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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HB511
176326-1:n:03/29/2016:MCS/mfc LRS2016-1210 HB511 By Representatives Ledbetter, Shedd, Whorton (R), Sanderford, Pettus, Butler, Farley, Harper, Williams (JW), Wilcox, Hanes, Whorton (I) and Sessions RFD Ways and Means General Fund Rd 1 07-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would provide a two-year abatement of all state and local ad valorem tax for newly formed Alabama small business employers and would define an Alabama new small business employer. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To provide a two-year state and local ad valorem tax abatement for certain Alabama new small business employers. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama New Small Business Employer Ad Valorem Tax Abatement Act. Section 2. For the purpose of this act, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) ALABAMA NEW SMALL BUSINESS EMPLOYER. A business organization duly formed, organized, or qualified to do business in the state, after...
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SB220
SB220 By Senators Orr and Melson ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to the protection of vulnerable adults; to require that qualified individuals who reasonably believe that financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult may have occurred, been attempted, or is being attempted, to notify promptly the Department of Human Resources and the Alabama Securities Commission; to authorize the disclosure to third parties in certain instances where a vulnerable adult has some relationship; to prohibit disclosure to the third party if the qualified individual suspects the third party of the financial exploitation; to provide that broker-dealers and investment advisers may delay disbursing funds from a vulnerable adult's account; to provide immunity for administrative and civil actions based on certain actions of disclosure or delayed disbursements; and to require that broker-dealers and investment advisors to comply with certain requests for information. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:...
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HB115
173457-1:n:02/03/2016:LFO-KF*/bdl HB115 By Representative Johnson (R) RFD Ways and Means General Fund Rd 1 03-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would require wholesalers of grocery items, including tobacco products, and licensed beer distributors, making sales within Alabama, on which sales or use tax was not collected at the time of the sale, to provide information reports with the Department of Revenue regarding those exempt transactions. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To require sellers of grocery items and distributors of beer to file information reports on sales made within Alabama in which sales or use tax was not collected; to provide penalties for noncompliance; to require the Department of Revenue to promulgate rules; and to provide effective dates. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. (a) For the purpose of enforcing the collection of taxes levied by Chapter 23 of Title 40 on the sale of tangible personal property, every wholesaler of grocery items and every beer...
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HB211
173543-1:n:02/10/2016:MCS/th LRS2016-419 HB211 By Representatives Beckman, Greer, Butler, Martin, McMillan, Coleman, Baker, Sessions, Davis, Hill (M), Farley, Rowe, Fridy, Patterson and Polizos RFD Children and Senior Advocacy Rd 1 11-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would require reports to the Alabama Securities Commission and the Department of Senior Services by certain brokers, agents, and others when the individual has a reasonable belief that financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult has been attempted or has occurred. The bill would authorize limited disclosure to third parties who are reasonably affiliated with the vulnerable adult. The bill would provide that disclosures may not be made to the third party if the qualified individual suspects the third party of the financial exploitation. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the protection of vulnerable adults; to require that qualified individuals who reasonably believe that financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult may...
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HB367
175072-1:n:03/02/2016:PMG/th LRS2016-921 HB367 By Representative Johnson (K) RFD Financial Services Rd 1 03-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would clarify and codify certain powers of credit unions, including, but not limited to, loan purchases, borrowing capacity, mergers, voluntary dissolutions, and other measures to provide parity with products and services offered by federal credit unions. This bill would provide appellate rights for persons affected by a suspension of operation of a credit union. This bill would authorize the Administrator of the Alabama Credit Union Administration to involuntarily merge a credit union into another credit union or another financial institution in certain extenuating circumstances. This bill would modernize the bond provisions covering employees of the Alabama Credit Union Administration by providing that the employees are bonded under the Alabama Division of Risk Management. This bill would provide the Administrator of the Alabama Credit Union...
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HB50
172959-3:n:01/29/2016:FC/th LRS2016-91R2 HB50 By Representative Lee RFD County and Municipal Government Rd 1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the county board of equalization fixes the value of property returned or listed with the property tax assessing official. A taxpayer may generally appeal the valuation to the board. Thereafter, the board hears objections to assessments or valuations and the final decision of the board may be appealed to circuit court. The district attorney is required to represent the state and county in all appeals to the circuit court. The costs are paid from the budget of the county board of equalization. This bill would require the county commission to secure legal counsel for the state and county when an appeal to the circuit court involves the valuation of real property for ad valorem tax assessment purposes. The bill would also provide that the legal expenses of the case would be included in the budget of the county board of equalization or legal...
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HB64
172478-2:n:12/07/2015:MCS/tj LRS2015-3194R1 HB64 By Representatives Greer, Fridy and Garrett RFD Ways and Means Education Rd 1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Currently, income from defined contribution deferred compensation plans is taxable as state income. This bill would provide that the first 90 percent of such annual income is exempt. The exemption would be phased in over a five-year period. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To provide for the Alabama Fair Income Tax Act of 2016; to amend Section 40-18-19, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act 2015-442, relating to exemptions from state income taxation; to provide for exemptions of certain percentages of annual income received as a benefit from defined contribution deferred compensation plans; and to provide for a period of five years to fully implement an exemption of 90 percent of such benefits. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. (a) This act shall be known as and may be cited as the Alabama Fair Income Tax Act of 2016....
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HB208
172788-1:n:12/30/2015:JLB/tj LRS2015-3467 HB208 By Representative Ford RFD Economic Development and Tourism Rd 1 11-FEB-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 authorize and regulate gaming by an entity licensed by the county commission of the county in which the sponsor of the amendment resides and 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 entities; to levy a tax on vendors of gaming equipment; to provide for the disposition of state gaming tax proceeds; to create the Alabama Gaming Commission to implement, regulate, and administer gaming and regulate; to authorize the Governor to negotiate a compact for...
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HB278
172788-2:n:02/23/2016:JLB/tj LRS2015-3467R1 HB278 By Representative Ford RFD Economic Development and Tourism Rd 1 23-FEB-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 authorize and regulate gaming by an entity licensed by the county commission of the county in which the sponsor of the amendment resides and 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 entities; to levy a tax on vendors of gaming equipment; to provide for the disposition of state gaming tax proceeds; to create the Alabama Gaming Commission to implement, regulate, and administer gaming and regulate; to authorize the Governor to negotiate a compact...
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