SB88
SB88 SYNOPSIS: This bill would authorize the State Department of Education, pending available funds, to offer competitive two-year grants to public schools for the purpose of developing new educational programs or continuing existing educational programs for gifted or talented children. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to education; to provide findings of the Legislature relating to public education; to authorize the State Department of Education, pending available funds, to offer certain grants to public schools for the purpose of developing new advanced educational and specialized programs for gifted or talented children; to require the department to adopt rules providing for the evaluation of applications for grants; to provide public access to applicant scoring; and to require local boards of education to match awarded grant funds. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) It is vital that Alabama's public...
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HB224
181924-1:n:02/08/2017:MA*/th LRS2017-418 HB224 By Representatives Rogers and Moore (M) RFD Judiciary Rd 1 14-FEB-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, additional criminal penalties are provided for crimes if an offense was motivated by the victim's actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, or physical or mental disability. This bill would provide additional criminal penalties if an offense is motivated by the victim's actual or perceived employment as a law enforcement officer or firefighter. 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 governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected...
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HB228
178308-1:n:08/12/2016:JET/th LRS2016-2526 HB228 By Representatives Rogers and Moore (M) RFD Judiciary Rd 1 14-FEB-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, additional criminal penalties are provided for crimes if an offense was motivated by the victim's actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, or physical or mental disability. This bill would provide additional criminal penalties if an offense is motivated by the victim's actual or perceived employment as a law enforcement officer. 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 governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the...
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HB326
Rep(s). By Representative Wood HB326 ENGROSSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to retirement benefits; to amend Sections 16-25-14, 16-25-21, 36-27-16, and 36-27-24, Code of Alabama 1975; to allow Tier II members of the Employees' Retirement System or the Teachers' Retirement System employed as a correctional officer, firefighter, or law enforcement officer to retire with full benefits upon completion of 25 years of service; to increase the benefit multiplier used to determine retirement allowances for local firefighters and law enforcement officers, with an option for local employers participating in the Employees' Retirement System to opt out of this increase by adopting a resolution on or before September 30, 2017; and to provide that Tier II members of the Employees' Retirement System or the Teachers' Retirement System employed as a correctional officer, firefighter, or law enforcement officer to contribute eight and one-quarter percent of his or her earnable compensation to...
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HB471
184592-1:n:04/04/2017:KMS/cj LRS2017-1489 HB471 By Representative Standridge RFD County and Municipal Government Rd 1 06-APR-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, all portions of a public works project are required to be bid and otherwise comply with the public works law. This bill would allow for certain exceptions for contracting for the purchase and installation of heating or air conditioning units or systems for county, municipal, and local school board entities when the purchase and installation of the units or systems have been competitively bid pursuant to the purchasing cooperative sponsored by the National Association of Counties and the National League of Cities or their successor organizations and the bid process has been approved by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 39-1-5 and 39-2-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide an exception to the public works law for certain contracts for the purchase and installation of heating...
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SB333
175381-2:n:02/21/2017:PMG/tgw LRS2016-1013R1 SB333 By Senator Chambliss RFD Finance and Taxation Education Rd 1 16-MAR-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a Tier II correctional officer, firefighter, or law enforcement officer is eligible for full retirement benefits if he or she retires after the age of 56 with at least 10 years of creditable service as a correctional officer, firefighter, or law enforcement officer. This bill would allow Tier II members of the Employees' Retirement System or the Teachers' Retirement System employed as a correctional officer, firefighter, or law enforcement officer to retire with full retirement benefits upon completion of 25 years of service. The bill would also provide that Tier II members of the Employees' Retirement System or the Teachers' Retirement System employed as a correctional officer, firefighter, or law enforcement officer shall contribute eight and one-quarter percent of his or her earnable compensation to the retirement system. A BILL TO...
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HB10
187389-1:n:06/19/2017:PMG*/th LRS2017-2318 HB10 By Representative Williams (JD) RFD Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Rd 1 09-JAN-18 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create the Alabama Public Transportation Trust Fund to fund activities that increase public transportation options across the state. This bill would require the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs to maintain and administer the trust fund. This bill would create the Alabama Public Transportation Trust Fund Advisory Committee to advise the department on the administration of the trust fund and the making of awards. This bill would require the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs to adopt rules, make annual reports, conduct a public transportation needs assessment, enter into contracts, conduct audits, and award grants. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to public transportation; to create the Alabama Public Transportation Trust Fund to fund activities that increase public...
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SB301
SB301 By Senators Figures and Ward ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to sex offenses and sex offenders; to create the crimes of distributing a private image, sexting, sexual extortion, assault with bodily fluids, and directing a child to engage in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse, and to provide further for the crime of electronic solicitation of a child; to amend Sections 13A-6-122, 15-20A-4, 15-20A-5, 15-20A-7, 15-20A-8, 15-20A-10, 15-20A-11, 15-20A-12, 15-20A-13, 15-20A-14, 15-20A-15, 15-20A-16, 15-20A-18, 15-20A-21, 15-20A-23, 15-20A-24, 15-20A-25, 15-20A-26, 15-20A-27, 15-20A-28, 15-20A-31, 15-20A-32, 15-20A-34, 15-20A-37, 15-20A-42, and 15-20A-43 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to add crimes to the list of enumerated sex offenses for purposes of registration and notification; to create a definition for reside, require certain sex offenders to notify law enforcement of each place the sex offender resides, and provide further for the notification requirements associated with...
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HB199
182264-1:n:02/13/2017:PMG/cj LRS2017-656 HB199 By Representative Sells RFD Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Rd 1 14-FEB-17 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a governmental body that enters into a public works project that exceeds $50,000 must advertise and solicit sealed bids. This bill would allow the Department of Transportation to let contracts for road construction or maintenance projects without advertising for sealed bids if the project does not exceed $250,000, provided all such projects not requiring advertising and sealed bids may not exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate per year. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to competitive bidding; to amend Section 39-2-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to allow the Department of Transportation to let contracts for road construction or maintenance projects without advertising for sealed bids if the project does not exceed $250,000, provided all such projects not requiring advertising and sealed bids may not exceed $1,000,000 in the...
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HB37
180935-1:n:12/16/2016:JET/th LRS2016-2679 HB37 By Representative Pringle RFD Boards, Agencies and Commissions Rd 1 07-FEB-17 SYNOPSIS: This bill would abolish certain inactive state boards, commissions, committees, authorities, councils, and task forces established by the Legislature. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to boards and commissions; to amend Sections 22-1-12, 22-23A-3, and 41-23-23, Code of Alabama 1975; to repeal Article 1, commencing with Section 2-7-1, of Chapter 7 of Title 2, Chapter 13A, commencing with Section 2-13A-1, of Title 2, Chapter 2A, commencing with Section 4-2A-1, of Title 4, Chapter 6A, commencing with Section 9-6A-1, of Title 9, Sections 9-12-142, 9-13-25, and 14-1-18, Article 2, commencing with Section 16-55-20, of Chapter 55 of Title 16, Section 16-25A-13, Article 2, commencing with Section 22-18-20, of Chapter 18 of Title 22, Sections 22-30E-12, 22-50-25, Article 12, commencing with Section 29-2-221, of Chapter 2 of Title 29, Article 7, commencing...
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