HR752 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

House of Representatives, Special Order Calendar

Summary

This resolution sets a special order calendar to fast-track a group of education and related funding bills for the 23rd legislative day until they are disposed of.

What This Bill Does

It designates nine bills (HB274, HB271, HB272, HB273, HB276, HB277, HB743, HB724, HB162) as the special and paramount order of business for the 23rd day, taking precedence over regular and unfinished business and continuing on subsequent days until disposed. The bills cover education budgets and appropriations for public education, funding for Talladega College, Tuskegee University, and Lyman Ward Military Academy, and various education funding provisions for fiscal year 2010. It also includes bond-related actions for the Public School and College Authority, transfers of funds between education-related accounts, and a change to the homestead exemption for jointly owned property (HB162).

Who It Affects

• Education institutions and local boards of education (through prioritized consideration of appropriations, debt service, and bond-related actions for public education, colleges, and academies).
• Homeowners and taxpayers (through changes to the homestead exemption for jointly owned property, affecting who can claim the exemption).

Key Provisions

• Designates the listed bills as the special and paramount order of business for the 23rd legislative day, taking precedence over regular and unfinished business.
• HB274 – Education budget and appropriations for the support, maintenance, and development of public education.
• HB271 – Talladega College, appropriation; HB272 – Tuskegee University, appropriation; HB273 – Lyman Ward Military Academy, appropriation.
• HB276 – Education Appropriations Act for fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, including debt service on certain bonds and changes in funding from the Capital Improvement Trust Fund and Education Trust Fund; includes supplemental appropriation for debt service on certain Public School and College Authority bonds; Act 2009-339 amended.
• HB277 – Children First Trust Fund receipts allocated for the State Board of Education transferred to the General Fund in fiscal year ending 2010.
• HB743 – Public School and College Authority bonds issuance for public education, revenue pledged from the Public School Fund, refunding bonds authorized, and an allocation to repay the Education Trust Fund for appropriations made in Act 2009-339 to local boards for school bus fleet renewal and investments.
• HB724 – Education Trust Fund Appropriations Act; Legislature authorized to appropriate Public School Funds to local boards of education for operating expenses.
• HB162 – Homestead exemption for jointly owned property; exemption applies only to the qualified owner; amendments to sections 40-9-19 and 40-9-21.

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Subjects

Resolution, Legislative