SB237
SB237 ENGROSSED By Senators Brewbaker, Hightower, Whatley, Stutts, Marsh, Reed, Ward, Smitherman
and Figures A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To create the Alabama Innocence Inquiry Commission
within the Administrative Office of Courts; to provide for the duties and functions of the
commission; to authorize the commission to order judicial review of certain capital cases
in which the defendant has been sentenced to death and there is found to exist credible, verifiable
evidence of innocence that has not previously been presented at trial or considered at a hearing
granted through postconviction relief; and to provide that no execution date shall be set
for any person while that person's case is pending before the commission. BE IT ENACTED BY
THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. There is established the Alabama Innocence Inquiry
Commission. The commission shall be an independent commission under the Administrative Office
of Courts for administrative purposes. The Administrative Office of...
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SB419
176863-1:n:04/13/2016:KBH/th LRS2016-1530 SB419 By Senator Sanders RFD Judiciary Rd 1 19-APR-16
SYNOPSIS: This bill would create the Fairness in Enforcement of Fines and Fees Act and would
require all courts within the State of Alabama and all municipal or other governmental entities
to comply with basic constitutional principles relevant to the enforcement of fines and fees,
including due process, equal protection, and right to counsel. This bill would prohibit a
person from being incarcerated for nonpayment of fines or fees without a prior indigency determination
and would provide the person with certain notifications. This bill would require a person
charged with a traffic violation or minor misdemeanor be provided with adequate information,
including the charges against him or her and the options he or she has for resolving the charges.
This bill would require a court to proportion all fines, fees, and costs imposed by the court
when a sufficient showing of indigency has been made...
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HB34
(1) GROWING ALABAMA CREDIT. The credit provided for in Section 40-18-413(a). (2) INDUSTRY OR
BUSINESS. An entity which would conduct at a site an activity that is primarily described
in Section 40-18-372(1). (3) LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS. Organizations which
are determined by the Department of Commerce to meet both of the following criteria: a. The
organization is an Alabama entity not operating for a profit, including, but not limited to,
a municipality or county, an industrial board or authority, a chamber of commerce,
or some other foundation or Alabama nonprofit corporation charged with improving a community
or region of the state; and b. The organization has a record of supporting or otherwise participating
in economic development activities in some part of Alabama. (4) RENEWAL OF ALABAMA COMMISSION.
The Renewal of Alabama Commission created by Section 40-18-402. (5) SITE. Real property owned
by a local economic development organization and intended for use...
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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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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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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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HB416
174954-1:n:03/01/2016:LLR/mfc LRS2016-81R1 HB416 By Representative England RFD County and Municipal
Government Rd 1 15-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would authorize the city council or other governing
body of a municipality to adopt a municipal ordinance providing for parking enforcement and
collection. This bill would provide for parking enforcement civil violations. This bill would
authorize each municipality to adopt a municipal ordinance consistent with this act. This
bill would provide certain procedures to be followed by the municipality for parking enforcement.
This bill would provide that the owner of the vehicle unlawfully parked shall be presumptively
liable for a parking violation and the payment of a civil fine, but providing procedures to
contest liability. This bill would provide for jurisdiction in the municipal court of the
municipality over the civil violations and allow appeals to the circuit court of the county
where the municipality is situated for trial de novo...
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HB498
172947-4:n:02/17/2016:JET/cj LRS2016-84R3 HB498 By Representatives Mooney, Weaver, Hanes, Williams
(JW), Butler, Ainsworth, Whorton (I), Fridy, Whorton (R), Wingo, Holmes (M), Henry, Crawford,
Carns and Drake RFD State Government Rd 1 05-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would further provide
for procedures and limitations for various public assistance programs administered by the
Department of Human Resources. This bill would limit the resource limit standard for the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to the federal asset limits, would further provide disqualification
periods for violations of SNAP requirements, including a one-year disqualification period
for the third instance of noncompliance with any SNAP requirement, would preclude the department
from seeking, applying for, accepting, or renewing any waiver of work requirements for SNAP
benefits, and would preclude the department from granting categorical eligibility for SNAP
benefits. This bill would require the...
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SB285
172947-5:n:02/22/2016:JET/tj LRS2016-84R3 SB285 By Senator Orr RFD Fiscal Responsibility and
Economic Development Rd 1 23-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would further provide for procedures
and limitations for various public assistance programs administered by the Department of Human
Resources. This bill would limit the resource limit standard for the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) to the federal asset limits, would further provide disqualification
periods for violations of SNAP requirements, including a one-year disqualification period
for the third instance of noncompliance with any SNAP requirement, would preclude the department
from seeking, applying for, accepting, or renewing any waiver of work requirements for SNAP
benefits, and would preclude the department from granting categorical eligibility for SNAP
benefits. This bill would require the Department of Human Resources to terminate benefits
for any recipient of SNAP benefits upon a determination that the...
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SB15
services to and on behalf of needy persons. b. a. Nine and nine one-hundredths percent shall
be set apart and used for the following purposes only and in the following order: 1. So much
thereof as may be necessary for such purpose is hereby appropriated and shall be used by the
State Treasurer to pay at their respective maturities the principal and interest that will
mature during the then current fiscal year on all bonds at the time outstanding that may have
been issued by the State Industrial Development Authority under the provisions of the
following acts: (i) Acts 1967, No. 231; (ii) Acts 1971, No. 1420; (iii) Acts 1973, No. 1039;
(iv) Acts 1975, No. 1217; (v) Acts 1978, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 99; (vi) Acts 1981, No. 81-843;
(vii) Acts 1983, No. 83-925; and (viii) Acts 1987, No. 87-550. 2. The balance thereafter remaining
during each fiscal year shall be paid into the State General Fund. a special fund in the State
Treasury to be designated the "General and Mental Health Fund,"...
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