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Monday, 6 of September of 2010

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SJR27

CLAIMING SOVEREIGNTY UNDER THE TENTH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OVER CERTAIN POWERS, SERVING NOTICE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CEASE AND DESIST CERTAIN MANDATES, AND PROVIDING THAT CERTAIN FEDERAL LEGISLATION BE PROHIBITED OR REPEALED.

SB100 

Under existing law, local library boards consist of five members serving staggered terms.  This bill would authorize the county commision of a county or the governing body of a municipality to appoint members to public library boards and to fix the initial terms of these members.

SB105 

This bill would authorize the State department of Transportation and county commissions to designate as “safety zones” sections of highways and roads where there have occured a number of serious motor vehicle accidents in which excessive speed was a contributing factor.

SB110 

This bill would require a public disclosure of the names of public officials or spouses of public officials or candidates who are employed by the state or who have a contract with the state, a county, or a municipality.

SB111 

Under existing law, campaign finance reports are required to disclose the name of any person making a contribution in excess of $100.  This bill would require that the report also include the occupation and the name of the employer of the contributor.

SB112 

Under existing law, the filing of campaign finance disclosures is accomplished through the filiing of paper documents.  This bill would provide an additional procedure for the electronic filing of campaign finance disclosure reports in a computer format for contributions or expenditures of a certain amount and would provide for a phase-in-period.

SB113 

This bill would also require subcontracts and purchase orders to be posted on the database of state expenditures.

SB114 

This bill would provide that electioneering communications and paid political advertisements paid for by an organization or entity shall disclose the names of the sources of the funding of the organization or entity.

SB116 

This bill would prohibit transfers between political action committees, but would continue to allow a political action committee that is not a principal campaign committee to make a contribution to a principal campaign committee.

SB119   

This bill would also provide for the confidentiality of secure and verifiable documents used to verify legal presence.

SB122  

This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to prohibit the imposition of an occupational tax in Morgan County.

 SB123

 
Under existing law, a municipal public housing authority may exercise the power of eminent domain.  This bill would delete the power of eminent domain and authorize a municipal public housing authority to purchase property only for public housing purposes and after notice to certain surrounding property owners and approval of the city council.  Under existing law, a public housing authority must file annually with the mayor of the city where the authority is located a report of its activities for the preceding year and make reommendations pertaining to any needed legislation or activity for the upcoming year.  This bill would require that a public housing authority also file annually a copy of its five-year plan and would require the city council to hold a public hearing on the annual recommendations and the five-year plan. This bill would require the five-year plan to include proposed purchases of property when possible. If the authority serves any area outside the corporate limits of the authorizing municipality, this bill would require the authority to submit to the county commission of the county served by the authority any recommendation and any part of the plan that pertains to the area in the jurisdiction of the county. This bill would require approval by the city council and by the county commission, as the case may be, before a recommendation or plan could be implemented.

SB202

This bill is the Alabama Innovative Charter Schools Act.   

SB233

 
This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to prohibit any person, employer, or health care provider from being compelled to participate in any health care system.

SB236

 
This bill would exempt from federal regulation under the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition manufactured and retained within the borders of Alabama.  This bill would also exclude certain firearms and ammunition from this act.
 
 

 

SB282 Erwin Conservation and Natural Resources Department H Read Second Time in Second House Agriculture and Forestry   02/25/2010
    Hunting, veterans with disabilities hunting license established, continuously valid with proof of permanent and total disability, issuance fee
 

SB293 Pittman Constitutional Amendments S Pending Committee Action in House of Origin Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections   01/19/2010
    Term limits, members of Senate and House of Representatives limited to three consecutive full terms, const. amend.
 

SB301 Erwin Code of Alabama S Pending Committee Action in House of Origin Economic Expansion and Trade   01/19/2010
    Person, definition of for Code construction includes human being from moment of fertilization, Sec. 1-1-1 am’d.
 

SB312 Glover Health Care Providers S Pending Committee Action in House of Origin Health   02/02/2010
    Health Care Rights of Conscience Act, health care providers, institutions, and payers right to decline to perform services that violate their consciences, injunctive relief
 

SB315 Keahey Energy   Enacted 2010-185     03/03/2010
    Alabama Residential Energy Code Board changed to Alabama Energy and Residential Codes Board, Model Energy Code replaced with Alabama Energy and Residential Codes, adoption of modern building and energy codes in compliance with federal law to be implemented by counties and municipalities, board members increased, certain farm structures excluded, sprinkler systems provided for, Secs. 41-23-80, 41-23-81, 41-23-82, 41-23-83, 41-23-84, 41-23-85 am’d. (2010-20221)
 

SB317 Figures Crimes and Offenses H Pending Committee Action in Second House Judiciary   02/23/2010
    Children, day care providers, leaving child unattended in a motor vehicle unless supervised by person of certain age prohibited, penalties determined by first, second, or subsequent conviction and whether child is injured or fatally injured, Amiyah White Unattended Children in Motor Vehicle Safety Act
 

SB372 Mitchell Crimes and Offenses H Pending Committee Action in Second House Judiciary   02/23/2010
    Human trafficking, crime established, coercion or deception to perform labor or certain sexual activities, prohibited, criminal penalties
 

SB393 French Legislature S Pending Committee Action in House of Origin Economic Expansion and Trade   02/09/2010
    Legislative immunity, repealed, Sec. 29-1-7 repealed
 

SB394 French Constitutional Amendments S Pending Committee Action in House of Origin Economic Expansion and Trade   02/09/2010
    Legislative immunity, grant of repealed, Section 56 (Section 56, Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended), repealed, const. amend.
 

SB421   Employment S Pending Committee Action in House of Origin Judiciary   02/11/2010
    Businesses or public employers, reguired to verify legal status of new employees through federal E-verify program, penalties
 

SB442 Butler City of Huntsville Federal Building Authority S Pending Committee Action in House of Origin Finance and Taxation General Fund   02/17/2010
    City of Huntsville Federal Building Authority, BRAC distributions from State of Alabama authorized for financing infrastructure and improvements in certain areas of North Alabama impacted by 2005 Base Realignment and Closure
 

SB480 Butler Human Resources Department S Read Second Time in House of Origin Governmental Affairs   03/09/2010
    Kinship guardianships, kinship guardianship subsidy program, established, procedures for establishing kinship guardianships and legal authority of kinship guardians, Sec. 12-15-301, 12-15-314, 12-15-315, 38-12-2, 38-12-4 am’d.
 

SB499 Figures Alzheimer’s Disease S Read Second Time in House of Origin Health FAV/AMD 03/11/2010
    Alzheimer’s Disease Task Force, established to assess the current and future impact of Alzheimer’s disease in Alabama, members, duties, Mental Health Department to provide administrative support, report of findings to Governor and Legislature, termination date
 

SB503 Beason Discrimination S Pending Committee Action in House of Origin Economic Expansion and Trade   03/04/2010
    Discrimination or preferential treatment based on sex or race by state, public colleges and universities, counties and municipalities, prohibited

SB549 Pittman Revenue Department S Pending Committee Action in House of Origin Governmental Affairs   03/23/2010
    Income tax refunds approved by Revenue Department, state Controller required to give priority to payment of refund over any other payment
 

SB566 Orr Controlled Substances S Pending Committee Action in House of Origin Judiciary   03/23/2010
    Controlled substances, Schedule I, salvia divinorum and Salvinorin A included, Sec. 20-2-23 am’d.