SB330
175097-1:n:03/07/2016:PMG/th LRS2016-916 SB330 By Senator Ward RFD Banking and Insurance Rd
1 08-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, lenders of $1,000 or less are licensed and regulated
under the Alabama Small Loan Act. This bill would authorize non-bank lenders to issue short-term
unsecured loans, known as flex loans. This bill would provide for the licensure and regulation
of lenders of flex loans by the State Banking Department. This bill would establish the maximum
interest rate and maximum duration of a flex loan and provide for fees that may be charged
to a customer. This bill would set qualifications, including financial guarantees, for lenders
and provide civil penalties for violations by lenders. This bill would also authorize the
State Banking Department to enforce the provisions of this act and promulgate rules. A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to short-term loans; to authorize non-bank lenders to issue
short-term unsecured loans, known as flex loans; to provide for...
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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 The availability of the affirmative defense is repealed on July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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SB314
SB314 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, counties have authority to employ persons to prevent cruelty
to animals. This bill would authorize Class 5 municipalities, by local ordinance, to establish
the position of certified animal control officer under the supervision of the chief of police.
This bill would authorize the chief of police to determine the qualifications for a certified
animal control officer. This bill would impose civil penalties for violations of municipal
ordinances governing the treatment, care, well-being, and safety of animals and authorize
a certified animal control officer to issue citations for violations. This bill would also
authorize municipal courts to hear appeals and enforce the civil penalties. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT Relating to Class 5 municipalities; to authorize Class 5 municipalities to establish
the position of certified animal control officer under the supervision of the chief of police;
to authorize the chief of police to determine the...
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HB393
Rep(s). By Representative Johnson (K) HB393 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to industrial
hemp; to authorize the Department of Agriculture and Industries to administer an industrial
hemp research program; to authorize the production of industrial hemp
to be used for the manufacture of industrial hemp products; and to amend Section
20-2-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide further for the definition of marijuana. BE IT ENACTED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
Alabama Industrial Hemp Research Program Act. Section 2. As used in this act
the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Agriculture
and Industries. (2) GROWER. Any person, business entity, or cooperative licensed to grow industrial
hemp by the department or an institution of higher education pursuant to this act.
(3) HEMP PRODUCTS. Any and all products made from industrial hemp, including,
but not limited to, cloth, cordage, fiber,...
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SB203
SB203 By Senator Bussman ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 16-47-76, 16-47-77, 16-47-78,
16-47-79, 16-47-80, and 16-47-81, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Board of Dental Scholarship
Awards; to establish and describe the Alabama Dental Service Program, to be established and
operated by the Board; to state that the program shall be funded by direct appropriation from
the Education Trust Fund; to outline the procedure for the Board to award loans to applicants
and to require participants in the Program to repay loans by working in full-time clinical
practice as licensed dentists in medically underserved areas known as areas of critical need;
to specify the lengths of service required to repay a loan; to require the Board to define
areas of critical need using certain guidelines; to require Program participants to participate
in the state Medicaid program; to create penalties for breach of contract by Program participants;
to modify how the Board may use the list of localities in...
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SB418
177223-1:n:04/19/2016:PMG/tj LRS2016-1597 SB418 By Senator Sanders RFD Judiciary Rd 1 19-APR-16
SYNOPSIS: This bill would require a court to order a defendant convicted of a traffic violation
or a Class B or Class C misdemeanor who is unable to make payment of a fine, penalty, or court
cost within 30 days of sentencing to make payments through a deferred payment or installment
agreement or to perform community service as a means of satisfying the debt. This bill would
authorize a court to reduce, and in some circumstances remit, fines and fees owed by a defendant.
This bill would prohibit a court from incarcerating a defendant solely on the grounds of an
inability to pay a fine, fee, penalty, court cost, or restitution. This bill would prohibit
a private entity from assessing fees against a defendant for probation or collection services
performed by that private entity. This bill would also prohibit the suspension or revocation
of the driver's license of a defendant solely on the...
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SB142
SB142 By Senators Reed and Coleman-Madison ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 16-38A-1, 16-38A-2,
16-38A-4, 32-5A-191, and 32-5A-191.2 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Impaired
Drivers Trust Fund; to change the name of the fund to the Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury
Trust Fund. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 16-38A-1, 16-38A-2,
16-38A-4, 32-5A-191, and 32-5A-191.2 of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows:
§16-38A-1. "There is created in the State Treasury the Impaired Drivers Alabama Head
and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund. §16-38A-2. "There is created the Impaired Drivers
Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund Advisory Board to be appointed as herein provided.
The following agencies and organizations shall appoint one representative to the board: "(1)
The Alabama Medical Association. "(2) The Alabama Head Injury Foundation. "(3) The
Governor. "(4) The Department of Public Health. "(5) The Department of...
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HB150
173447-1:n:02/03/2016:DSM/mfc LRS2016-376 HB150 By Representative Hall RFD State Government
Rd 1 09-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would establish the Alabama Equal Pay Remedies and Enforcement
Act. The bill would express certain legislative findings regarding wage differentials between
males, females, minorities, and non-minorities. The bill would create the Alabama Equal Pay
Commission to study wage disparities and report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To establish the Alabama Equal Pay Remedies and Enforcement Act;
to express certain legislative findings regarding wage differentials between males, females,
minorities, and non-minorities; to create the Alabama Equal Pay Commission; and to require
the commission to study and report on wage disparities with its recommendations to the Legislature.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be
cited as the Alabama Equal Pay Remedies and...
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HB270
cell captive insurance companies. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections
27-31B-2, 27-31B-3, 27-31B-6, 27-31B-8, 27-31B-9, 27-31B-12, 27-31B-16, 27-31B-19, 27-31B-20,
27-31B-22, and 27-31B-24, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §27-31B-2.
"As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise: "(1) AFFILIATED COMPANY. Any company in the
same corporate system as a parent, an industrial insured, or a member organization
by virtue of common ownership, control, operation, or management. "(2) ALIEN CAPTIVE
INSURANCE COMPANY. Any insurance company formed to write insurance business for its parents
and affiliates and licensed pursuant to the laws of an alien jurisdiction which imposes statutory
or regulatory standards in a form acceptable to the commissioner on companies transacting
the business of insurance in that jurisdiction. "(3) ASSOCIATION. Any legal association
of...
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HB80
173266-1:n:01/28/2016:KBH/mfc LRS2016-308 HB80 By Representatives Pettus and Mooney RFD Ways
and Means General Fund Rd 1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Existing law provides for the Impaired Drivers
Trust Fund. This bill would change the name of the fund to the Alabama Head and Spinal Cord
Injury Trust Fund. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 16-38A-1, 16-38A-2, 16-38A-4,
32-5A-191, and 32-5A-191.2 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Impaired Drivers Trust
Fund; to change the name of the fund to the Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 16-38A-1, 16-38A-2, 16-38A-4,
32-5A-191, and 32-5A-191.2 of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: §16-38A-1.
"There is created in the State Treasury the Impaired Drivers Alabama Head and Spinal
Cord Injury Trust Fund. §16-38A-2. "There is created the Impaired Drivers Alabama Head
and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund Advisory Board to be appointed as...
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