HR549 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

House of Representatives, Special Order Calendar

Summary

This resolution sets a special order calendar that makes a list of bills the top priority for the 19th legislative day, taking precedence over all other business.

What This Bill Does

Upon adoption, it designates the listed bills as the special and paramount order of business for the 19th legislative day, ahead of the regular or unfinished business. It identifies the specific bills to be considered as priorities: SB209 (supplemental general fund appropriations to several agencies), SB10 (surplus line insurance and foreign/alien insurers’ domicile requirements), SB169 (tax exemption for the Hudson-Alpha Institute for Biotechnology), SB150 (expanded arson provisions including attempts to set fires and possession of incendiary paraphernalia), and HB527 (municipal elected officials’ attendance, quorum, removal, and reinstatement, with a military service exception). It effectively sets the agenda for those items on that day rather than changing their content or law.

Who It Affects

• State agencies and judiciary (Corrections Department, Medicaid Agency, Health Department ALS clinic, Environmental Management Department Pollution Control Grant Fund, and the Supreme Court) by directing priority consideration and funding actions for SB209.
• Insurance industry (surplus line insurers and foreign/alien insurers) through the domicile-related requirements and five-year transaction rule under SB10.
• Biotechnology sector and related taxpayers (Hudson-Alpha Institute for Biotechnology) who would receive a tax exemption under SB169.
• Public safety and forestry interests, including individuals potentially charged under arson laws, due to expanded arson definitions and prohibited incendiary paraphernalia under SB150.
• Municipal governments and elected officials (mayors and council members) and residents of municipalities, since HB527 addresses attendance, quorum, removal, and reinstatement with an exception for military service.

Key Provisions

• Establishes a special and paramount order of business for the 19th legislative day, taking precedence over regular or unfinished business.
• SB209 authorizes supplemental appropriations from the General Fund to the Corrections Department, Medicaid Agency, Health Department (ALS clinic), Environmental Management Department (Pollution Control Grant Fund), and the Supreme Court for fiscal year ending September 30, 2010.
• SB10 adds requirements related to surplus line insurance and foreign/alien insurers to transact insurance for a minimum of five years in its state or country of domicile, with certain exceptions (Sec. 27-10-26 amended).
• SB169 enacts a tax exemption for the Hudson-Alpha Institute for Biotechnology (reenacted under Sec. 40-9-34).
• SB150 expands the forestry/arson statute to include the attempt to set fire to forests, grasses, or woodlands and the possession of incendiary paraphernalia (Sec. 9-13-11 amended).
• HB527 addresses attendance at meetings, quorum, removal from office, and reinstatement for elected municipal officials (mayors and council members), with a reinstatement provision for military service.

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Subjects

Resolution, Legislative