HR135 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

House of Representatives, Special Order Calendar

Summary

HR135 is a House Rules resolution that sets a special order calendar, giving priority to a list of bills on the 5th legislative day.

What This Bill Does

If enacted, the resolution makes specific listed bills the special and paramount order of business for the 5th legislative day, ahead of regular or unfinished business. It establishes the order in which those bills will be considered and does not change any bill’s content; it only affects scheduling. The listed bills cover topics such as energy codes, child custody and abduction prevention, guardianships, trademarks, license plates, firearms, elections, seafood licensing, grandparent visitation, and other regulatory issues.

Who It Affects

• Members of the Alabama House of Representatives, who will consider the listed bills first on the 5th day as the special order of business.
• Officials, sponsors, and staff associated with the listed bills, who will have their measures prioritized for debate and potential passage on that day.

Key Provisions

• Immediately upon adoption, the specified business becomes the special and paramount order of business for the 5th legislative day, taking precedence over regular or pending business.
• HB264 — Renames and expands the Alabama Residential Energy Code Board to the Alabama Energy and Residential Codes Board; adopts modern building and energy codes compliant with federal law; implementation by counties and municipalities; increases board members; excludes certain farm structures; requires sprinkler systems; amendments to multiple sections.
• HB213 — Addresses child custody disputes and procedures for prevention of child abduction; outlines credible risk factors for abduction and provisions for international abduction and emergency measures; relates to Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act.
• HB114 — Establishes provisions on guardianships and conservatorships; covers jurisdiction, transfer of proceedings to another state, and enforcement of guardianship and protective orders from other states; references Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act and related sections.
• HB165 — Trademarks: registration, protection, renewal for goods and services; civil remedies; amendments to related sections.
• HB262 — Sets up eligibility for a free license tag for widows/widowers of firefighters or volunteer firefighters who die in the line of duty; related to license tag provisions.
• HB115 — Changes the date for limited partnerships to align with a new business and nonprofit entities code (date shift from 2012 to 2011); amendments to the cited section.
• HB247 — Controlled substances/prescription drug monitoring program; allows meetings of the advisory committee to be held electronically or by proxy; permits out-of-state access to the monitoring database; authorizes use of related fees for database operations.
• HB188 — Emergency telephone districts; provisions for employees receiving and disbursing funds; bond requirements.
• HB161 — Municipal elections; adds or clarifies provisions for candidacy statements, provisional voting, absentee ballots, recounts, and related processes.
• HB244 — Shrimp licenses and regulation for saltwater bait shrimp; regulates shrimping areas for bait and the number of baskets a licensee may possess.
• HB32 — Grandparents’ visitation rights; considerations by courts in determining the best interests of the child.
• HB2 — Short-barreled rifles/shotguns; prohibits possession, sale, receipt, obtaining, or use; enumerates penalties; repeals a related statute.
• HB120 — Elections; authorizes the legislature to appoint alternate election officers through local law (modifies appointment provisions).
• HB258 — Attorney General opinions; allows distribution of electronic copies by e-mail in lieu of paper copies; requires posting on the Internet.
• HB259 — Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision; sets transfer application fees and exemptions; directs distribution to the Pardons and Paroles Board for Probationer’s Upkeep Fund.
• HB302 — Conservation and Natural Resources Department; changes to commercial bird hunting licenses, including alternate licenses when a regular license is not required; adjusts license fees and related requirements.
• HB205 — Motor vehicles; increases length/width allowances for certain vehicles; authorizes articulated buses to operate on state highways with updated specifications.
• HB211 — Criminal littering; expands enforcement with county license inspectors and solid waste officers; modifies the distribution of fines.

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Subjects

Resolution, Legislative