HR842 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

House of Representatives, Special Order Calendar

Summary

HR842 would set a special, priority calendar for the 26th legislative day, placing a list of bills on the fast track for consideration.

What This Bill Does

It designates the listed bills as the special and paramount order of business for the 26th day, taking precedence over regular or unfinished business. It specifies the exact bills and the changes they would involve, including funding for the PACT program, changes to driver license revocation rules, tax and fiscal amendments, death benefits, attorney fees, controlled substances, kinship guardianships, occupational disease definitions, and presidential primary provisions. It does not enact these changes by itself but prioritizes them for debate and potential passage on that day.

Who It Affects

• Group 1: Members of the Alabama House and staff (particularly the Rules Committee and sponsors) who would implement the special order and consider the listed bills on the 26th day.
• Group 2: Public and stakeholders affected by the proposed policy changes in the prioritized bills (e.g., students and families in the PACT program; drivers and license rules; taxpayers and food tax policies; law enforcement officers and families; kinship guardians and guardianship program participants; medical examiners and licensing bodies; individuals affected by controlled substances laws; voters and counties related to elections and presidential preference primary provisions).

Key Provisions

• Designates SB162, SB349, HB1, HB546, HB652, HB697, HB617, HB633, and HB33 as the special and paramount order of business for the 26th legislative day, ahead of other business.
• SB162: Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (PACT) program funding—annual appropriations from the Education Trust Fund to the PACT Fund for a specified period, plus repeal of Sec. 16-33C-9.
• SB349: Authority to revoke a driver's license for a youth adjudicated under a charge of manslaughter or homicide by vehicle (amends Sec. 32-5A-195).
• HB1: State income tax provisions related to federal deduction limitations, removal of state sales tax on food, and a constitutional amendment (Amendment 225; Sec. 211.04) to be repealed/ amended as described.
• HB546: Death benefits for law enforcement officers, firefighters, and volunteer firefighters; removes requirement that death occur within 10 years of injury (Sec. 36-30-2 amendments).
• HB652: Changes to attorney fees related to Medical Examiners, State Board of Medical Examiners, and Medical Licensure Commission (amends Secs. 34-24-380, 34-24-381).
• HB697: Includes HU-210, JWH-018, and JWH-073 in the list of controlled substances.
• HB617: Kinship guardianships—including a kinship guardianship subsidy program, procedures for establishing kinship guardianships, and the legal authority of kinship guardians (Secs. 12-15-301, 12-15-314, 12-15-315, 38-12-2, 38-12-4).
• HB633: Extends death and disability benefits to all law enforcement officers (municipal police, state troopers, and others) and expands the occupational disease definition to include cancer, AIDS, and hepatitis (Secs. 36-30-20 to 36-30-23).
• HB33: Elections—presidential preference primary; counties recognizing Mardi Gras as a county holiday with special provisions; expenses reimbursable by the state; retroactive effect (Sec. 17-16-2).

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Subjects

Resolution, Legislative