HB826 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Mike Ball

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Campaign contributions, reports required to include occupation and name of employer of contributor, 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, state agencies, Internet database of state expenditures, Comptroller to include subcontracts and purchase orders, competitive bids, exemption granted to Legislature, certain colleges and universities, and Postsecondary Education Department for professional services, removed, Alabama Full Disclosure Act, Sec. 36-25-5.1 added, Secs. 17-5-8, 41-4-65, 41-16-72 am'd.; Act 2009-750, 2009 Reg. Sess.; Act 2009-751, 2009 Reg. Sess.

Description

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 name of the employer of the contributor.

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.

Under existing law, the procurement of professional services by any agency, department, board, bureau, commission, authority, public corporation, or instrumentality of the State of Alabama is conducted through a competitive bid process; however, the Legislature and colleges and universities governed by a board of trustees or the Department of Postsecondary Education are exempt from this provision of law.

This bill would remove the exemption granted to the Legislature and colleges and universities governed by a board of trustees or the Department of Postsecondary Education in the procurement of professional services.

Current law requires the Comptroller to establish and post on the Internet a database of state expenditures, including contracts and grants that are electronically searchable by the public.

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

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Subjects

Campaign Contributions