Greg Wren

Joint Committee on Legislative Operations, Senate Committee on Senate Administration, House Committee on House Administration, Legislative Services Agency created, duties transferred, administrative functions assigned, Legislative Council, Joint Fiscal Committee, Legislative Committee on Public Accounts, Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment, Legislative Building Authority, Legislative Reference Service, Legislative Fiscal Office abolished, Chapter 5A, commencing with Section 29-5A-1, added; Secs. 8-6-53, 8-19C-3, 9-11-68, 9-11-69, 11-100-4, 16-5-8.3, 16-6B-11, 17-11-42, 29-1-22, 29-1-24, 29-2-52, 29-2-200, 29-2-201, 29-4-20, 29-4-22, 29-4-25, 29-4-30, 29-4-32, 29-4-35, 29-4-40, 29-4-42, 29-8-1, 29-8-2, 29-8-3, 29-8-4, 29-8-5, 30-3-8, 33-2-185, 34-14B-5, 36-7-24, 36-7-25, 36-13-30, 36-25-4.2, 38-7A-4, 40-2-9, 40-23-203, 41-5-3, 41-5-6, 41-5-9, 41-9-374, 41-9-715, 41-10-44.5, 41-16-27, 41-16-82, 41-19-3, 41-19-3.1, 41-20-4, 41-21-4, 41-21-7, 41-22-3, 41-22-22, 41-22-23, 41-22-24 am'd.; Secs. 29-2-50, 29-2-51, 29-2-52, 29-2-200, 29-2-201, 29-2-202, 29-6-1 to 29-6-7, inclusive, 29-7-5, 41-5-18, 41-15-19 repealed

Administrative Procedure Act, rules, approval and disapproval by Joint Legislative Committee, procedures, appeal of disapproval to Lt. Gov., Secs. 41-22-5, 41-22-6, 41-22-22, 41-22-23, 41-22-24 am'd.

Legislative Data Center Joint Committee created to manage the functions and personnel of the Alabama Legislative Data Center, membership, meetings, officers, duties of committee

Energy efficient equipment, tax credits for residential or business application, Energy Efficiency Act

Annual sales tax holiday, sales and use tax exemption, certain energy efficient products included, Sec. 40-23-210 am'd.

Insurance, life, annuity contracts, retained asset accounts, death master file, search further provided for, Secs. 27-15-51, 27-15-52, 27-15-53 am'd.; Act 2012-424, 2012 Reg. Sess., am'd.

Income tax, motor vehicles, purchase of any qualified hybrid vehicle, annual sales tax credit authorized for amount of sales tax paid, not to exceed certain amount, definitions

Tax Credit, vehicles equipped with compressed natural gas (CNG)

Fleet Management, Office of, created in Department of Transportation, Fleet manager, cost efficient acquisition, allocation, and maintenance of state owned motor vehicles and facilities, Secs. 41-17-1 to 41-17-9, inclusive, repealed

Taxation, only Alabama Legislature may levy an occupational tax in a Class 3, 4, and 5 municipality

Health Insurance, State Employees' Insurance Board, authorized to offer high deductible health plan with health savings accounts, for eligible state employees, retirees, and dependents

Legislative, sessions to consist of organizational, regular of 20 day, budget of 10 days, and special sessions, Secs. 71.01 and 76 of Article IV of Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, repealed, const. amend.

Alternative fuels and technologies, income tax credit for qualified vehicles, modified vehicles, and fueling stations for vehicles using compressed natural gas, compressed liquefied gas, propane, electricity, and hybrid technology

State employees, cost-of-living increase authorized

Medicaid, funding cap on the amount of State General Fund dollars appropriated to the Alabama Medicaid Agency, cap on per member per month rate for services to Medicaid recipients provided

Medicaid, Medicaid copayments, Medicaid Agency waiver request to increase copayments for health care services

Medicaid, Legislative committees on, Permanent Joint Medicaid Committee estab., Joint Legislative Interim Committee and Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on Medicaid Policy abolished, duties, members, expenses, Medicaid Advisory Commission estab. composed of health care providers

Compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, propane, hydrogen fuel cell, electricity, hybrid technology, income tax credits and other incentives for using vehicles operating such fuels, Alternative Fuel Policy Act, Secs. 2-33-1, 2-33-2, 6-5-345, 32-5A-360, 37-4-160, 40-18-350, 40-18-351 added; Sec. 23-2-150 am'd.

Alabama Cyber Technology Authority created, membership, powers, dissolution

Alabama Cyber Technology Authority created, membership, powers, dissolution

Insurance rate increase by personal line insurer, may take effect immediately unless objected to by the Commissioner of Insurance

Appropriations, supplemental appropriations for fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, from Insurance Department Fund to Department of Insurance, facilitate payment to City of Montgomery

Travel insurance, limited lines of, further regulated by Insurance Department, Sec. 27-7-5.2 added; Secs. 27-7-1, 27-7-14.1am'd.

Health Center Access and Quality Improvement Act, estab., assessment of health centers, administered by Revenue Department, fees, deposit for use by Medicaid Agency, termination date

Credit Unions, state, regulation by Alabama Credit Union Administration, Secs. 5-17-1 to 5-17-12, inclusive, 5-17-14 to 5-17-16, inclusive, 5-17-19, 5-17-22, 5-17-40, 5-17-41, 5-17-44, 5-17-45, 5-17-46, 5-17-48, 5-17-50 to 5-17-52, inclusive, 5-17-55, 5-17-56 am'd.; Secs. 5-17-25 to 5-17-28, inclusive, 5-17-49, 5-17-53, 5-2A-100 to 5-2A-103, inclusive, repealed

Oil and Gas Board, oil sands, included in regulation of oil and gas, fees, Secs. 9-17-6, 9-17-24 am'd.

Montgomery, municipal employees, retirement system further provided for, Act 2009-473, 2009 Reg. Sess., am'd.

Fleet Management Office, Department of Transportation, authorized to review state fleet management plans, Secs. 23-1-50.1, 41-17A-6 am'd.; Secs. 41-17-1 to 41-17-9, inclusive, repealed

Medical Furlough Act, definition of permanently incapacitated inmate further provided for, Commissioner of Department of Corrections to report to Legislature information regarding certain inmates under medical supervision, commissioner required to evaluate certain inmates frequently in infirmary or under medical supervision for a medical furlough, Secs. 14-14-2, 14-14-4, 14-14-5, 14-14-7 am'd.

Urging Congress to pass the Jobs and Premium Protection Act

Kuhlmann, Cary J., commended

Wetumpka Municipal Airport, commended

Boy Scouts of America, commended

C-7A Caribou Association, recognized

Leavitt, Chase, commended

Lindmark, Rachael W., commended

Loveless Magnet High School, one of America's best schools by U.S. News and World Report, recognized

Scott, Hunter, commended

Unemployment compensation, benefits for active duty military dependent spouses who quit work in order to relocate due to spouse's change of station orders, activation orders, or unit deployment orders, authorized, Sec. 25-4-78 am'd.

State Parks, active or retired member of Armed Forces, free admission on state or federal holidays.

Insurance rate increase by personal line insurer, may take effect immediately unless objected to by the Commissioner of Insurance

County jail, grand jury inspections, minimum number each year required, Sec. 12-16-191 am'd.

Montgomery Co., judge of probate, recording fee, use for improvement of record system, distrib. to Judge of Probate Fund, Act 591, 1965 Reg. Sess. repealed

Insurance, Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act, death master file, notification to State Treasurer, submit unclaimed benefits or unclaimed retained asset account plus interest to State Treasurer

Income tax, motor vehicles, purchase of any qualified hybrid vehicle, annual sales tax credit authorized for amount of sales tax paid, not to exceed certain amount, definitions

Income tax credit for qualifying projects or new or expanding businesses creating new jobs, tax credits claimed authorized to be carried over up to four tax years, Sec. 40-18-194 am'd.

Motor vehicles, Insurance, discount for seniors (55 and over) who complete motor vehicle accident prevention course, Sec 27-13-121 am'd

Health Insurance Exchange established, operated by a board, members, duties, repealed if federal health reform laws requiring exchange repealed or defunded or declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court, Health Insurance Exchange Act

Annual sales tax holiday, sales and use tax exemption, certain energy efficient products included, Sec. 40-23-210 am'd.

Taxation, state income tax credit relating to Class 1, 2, 3 municipalities for rehabilitation of historic structures

Secondary metals recycler, additional records to be maintained, purchases of specified metal property limited, registration with ACJIC, required, database of metal property sales created, criminal penalties, purchase of specified metal property prohibited, Secs. 13A-8-30 to 13A-8-37, inclusive, 13A-8-39 am'd; Secs. 13A-8-31.1, 13A-8-31.2, 13A-8-35.1, 13A-8-37.1, 13A-8-37.2 added

Unemployment compensation, compensable week further defined, Sec. 25-4-73 am'd

Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center Commission and the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center, members, operation, powers, duties, fees, information relating to homeland security, crime of misuse of ACJIC information established, Statistical Analysis Center established, National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact ratified and implemented, Secs. 41-9-590, 41-9-591, 41-9-592, 41-9-594, 41-9-595, 41-9-597, 41-9-600, 41-9-601, 41-9-621, 41-9-622, 41-9-623, 41-9-625, 41-9-630 am'd.

Prattville, corp. limits alt. to deannex certain property

Health benefit plans, group insurance, coverage of autism spectrum disorder to age 18 under certain conditions, Secs. 10A-20-6.16, 27-21A-23 am'd

Immigration, legal status and/or proof of citizenship, verification of eligibility to enter into business transactions with state or political subdivision, Uniformed Services Privilege and Identification card authorized, Act 2011-535, 2011 Reg. Sess. am'd.; Sec. 31-13-29 am'd.

Aircraft, certain, any parts, components, and systems used in the conversion, reconfiguration, or maintenance of, exempt from sales tax, not applicable to local sales tax unless approved, Sec. 40-23-4 am'd.

Transportation Dept, chief engineer, appointment by Director of Transportation as an exempt position under the state Merit System, Sec. 23-1-22, 23-1-23, 23-1-24 am'd

Crimes and offenses, gambling, person defined, penalties, Secs. 13A-12-20, 13A-12-22, 13A-12-23, 13A-12-24, 13A-12-27 am'd

Tax Credit, vehicles equipped with compressed natural gas (CNG)

Energy, Alabama Public Interest Energy and Fuel Research and Development Grants Program, established, funding for energy and fuel projects, Advisory Commission on Public Interest Energy and Fuel Research and Development Grants, established, Public Interest Energy and Fuel Research and Development Grants Fund, established, Agriculture and Industries Department Center for Alternative Fuels to administer, appropriation

Solid waste landfill, permits, prohibition against issuance by Alabama Department of Environmental Management and local governments of new permits pursuant to Act 2011-297 extended until after May 31, 2014, Act 2011-297, 2011 Reg. Sess., am'd; Sec. 22-27-5.2 am'd

Fleet Management, Office of, created in Department of Transportation, Fleet manager, cost efficient acquisition, allocation, and maintenance of state owned motor vehicles and facilities, Secs. 41-17-1 to 41-17-9, inclusive, repealed

Education, quarterly interest on bonds, Public School and College Authority report to Joint Fiscal Committee, Legislative Fiscal Office, Ways and Means - Education Fund Committee Chair, Finance and Taxation - Education Fund Committee Chair, Sec. 16-16-18 added

Criminal Justice Information Center, designated repository for criminal records, criminal records checks for noncriminal purposes, fees and fee for agencies and entities

Housing Authorities, bonds, interest on bonds to be paid according to terms of resolution or its trust indenture or mortgage, bonds sold as determined by authority, 10 days notice required for public sale, Sec. 24-1-32 am'd

Immigration law, provision barring unlawfully present alien from attending postsecondary school clarified, lawsuits for failure to enforce laws, procedures revised, documentation for lawful presence, military identification authorized, voter registration provisions modified, certain lawful presence verification for certain subsequent issuance and renewals of certain licenses, procedures and penalties for employing unauthorized alien, penalties for certain lawsuits relating to employment practices, Secs. 31-13-3, 31-13-5, 31-13-6, 31-13-8, 31-13-9, 31-13-13, 31-13-19, 31-13-20, 31-13-23, 31-13-26, 31-13-28, 31-13-29, 32-6-9, 32-6-10.1 am'd; Act 2011-535, 2011 Reg. Sess., am'd

Montgomery, retirement system, mayor authorized to increase employee contribution to eight percent upon approval of the retirement board, Act 2009-473, 2009 Reg. Sess., am'd

Nurses and Nursing, certified registered nurse paractitioner prescribe certain controlled substances, qualifications for a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate (QACSC), Board of Medical Examiner certify and renew QACSC, regulations for fees, fines punishment, disciplinary hearings, Article 3B added to Chapter 2, Title 20, Secs. 20-2-80 to 20-2-89 added; Secs. 20-2-214, 20-2-217 am'd

Alternative fuels, incentives, biodiesel, cellulosic alcohol, compressed natural gas, use of vehicles using alternative fuels promoted, Sec. 23-2-150 am'd

Alabama Cyber Technology Authority created, membership, powers, dissolution

Wetumpka, corp. limits alt.

Taxation, realignment of distribution of use tax on automobiles to provide additional funding for State General Fund, Sec. 40-23-85 am'd

Nurses, certified registered nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives, authorized to prescribe certain controlled substances, Secs. 20-2-214, 20-2-217 am'd; Secs. 20-2-250 to 20-2-259, inclusive, added

Coach Joe "Billy" Fain Bridge, over the Coosa River on Alabama Highway 14 in Wetumpka, named

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., commended

Sewell, Terri, commended

Officer James Fezatte Memorial Highway, portion of Alabama Highway 143 between Mile Markers 5 and 6 in Millbrook, named

Alabama Spaceport Authority, expressing support

Knight, Andrew Wilson, death mourned

Joint Committee on Medicaid Policy, created

Sanders, Leslie, commended

Pregno, Nanette K., commended

American Cancer Society's Cancer Prevention Study, commended, and recognizing Cancer Prevention Month

Auburn University Economic Development, commended

Recognizing first anniversary of tornados of April 27, 2011 and First responders, commended

Urging the creation of a day to recognize widows and orphans

Bagwell, Haley, commended

Whitaker, Amanda, commended

Brooks, Jamie, commended

Dobbs, Dori, commended

Richter, Kelsey, commended

Sharp, Sarah Kathryn, commended

Bryan, Anna Laura, commended

Gann, Tim, commended

Business Technology Center, Bishop State Community College named in honor of Dr. Yvonne Kennedy

Public Employee Pension Transparency Act (PEPTA), expressing opposition.

Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force created, legislative

Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, commended

Strain, W. L., death mourned

Officer James Fezatte Memorial Highway, portion of Alabama Highway 143 between Mile Markers 5 and 6 in Millbrook, named

Whittle, Ken, commended

McCray, Faye Coleman, death mourned

House Rule 50, amended, regarding decorum of members of the House of Representatives

The University of Alabama Football Team, commended

George Washington Carver High School Boys Basketball team, commended

Sewell, Terri, commended

Wyatt, Ricky, death mourned

Department of Public Health, commended

Knight, Andrew Wilson, death mourned

Jackson, George M., Sr., death mourned

Davis, Elsie Burroughs, death mourned

Sanders, Leslie, commended

Pregno, Nanette K., commended

Auburn University Economic Development, commended

Humphries, Nellie Barnes, commended

Alabama Cyber Technology Authority created, membership, powers, dissolution

A road in Lake Guntersville State Park, named Frank McDaniel Drive

Pappas, William Gregory, Jr., commended

Pappas, William Gregory, Jr., commended

Forever Wild Land Trust, payments into extended 20 years

Engineers and Land Surveyors, State Board of Licensure for Professional, examinations, approval by board, disciplinary penalties and reissuance of revoked licenses, number of board members required, Secs. 34-11-1, 34-11-4, 34-11-5, 34-11-6, 34-11-9, 34-11-11, 34-11-12, 34-11-30, 34-11-31, 34-11-34 am'd.

Teachers, educational support personnel, and other certified educational employees and student teachers, professional liability insurance, Education Department and Finance Department to purchase or provide by July 1, 2012, rules authorized, Teacher and Education Employee Protection Act

Contracts, state or any political subdivision, use of Davis-Bacon wage provision, prohibited

Income tax credit authorized for employers creating jobs, under certain conditions, Full Employment Act, Secs. 40-18-270, 40-18-271, 40-18-272 repealed; Act 2010-557, 2010 Reg. Sess. repealed

Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center Commission and the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center, members, operation, powers, duties, fees, information relating to homeland security, crime of misuse of ACJIC information established, Statistical Analysis Center established, National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact ratified and implemented, Secs. 41-9-590, 41-9-591, 41-9-592, 41-9-594, 41-9-595, 41-9-597, 41-9-600, 41-9-601, 41-9-621, 41-9-622, 41-9-623, 41-9-625, 41-9-630 am'd.

Alabama Development Office and Director of Development changed to Commerce Department and Secretary of Commerce, assistant secretaries of commerce, employment of certain persons outside of Merit System, authorized, Secs. 41-9-201, 41-9-202, 41-9-202.1, 41-9-203, 41-9-204 am'd. (2011-20679)

Presidential preference primary election, date changed, provisions relating to when election day same day as Mardi Gras deleted, Sec. 17-13-100 am'd.

Education, local boards of education authorized to issue interest-bearing warrants for educational purposes, State Superintendent of Education to approve, warrants to be sold at public or private sale, warrants and interest are tax exempt

Income tax, motor vehicles, purchase of any qualified plug-in electric drive vehicle, annual sales tax credit authorized for amount of sales tax paid, not to exceed certain amount, definitions

Health Department, Health Insurance Exchange established within, operated by a board, members, duties, repealed if federal health reform laws requiring exchange repealed or ruled unconstitutional, Health Insurance Exchange Act

Persons, defined to include all humans from moment of fertilization

Environmental Management Department, issuance of permits to certain solid waste landfills, 24-month moratorium on issuance, duties to Environmental Management Department and Health Department (2011-20385)

Persons, defined to include all humans from moment of fertilization, const. amend.

Education employees, procedures regarding employment actions of revised, Teacher Tenure Law and Fair Dismissal Act repealed, Students First Act, Sec. 16-24B-7, 16-24-1 to 16-24-22, inclusive, 36-26-100 to 36-26-116, inclusive, repealed

Industrial Development Authority, members, composition altered to include President Pro Tempore of Senate or designee and Speaker of the House or designee, Sec. 41-10-25 am'd.

Economic development, tax incentives authorized to certain companies and educational institutions for locating new or expanding business in state, or a retention project, capital investment and job requirements, Alabama Development Office and Revenue Department to recommend to Governor, Industrial Development Authority to approve project for incentive (2011-20902)

Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (PACT) Program, limit on cost of tuition for certain PACT plan contract participants, repealed, Act 2010-725, 2010 Reg. Sess. am'd.; Secs. 16-33C-17, 16-33C-18 repealed

Pike Road, ad valorem tax, additional authorized for public schools, referendum

Illegal immigrants, presence, employment, and benefits regulated, concealing, or protecting illegal aliens, prohibited, verification of legal status, penalties, Alabama Department of Homeland Security to establish E-Verify employer agent service, citizenship status of students required, eligibility and requirements for voter registration, certain business transactions prohibited, Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act, Sec. 32-6-9 am'd. (2011-21101)

Education Trust Fund, appropriations in education budget act capped, Budget Stabilization Fund, Capital Fund, established, transfer of certain funds to Education Trust Fund Rainy Day Account, transfer of funds from Budget Stabilization Fund under certain conditions, Education Trust Fund Rolling Reserve Act, Sec. 40-1-32.1 repealed

Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians supervised by pharmacist, appropriately trained, authorized to provide therapeutic diabetic shoes and inserts

Public officials or spouses of public officials, names and compensation of those who are employed by or have contracts with a municipality, a county, or the state, public disclosure required, filing with Ethics Commission, Sec. 36-25-5.1 added

Retirement under Employees' Retirement System and Teachers' Retirement System, Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) repealed, participants electing DROP prior to effective date not affected, Secs. 16-25-150, 16-25-151, 16-25-152, 16-25-153, 16-25-154, 36-27-170, 36-27-171, 36-27-172, 36-27-173, 36-27-174, 36-27-175 repealed

Elmore Co., court costs, additional in certain circuit and district court cases, distrib. of proceeds to circuit clerk and for operation of judicial complex

Health care, persons, employers, or health care providers, mandatory participation in any health care system prohibited, const. amend.

Income tax, qualifying employers and qualifying employees authorized tax deductions for 100 percent of amounts paid for health insurance premiums, Sec. 40-18-15.3 am'd.

Ethics Commission, annual appropriation to be certain percentage of General Fund Appropriations Act, reduction only by approval of House and Senate

Elections, photo identification required to register to vote, Secretary of State required to issue identification cards to persons without photo identification at no cost, Sec. 17-9-30 am'd.; Act 2010-687, 2010 Reg. Sess. am'd.

Montgomery Co., judge of probate, recording fee, use for improvement of record system, distrib. to Judge of Probate Fund, Act 591, 1965 Reg. Sess. repealed

Elections, right of individuals to vote by secret ballot for public office, referenda, employee representation, guaranteed, Amendment 579 (Section 177, Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended), am'd., const. amend.

Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact, adopted

Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Commission, established, Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Act

Insurance Department, commissioner to collect market conduct annual statement data for analysis purposes, procedures, confidentiality, Market Conduct Annual Statement Act

Life insurance death benefits, Beneficiaries' Bill of Rights, established, disclosure, transparency, and accountability in payments

Insurance companies, insureds 60 years of age or older or who have terminal or chronic illness required to be notified of options regarding life insurance policy in lieu of allowing policy to lapse, civil penalties, Life Insurance Consumer Disclosure Act

Landlord-tenant, rental agreement, tenant to pay certain attorney's fees under certain conditions, Sec. 35-9A-163 am'd.

Foundation Program, combining of fractional teacher units to make whole units authorized, units not combined to be used for salaries and benefits, Sec. 16-13-232 am'd.; Act 2010-556, 2010 Reg. Sess. am'd.

Public School Fund, local boards of education authorized to use certain monies for debt payments and insurance on public school facilities, Sec. 16-13-234 am'd.

Electronic Security Board of Licensure, camera systems including digital video recorders that do not trigger an alarm to the police department or alarm monitoring company, business or person selling or installing exempt from licensure, Sec. 34-1A-6 am'd.

Energy and Residential Codes Board, members, Building Commission Director added, Sec. 41-23-82 am'd.

Unemployment compensation, benefits for active duty military dependent spouses who quit work in order to relocate due to spouse's change of station orders, activation orders, or unit deployment orders, authorized, Sec. 25-4-78 am'd.

Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force, established (2011-20512)

Phillips, Johnnie J., commended

Chizik, Gene, commended

Markwell, Don, death mourned

Jones, Willie Rogers, death mourned

Onderdonk, Michael, commended

Wetumpka Depot Players, commended

Ausborn, Jeffrey O., death mourned

Raulerson, Marsha D., commended

Franklin County tornado victims, deaths mourned; survivors, volunteers, and donors commended

Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week, designated

Medicaid, U. S. Congress urged to make full payment for mandatory Medicaid entitlement expansions under new health care laws

Thomas, Annie Beatrice, commended

Alabama Primary Health Care Association; Back to School, Back to Care months, recognized

Danner, Bert Willis, death mourned

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, commended

Snorton, Teresa E., commended

Hall, Ethel H., commended

Greenhaw, Wayne, death mourned

Ireland, Dennis L. "Dan," commended

Barnes, Gay, commended

All-Alabama Academic Team 2011, commended

Barnes, David, death mourned

Markwell, Don, death mourned

Jones, Willie Rogers, death mourned

Hunt, John Kenton, commended

Brewbaker Technology Magnet High School girls basketball team, commended

Phillips, Johnnie J., commended

Webb, Marqu'es, commended

Pittman, Emma, commended

Smith, Tate, commended

Blakeney, Larry, commended

Wetumpka Depot Players, commended

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., commended

Lancaster, Joshua Trevyn, death mourned

Ramsey, Elois Primm, commended

Anniston City School Gifted Enrichment Program; Hooks, Richard L., commended

Washington, Anna; Yarbrough, Carol; Calhoun, Georgia, commended

Grissett, Lance D., commended posthumously

Raulerson, Marsha D., commended

Edgewood Academy baseball team, commended

Alabama Primary Health Care Association; Back to School, Back to Care months, recognized

Danner, Bert Willis, death mourned

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, commended

Snorton, Teresa E., commended

Hall, Ethel H., commended

Shroud Award, 2011 recipient designated

White, Gloria Norwood, death mourned

Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (PACT) Program, contracts, Legislative intent regarding expressed, each contract in force on effective date of this act to be honored regardless of date issued

Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (PACT) Program, separate board of directors, members, duties, Sec. 16-33C-4.1 added; Secs. 16-33C-3, 16-33C-4, 16-33C-5, 16-33C-6, 16-33C-7, 16-33C-8, 16-33C-10, 16-33C-11, 16-33C-12 am'd.

Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (PACT) Program Advisory Task Force, established, members, duties

Annual sales tax holiday, sales and use tax exemption, certain energy efficient products included, Sec. 40-23-210 am'd.

Energy efficient equipment, tax credits for residential or business application, Energy Efficiency Act

Trucks, weight limit for vehicles equipped with a functioning auxiliary power or idle reduction technology increased, Sec. 32-9-20 am'd.

Energy Policy, Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on, established, members, duties regarding state energy plan, subcommittees, reporting of recommendations to Legislature and Governor, Legislative Energy Policy Office, established

Income tax, employer's deduction for health insurance premiums, compensation paid to qualifying employees for calculation of employer's deduction further provided for, Sec. 40-18-15.3 am'd.

Public K-12 education, responsibilities of state and local boards of education and schools, authorizers, and charter schools provided for, application process and renewal, revocation and closure of schools as public schools, application of existing law and exemptions from provided, Innovative Charter Schools Act

Federal law enforcement officers, permission of sheriff or Attorney General required before conducting arrest or search and seizure, district attorney required to prosecute violations, supremacy of sheriff as chief law enforcement officer of county declared

Hunting and fishing licenses, certain nonresident retired military age 65 years or older exempt under certain conditions

Elections, photo identification required, Public Safety Department required to issue identification cards to persons without photo identification, Sec. 17-9-30 am'd.

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.

Motor vehicles, text messaging or operating a handheld global positioning system (GPS) while operating a motor vehicle on public street, road, or highway prohibited, penalties

Lakes with restrictions for houseboats and vessel size and speed, Lake Jordan included, Sec. 33-6A-3.1 am'd.

Nursing scholarships, qualifications altered, funding increased, appropriation, Graduate Degree Scholarship for Nurses, Secs. 34-21-60, 34-21-61, 34-21-62, 34-21-63 am'd.

Montgomery, alcoholic beverages, city council authorized to establish one entertainment district as defined, consumption authorized anywhere within district under certain conditions

Alimony, provision for termination if recipient remarries or cohabitates with person of opposite sex, application to divorce decrees prior to effective date of statute, deleted, language deleted regarding no requirement for reimbursement of alimony received, Sec. 30-2-55 am'd.

Child custody, records available to both parents, term "physiological" replaced with the term "psychological," Sec. 30-3-154 am'd.

Ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine, State Board of Health required to classify as controlled substances, exemptions, removed from list of precursor chemicals maintained by State Board of Pharmacy, Secs. 20-2-20, 20-2-181 am'd.

Campaign contributions, limitation imposed on contributions by political action committees to candidates

Municipalities, municipal courts, court costs for jails, distrib. for municipal jails, Sec. 11-47-7.1 am'd.

Motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder, fuel surcharges of, certain fuel cost disclosures and fuel cost reimbursements required, false or misleading information prohibited, certain information regarding timber and timber products required, Trust in Reliable Understanding of Consumer Costs Act or the TRUCC Act

Higher education, employees prohibited from receiving incentives from publishers, posting of required textbook lists, cost of textbooks limited, College Textbook Review Board established, members, duties

Courts, municipal, court costs, levy of additional equal to district court, deposit in Corrections Fund, use for purchase of land and equipment, retroactive effect, Sec. 11-47-7.1 am'd.

Mental Health Department, certain institutions, leasing, transferring, or management by nongovernmental entities, approval by Legislature required, Sec. 22-50-9 am'd.

Montgomery Co., work release program and community corrections program, funding, additional amount determined by sentencing judge assessed on offender's gross earnings

Montgomery Co., solicitor's fee authorized equal to fee for Fair Trial Tax Fund, distrib. for district attorney's office

Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation, Inc., exempt from state, county, and municipal sales and use tax

Businesses or public employers, reguired to verify legal status of new employees through federal E-verify program, penalties

Postsecondary Education Department, flight schools exempt from licensure requirement, Sec. 16-46-3 am'd.

Municipalities, domestic violence statistics compiled and maintained by a municipality, posted on municipal website, Melanie Camp Act

Life settlement contracts, providers, licensure and regulation, enforcement by Commissioner of Insurance Department, criminal and civil penalties, Life Settlements Act

Municipal taxation, sales and use tax, levy in settlement of a boundary dispute at different rates, sharing of revenue pursuant to contract, Secs. 11-51-200, 11-51-202, 11-102-1, 11-102-2, 11-102-5 am'd.

Fair Campaign Practices Act, political action committee, treasurer required to maintain records of expenditures greater than amount allowed by federal law, candidates required to timely file statement of economic interests with Ethics Commission, fines, Secs. 17-5-2, 17-5-3, 17-5-4, 17-5-8 am'd.; Act 2009-751, 2009 Reg. Sess. am'd.

Private schools, use of terms profit and nonprofit in definition clarified, baseline exemption date changed, Secs. 16-46-1, 16-46-3 am'd.

Montgomery and Pike Road, settlement agreement regarding boundary dispute over annexations, validation

Pike Road, boundary lines established to annex certain property, settlement of legal dispute with Montgomery

Montgomery, boundary lines established to annex certain property, settlement of legal dispute with Pike Road

Montgomery and Pike Road, Woodland Creek subdivision, election on being annexed into Montgomery or Pike Road

Montgomery, motor vehicles, automated photographic speeding enforcement, authorized, procedures, posting of informational signs, adoption of municipal ordinances, civil fines, record keeping, municipal court jurisdiction, appeals, Montgomery Speed Limit Safety Act

Federal cap and trade regulations, goods produced and distributed only in Alabama (intrastate), exempt from cap and trade regulations

University of Alabama football team, commended

University of Alabama football team, commended

Energy codes, residential and commercial, adoption of as part of statewide building code

Teachers and educational support personnel, commended

Boy Scouts of America, 100th Anniversary, recognized

Brewton, commended

Flomaton Public Library, commended

Bias, Ethel Mae Jones, death mourned

Crabtree, Charles, death mourned

Swinford, Belle Love, commended

Mercedes-Benz, commended

U. S. Congress urged to approve H.R. 4396, the Save Our Energy Jobs Act, which will remove greenhouse gases from definition of pollutant and prohibit Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases

Family Law Task Force, extended, Act 2008-121, 2008 Reg. Sess. am'd.

Benjamin, Regina M., commended

Hines, Elise Harris, death mourned

President Barack Obama urged to reverse his decision not to fully fund the Constellation project

Jones, Paul R., death mourned

Wilson, U. S. Congressman Charlie, death mourned

University of West Alabama, 175th Anniversary, recognized

States, rights affirmed to U. S. Congress

Shelly, Gaylan and Angie, commended

Hicks, Luther, commended

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., historic marker dedication ceremony honoring Rosa L. Parks, recognized

Russell-McCloud, Patricia, commended

Harper, Roman, commended (2010-20524)

Menton, Senator Bill, death mourned

Forte', Amelia, death mourned

Johnson, Adriel, death mourned

Beck, Representative Warren, death mourned (2010-20526)

Charles A. Brown Elementary School, Honor Roll students, commended

U. S. Congress urged to approve H.R. 1264, the Multiple Peril Insurance Act of 2009

Russell-McCloud, Patricia, commended

Carpenter, Mable Elliott, death mourned

Nabors, Senator Ollie Wilson, death mourned

Fite, Representative Leamon Millard, Jr., death mourned

Butler, Talmadge, commended

Greene County High School basketball team, commended

Farrington, Allison, commended

Fairfield High School girls basketball team, commended

Ingram, Mark, Jr., commended

Searcy, Steve, commended

Cottrell, Danny, commended

Hanson, Johnnie, commended

Davis, Johnny, death mourned

Huntsville, efforts to become test market for Google's new ultrafast broadband network, Google Fiber, commended

Hazel Green High School varsity cheerleaders, commended

Boyett, Carl, death mourned

Lee High School of Huntsville basketball team, commended

Goertz, Edith P., commended

Black, Allison, commended

McCullough, B. J., commended

Sledge, Percy, commended

Bracken, Peggy Gill, death mourned

Saloom, Salem and Dianne, commended

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week, recognized

Novacki, Aline Regina, commended

A. H. Parker High School, 110th Anniversary, recognized

Brock, Carrie Lee Adams, death mourned

Tuskegee University basketball team, commended

Ryan, Jennie Bell, death mourned

Pike, Nellie, commended

Talladega College womens basketball team, commended

Hudson, Margene, commended

Talladega, 175th Anniversary, recognized

Sumter County High School girls basketball team, commended

Warrior Academy basketball team, commended

Wright, Lorenzo, commended

Howard, Robert Lewis, death mourned

Callahan, H. L. (Sonny), commended

Nix, David, commended

First Baptist Church Leeds, commended

Fairfield High Preparatory School, Jobs for Alabama's Graduates (JAG) program, commended

Bonner, Vanessa Brown, commended

Phillips, Sidney C., Jr., commended

Sledge, Eugene B., commended posthumously

Lawley, Josephine, commended

Brinker, Richard W., commended

Zorn, Mary Jane Jeffcoat, death mourned

Forest Hills Middle School, Honor Roll students, commended

C. J. Donald Elementary School, Honor Roll students, commended

Robinson Elementary School, Honor Roll students, commended

Cooley, Billy Joe, death mourned

Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS), Fly the Blue Campaign, recognized

Rilling, Corey, commended

Riggs, Jamie, commended

National Endowment for the Arts and Institute of Museum and Library Services, The Big Read, recognized

Gray, John Franklin, death mourned

Branyon, Hugh, commended

Royal, Jim, commended

Butler, Talmadge, commended

Sealy, Charlie Oliver, Sr., death mourned

Feld, Montgomery, commended

Gould, Joseph, commended

Shaw, Elijah, III, death mourned

Morris, Shep and Rite; Morris and Morris Farms, commended

Glen Oaks Elementary School, Honor Roll students, commended

Vietnam Veterans, commended, welcome home celebration in 2011 encouraged

Jones, Freddie H. E., II, commended

Hilliard, Representative Earl, Jr., commended

Grantland, Representative Ronald, commended

Bentley, Representative Robert J., commended

Beasley, Representative William M. (Billy), commended

Ward, Representative Cam, commended

Allen, Representative Gerald H., commended

Baker, Representative Locy L., commended

Hammett, Representative Seth, commended

McDaniel, Representative W. F. (Frank), commended

Duffy, Rickey A., commended

Bush, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M., commended

Pitts, Harvey Curtis, Jr., death mourned

Leonard, John, commended

Hanna, Annie Lou Christine, commended

Shaw, Elijah, III, death mourned

Riggs, Jamie, commended

Bartlett, Thomas Gordon, death mourned

Rilling, Corey, commended

Mount Pleasant CME Church, Homecoming and Founder's Day Program, recognized

Higginbotham, G. J., commended

Prince, Ryan Lindsay, death mourned

Moore, Charlotte Davis, death mourned

National Endowment for the Arts, The Big Read: Alabama Reads initiative, recognized

Kilgore, Mike, commended

Boy Scouts of America, 100th Anniversary, recognized

Bias, Ethel Mae Jones, death mourned

Hawkins, Felicia Renee, death mourned

Crabtree, Charles, death mourned

Swinford, Belle Love, commended

Benjamin, Regina M., commended

Hines, Elise Harris, death mourned

President Barack Obama urged to reverse his decision not to fully fund the Constellation project

Jones, Paul R., death mourned

Wilson, U. S. Congressman Charlie, death mourned

Soares, Alessandro, commended

Novacki, Eumar Roberto, commended

University of West Alabama, 175th Anniversary, recognized

Shelly, Gaylan and Angie, commended

Hicks, Luther, commended

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., historic marker dedication ceremony honoring Rosa L. Parks, recognized

Army National Guard, 2101st Transportation Company, commended

Menton, Senator Bill, death mourned

Moore, Nathaniel Grayson, commended

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Anniston Alumnae Chapter, Founders Day observation, recognized

Larose, James Harper, commended

Johnson, Adriel, death mourned

Forte', Amelia, death mourned

Ridgecrest Baptist Church, commended

Vaughn Family, commended

Houston, Coffee, Henry, Dale, Geneva, Pike, and Barbour Cos., students, commended

Charles A. Brown Elementary School, Honor Roll students, commended

Minor Elementary School, Honor Roll students, commended

Bush Middle School, Honor Roll students, commended

Councill Elementary School, Honor Roll students, commended

Councill Elementary School, Kindergarten Honor Roll students, commended

Louis, Joe, commended posthumously

U. S. Congress urged to approve H.R. 1264, the Multiple Peril Insurance Act of 2009

Novacki, Eumar Roberto, commended (2010-20506)

Beck, Representative Warren, death mourned

Maggi, Blairo Borges, commended

Taylor, Clinton Williams, death mourned

Russell-McCloud, Patricia, commended

Carpenter, Mable Elliott, death mourned

Pickens Academy girls basketball team, commended

Nabors, Senator Ollie Wilson, death mourned

Ingram, Mark, Jr., commended

Smith, Margaret Charles, commended posthumously

Greene County High School basketball team, commended

Fairfield High School girls basketball team, commended

Barnett, Robert Keith, commended

Searcy, Steve, commended

Southeastern Livestock Exposition Rodeo, commended

Cottrell, Danny, commended

Davis, Johnny, death mourned

Huntsville, efforts to become test market for Google's new ultrafast broadband network, Google Fiber, commended

Lee High School of Huntsville basketball team, commended

Hazel Green High School varsity cheerleaders, commended

McCullough, B. J., commended

Boyett, Carl, death mourned

Robinson, Kerry, commended

Novacki, Aline Regina, commended

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week, recognized

Bracken, Peggy Gill, death mourned

McCorvey, Charlie, Jr., death mourned

A. H. Parker High School, 110th Anniversary, recognized

Hanson, Johnnie, commended

Saloom, Salem and Dianne, commended

Sledge, Percy, commended

Brock, Carrie Lee Adams, death mourned

Tuskegee University basketball team, commended

Kimbrell, Harry Erskin, death mourned

Espey, Melford Edward, Jr., death mourned

Howard, Robert Lewis, death mourned

Super 11, high school football players, commended

Hudson, Margene, commended

Pike, Nellie, commended

Talladega College womens basketball team, commended

Talladega, 175th Anniversary, recognized

Sumter County High School girls basketball team, commended

Warrior Academy basketball team, commended

Wright, Lorenzo, commended

Fairfield High Preparatory School, Jobs for Alabama's Graduates (JAG) program, commended

First Baptist Church Leeds, commended

Maggi, Blairo Borges, commended (2010-20776)

Novacki, Eumar Roberto, commended

Novacki, Aline Regina, commended

Corbin, Virginia Kay Wiginton, commended

Pate, Jack, commended

Nix, David, commended

DuPont, Margaret McLeod, death mourned

AOD Federal Credit Union, commended

Ayers, H. Brandt, commended

Talladega College basketball team, commended

Bonner, Vanessa Brown, commended

Callahan, H. L. (Sonny), commended

Sidney Lanier High School, Centennial Celebration, recognized

Benton, Jacob Roscoe, death mourned

Phillips, Sidney C., Jr., commended

Sledge, Eugene B., commended posthumously

Welborn, Jimmy Holland, Sr., death mourned

Cooley, Billy Joe, death mourned

Lawley, Josephine, commended

Birmingham Volleyball Club 13-1 Team, commended

Knight, Jimmy, commended

Jackson, Willie, commended

Marshall, Fred, commended

Williams, Annie, commended

Cooley, Dorothy, commended

Smith, Chester, death mourned

Second Saint Siloam Missionary Baptist Church in Brewton, 100th Anniversary, recognized

Freedom Riders Park, recognized

Coosa Valley Resource Conservation Development Council, commended

Bumpus Middle School, 7th and 8th Grade Concert Bands, commended

Cusseta Baptist Church, commended

Zorn, Mary Jane Jeffcoat, death mourned

Robinson Elementary School, Honor Roll students, commended

C. J. Donald Elementary School, Honor Roll students, commended

Forest Hills Middle School in Birmingham, Honor Roll students, commended

Gray, John Franklin, death mourned

Berkstresser, Laura Dianne, commended

Butler, Talmadge, commended

Royal, Jim, commended

Branyon, Hugh, commended

Gould, Joseph, commended

Glen Oaks Elementary School, Honor Roll students, commended

Morris, Shep and Rite, commended

Jones, Freddie H.E., II, commended

Bryan, Anna Laura, commended

Higgins, Susannah, commended

Bagwell, Haley, commended

Ratliff, Jordan, commended

Leonardi, Erica, commended

Williams Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, commended

Herring, Ellen, commended

Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Silver Anniversary, recognized

Porter, Courtney, commended

Muncher, Meghan, commended

Irons, Representative Tammy, commended

Appropriations, pass-through appropriations, defined and prohibited, exception for valid support of agency programs, administrative and criminal penalties for violations by agencies, line-item appropriations authorized, reporting requirements, Budget Accountability Act

Political action committees, transfer of funds between prohibited, transfers between principal campaign committees, prohibited, exceptions, certain receipts and expenditures of campaign funds from federal candidates limited, penalties, Congressman Mike Rogers/Jeff McLaughlin Campaign Finance Transparency Act, Secs. 17-5-7, 17-5-15 am'd. (2010-21164)

Health System Reform, Joint Legislative Task Force, established to develop plan for health care reform and address the state's long-term and short-term health care challenges

Kennedy, Leroy, Jr., death mourned

Speaker Emeritus, Representative Seth Hammett, named

House of Representatives, Speaker Emeritus, Representative Demetrius Newton, named

Bachus, U. S. Representative Spencer, commended

Summerford, Howard Thomas, Jr., commended

Newton, Elijah, commended

Kennedy, Leroy, Jr., death mourned

Green, Stacy A., death mourned