Arthur Orr

Local governments, bond financing review forms, bond financing agreement documents to include a schedule of all of the debt obligations of the county under certain conditions, signed acknowledgement required, municipalities and local school boards required to follow the same procedures required of a county before entering into a bond financing agreement and required to complete a government bond financing review form developed by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, Secs. 11-8A-3 & 11-8A-4 am'd.

Portable benefit plans established for contractors of market place platforms.

Consumer protection, Alabama Data Breach Notification Act

Alcoholic beverages, retail sale by state phased out, privilege granted to Class A and Class B licensees, inventory bailment system, tax, displaced employees benefits, leases, market zones established, Secs. 28-1-4, 28-2-22, 28-3-40, 28-3-43, 28-3-53.1, 28-3-53.2, 28-3-202, 28-3-205, 28-3-207, 28-3-241, 28-3A-11, 28-3A-12, 28-3A-19, 28-3A-21, 28-3A-22, 28-7-16 am'd.; Secs. 28-3-74, 28-3-280 to 28-3-286, inclusive, repealed on October 1, 2012

Priceville, alcoholic beverages, draft beer authorized

Railroad authorities, add board members and amend certificate of incorporation, authorized, Secs. 37-13-1, 37-13-4, 37-13-5, 37-13-7 am'd.

Morgan Co., sheriff, salary, use of funds for feeding prisoners, only for that purpose, const. amend.

Asset forfeitures, criminal procedure, Forfeiture Database and Reporting Act, created

Education, Alabama Cyber Engineering School established, bd of directors, programs and eligibility requirements, conditional appropriation of $1,500,000 from Education Trust Fund for fiscal year ending October 1, 2019.

Contracts, public-private agreements, requirements provided for certain contracts, Sec. 8-29-9 am'd.

Education budget, appropriations for the support, maintenance, and development of public education

Appropriations, supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2018, from Education Trust Fund

Public education employees, salary increase, including K-12 and certain other designated education institutions

Medicaid, eligibility verification requirements required, referral of fraud for prosecution, agency required to implement work requirements, exceptions

Public assistance, certain eligibility requirements for TANF and SNAP revised, fraud detection measures required

Deferred presentment transactions, term set at 30 days, Sec. 5-18A-13 amd.

Alabama Partnership Act, repealed and replaced, procedures for formation and dissolution, conforming changes, Secs. 10A-1-5.10, 10A-1-9.01 added; Secs. 10A-1-5.07, 10A-1-7.33, 10A-8-1.01 to 10A-8-11.04, inclusive, repealed; numerous sections of Title 10A, am'd.

Colleges and universities, local boards of education, schools prohibited from using public funds to advocate for or against ballot measures

Education, gifted or talented children, grants by St. Dept. of Ed. to public schools for educational programs, local bd. of ed. required to match

Days of Prayer over Alabama Students, first full weekend following the first Friday in August, recognized

Transportation Infrastructure Bank, funding to capitalize and pledge toward bonds, add road and bridge funds authorized to be pledged, operation of bank further provided for, Secs. 23-7-2, 23-7-29, 23-7-30, 23-7-31 added; Secs. 23-7-6, 23-7-7, 23-7-9, 23-7-15, 23-7-17, 23-7-18, 23-7-19, 23-7-20, 23-7-21am'd.

Transportation Dept., Ala. Federal Fund Exchange Program, political subdivisions or public corporation authorized to puchase fed. transportation funds at a discount, work to be performed by state residents, reports to Jt. Transportation Committee, Ala. Fed. Fund Exchange Program

Ad valorem taxes, co. commission authorized to abate taxes for Class III property taxed at current use when converted to other taxable use for projects under Ala. Jobs Act, consent of municipality if in corporate limits, Sec. 40-7-25.4 added

Medicaid, liens and claims against recipient and recipient's estate authorized

Compensation, unemployment, to increase the possible weekly benefit, to lower weeks of unemployment benefits from 26 to 14 to 20 based on the unemployment rate in the recipient's county of residence, and to provide for additional benefits for persons undertaking job training or certification, Secs. 25-4-72, 25-4-74 am'd.

Workers' compensation, additional penalties for fraud, restitution, termination of benefits, repayment, Dept. of Labor to preserve certain information under certain conditions, Sec. 13A-11-124 am'd.

Driving under the influence, second offense, penalty further provided for based on defendant's DUI history, Sec. 32-5A-191 am'd.

Gasoline and motor fuel tax, county commission authorized to levy up to five cents, referendum, distributed on transportation projects

Jones, Ronald L., outstanding professional achievement, commended

Evidence-based budgeting process, adopted

Corrections Dept., Decatur Community Based Facility and Community Work Center, name change requested

Ethics, Code of Ethics Reform and Clarification Commission, created