2010 Alabama Legislative 1st Special Session

Elections, campaign contributions limited, corporations and political action committees, contributions prohibited for certain period prior to election, candidates contributions limited, PAC to PAC transfers prohibited, threshold for itemizing contributions raised, new reporting date, Political Campaign Contribution Reform Act, Secs. 17-5-3, 17-5-8 am'd.

Ethics Commission, annual appropriation to be certain amount of total General Fund Budget

Electioneering communications and paid political advertising, disclosure of source of funding required, exceptions, contributions by political committees further provided for, Secs. 17-5-2, 17-5-8, 17-5-12 am'd.

Elections, printed material, publication, distribution, or display of information relating to, disclosure of responsible person or entity, required, disclosure to include information by telephone, television, radio, Internet, or other electronic mass-media advertisement, Sec. 17-5-13 am'd.

Campaign contributions, PAC to PAC transfers, prohibited, Sec. 17-5-15 am'd.

Principal campaign committees and political action committees, contributions and expenditures, reporting to Secretary of State, periodic full disclosures of sources and amounts of contributions, frequency of reporting of contributions Sec. 17-5-8 am'd.

Campaign contributions and expenditures, Secretary of State required to maintain electronic database searchable by the public

Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund, contributions, income tax refund check-off established, Act 2010-726, 2010 Reg. Sess. am'd.; Sec. 36-21-186 am'd.

Campaign contributions, candidate seeking election to a statewide office, contributions, loans to his or her own campaign, limited

Ethics, statement of economic interests, filing, minimum threshold increased, certain employees exempt, Sec. 36-25-14 am'd.

Elections, campaign funds, candidate seeking election to a statewide office, campaign funds raised and expended, limited

Governor, committee appointed to notify that Legislature is in session and ready to transact business

Legislature, Joint Rules for 2007-2010 legislative quadrennium, adopted

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

McCauley, Bryan, commended

Alzheimer's Disease Task Force, established

Speaker Emeritus, Representative Seth Hammett, named

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

House of Representatives, Senate notified that House is in session and ready to transact business

Rules of the House of Representatives for 2010 Special Session, adopted

Butler, Mr. and Mrs. James, commended

Norris, Annie Jean Williams, death mourned

Young, Allen, commended

Fairley, Nick, commended

Brouillette, Susan Beard, commended

Jetmundsen, Taylor Norman, commended

Limbaugh, Bruce, commended

Gray, Fred David, commended

Barrett, Michael Alexander, commended

Miller, Jack, commended

Jetmundsen, Jonathan Gordon, commended

Hiers, Kathie, commended

Freeman, Sherry Doss, death mourned

Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy urged to relocate National Solar Observatory headquarters to University of Alabama in Huntsville

Arkema, commended

Bachus, U. S. Representative Spencer, commended

Dowd, John Raymond, commended

Southwell, Jerry Lee, commended

Boothe, T. J., commended

Chizik, Gene, commended

Newton, Cameron, commended

Summerford, Howard Thomas, Jr., commended

McCauley, Bryan, commended

Newton, Elijah, commended

Barren, Lelia Virginia, death mourned

Willis, Ashley, commended

Thomasville High School football team, commended

Sweet Water High School football team, commended

Kennedy, Leroy, Jr., death mourned

Overlaur, Steven J., commended

Ladnier, Darrell Walker, death mourned

Dowd, John Raymond, commended

Green, Stacy A., death mourned

Retirement, Employees' Retirement System or the Teachers' Retirement System, future participants, state-paid portion and interest on retirement forfeited upon felony conviction, Retirement Systems of Alabama granted civil and criminal immunity

Campaign finance disclosure reports, electronic filing required, Secretary of State to maintain electronic database, Sec. 17-5-8 am'd.

Governor, a member of Governor's family, or a member of the Governor's cabinet, prohibited from contracting, lobbying, and working for companies that contract or lobby with the Executive Branch for two years following departure from public service, Sec. 36-25-19 am'd.

Contributions raised for a federal campaign, use in a campaign for state or local office, prohibited, penalties

Contracts, not competitively bid, Legislature by joint resolution may void ab initio

Ethics Law, lobbyist includes a person attempting to influence a state official, department, agency, or entity to enter into a contract that is not competitively bid

Ethics Law, legislators, acceptance of any thing of value, prohibited, campaign contributions excepted, penalties

Elections, campaign contributions, individual contributions to a candidate, limited, campaign funds expended by a candidate, limited

Lobbyists, registration with Ethics Commission, annual fee increased, reduced fee for lobbyist paid by tax exempt organization, Sec. 36-25-18 am'd.

Elections, campaign contributions, definitions, PAC to PAC transfers, prohibited, Secs. 17-5-2, 17-5-15 am'd.

Legislature, other gainful employment while holding office, prohibited, compensation provided for, Legislative Compensation Commission, established, Sec. 29-1-8 repealed; Act 1196, 1971 Reg. Sess.; Act 87-209, 1987 Reg. Sess.; Act 90-490, 1990 Reg. Sess.; Act 91-95, 1991 Reg. Sess.; Act 91-108, 1991 Reg. Sess.; Act 2007-75, 2007 Reg. Sess.; Amendment 57 (Sections 48.01 and 49, Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended), am'd., const. amend.

Ethics Law, members of legislature, employment as employee or teacher in other government job, prohibited, exceptions, liability for any compensation received in violation, Attorney General to enforce, Legislative Double Dipping Prohibition Act

Political action committees, state and local governmental employees, a local school board, or other governmental agency prohibited from arranging for contributions by payroll deduction or otherwise, Sec. 17-17-5 am'd.

Campaign contributions, PAC to PAC transfers, prohibited, transfers between principal campaign committees prohibited, certain expenditures limited to $5,000, Campaign Finance Transparency Act, Secs. 17-5-7, 17-5-15 am'd.

Ethics, lobbyists, may not offer anything of value to certain public officials, employees, family, and candidates; definitions, State Ethics Commission to report to Legislature regarding strengthening ethics laws in other states, Sec. 36-25-7.5 added; Sec. 36-25-1 am'd.

Ethics Law, lobbying, definition to include activity with any branch of state government, maintenance of electronic database, mandatory ethics training for public officers or employees and lobbyists, certain representation by legislators prohibited, Sec. 36-25-1.5 added

Ethics Commission, members, appointment and confirmation, investigation of complaints, subpoena power, post-investigation referral and status reports by Attorney General or district attorney, Secs. 36-25-3, 36-25-4, am'd.

Reapportionment, Interim Committee, established

State Government, Commission to Restructure, established, appointments, duties, report to Governor and Legislature

Rules, Senate, general rules of order and procedure

Senate, Special Order Calendar

Legislators (2006-2010), participating in No Child Left Behind Research Project, commended

Senate, Special Order Calendar

Senate, Special Order Calendar

Senate, Special Order Calendar