:n:02/18/2016:LFO-LC/bdl SB311 By Senator Beasley RFD Finance and Taxation Education
Rd 1 01-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would provide for a supplemental four percent cost-of-living
increase for retirees under the Teachers' Retirement System beginning October 1, 2016. A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to public education retirees; to provide for a four percent
cost-of-living adjustment for retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System beginning October
1, 2016. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. (a) Commencing October 1,
2016, there is provided an increase in benefits to each person currently receiving benefits
whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 2015, for purposes of receiving
benefits, and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased retirees currently
receiving survivor benefits, if the effective date of retirement or death for the deceased
retiree or deceased member was prior to October 1, 2015, for purposes of...
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SB409
176820-1:n:04/12/2016:FC/tj LRS2016-1471 SB409 By Senator Waggoner RFD Local Legislation, Jefferson
County Rd 1 12-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would propose a local amendment to the Constitution
of Alabama of 1901, relating to the City of Birmingham, to provide for the salary and expenses
of the city council. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Proposing an amendment to the Constitution
of Alabama of 1901, relating to the City of Birmingham; to provide for the salary and expenses
of the members of the city council. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1.
The following amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, is proposed and shall become
valid as a part of the Constitution when all requirements of this act are fulfilled: PROPOSED
AMENDMENT Section 1. The annual salary for each member of the City Council of the City of
Birmingham shall be set and adjusted each regular four-year term by the State Personnel Board,
by determining the median household income of the city...
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SB241
173541-1:n:02/04/2016:LFO-HP*/bdl SB241 By Senator Pittman RFD Finance and Taxation General
Fund Rd 1 16-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would specifically include definitions in the chapter
of the transient occupancy tax levy, clarifying the Department of Revenues policy and interpretation
of existing law. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section 40-26-1, Code of Alabama 1975,
relating to transient occupancy tax; to include definitions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 40-26-1 of the Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows:
§40-26-1. "(a) For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall have the respective
meanings ascribed by this section: "(1) ACCOMMODATION. The renting or furnishing of any
room or rooms, living quarters, sleeping or housekeeping space in any hotel, motel, rooming
house, apartment house, lodge, inn, tourist cabin, tourist court, tourist home, camp, campsite,
trailer court, marina, convention center, recreational...
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HB328
166222-4:n:02/02/2016:JMH/cj LRS2015-784R2 HB328 By Representatives Coleman and Jones RFD Judiciary
Rd 1 25-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a court may order an allowance up to 50 percent
of the present or future value of retirement benefits of a person to his or her spouse upon
divorce if the parties have been married for at least 10 years and if certain other conditions
are met. Under existing law, when the court orders an allowance of retirement benefits of
one spouse to another upon divorce, no amount is payable until the covered spouse begins to
receive benefits unless the parties agree to a lump sum settlement. This bill would eliminate
the requirement that the parties have been married for 10 years before the court may award
retirement benefits. This bill would allow the court to use any equitable method of valuing,
dividing, or distributing to benefits, but the noncovered spouse could receive no more than
50 percent of the benefits considered by the court. This bill would...
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HB445
174983-1:n:03/01/2016:LLR/mfc LRS2016-911 HB445 By Representative Faulkner RFD Ways and Means
General Fund Rd 1 17-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, each person, firm, corporation,
association, or copartnership operating an amusement or entertainment machine business where
the machine is operated by the use of coin, cash, token, or credit card is required to pay
an annual privilege license tax based on the total sales of each machine. This bill would
levy an annual license fee on the privilege of owning and operating a bona fide coin, cash,
token, or credit card amusement or entertainment machine for commercial use by the public,
regardless of the total sales derived from such machines, with the exception of a single business
location with 50 machines or more. This bill would provide for the collection of the fee.
This bill would provide for a civil penalty for a violation. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT
Relating to amusement or entertainment machines; to levy an annual license fee on...
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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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HB349
the leased tangible personal property by the lessee, which right to purchase such property
shall be exercisable solely at the option of the lessee; "c. The appropriate sales or
use tax levied by the state shall have been paid with respect to the acquisition or use of
the leased tangible personal property, or, alternatively, the acquisition or use of such property
shall be exempt by law from such sales or use tax; "d. The leased tangible personal property
shall be installed in or about an industrial plant or other real property that was
specially constructed or modified for the location and use of such tangible personal property
and that is owned, or considered to be owned for either Alabama or federal income tax purposes
or both, by a corporation, partnership, or other entity controlled by, or under common control
with, the lessee of such tangible personal property; and "e. The leased tangible property
shall be used only by a lessee engaged in the iron and steel industry, and the...
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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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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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