HB384 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Victor Gaston

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Code of Alabama 1975, Acts of 2009 First Special Session and 2010 Regular Session as contained in 2010 supplements and replacement volumes, codified with certain corrections, local permanent laws of certain counties codified, duties of Secretary of State

Summary

HB384 would officially adopt and incorporate into the Code of Alabama 1975 the 2009-2010 laws and related replacement and local volumes, creating a continuous codification and setting custody and certification duties for the Secretary of State and the Code Publisher.

What This Bill Does

It adopts into the Code the general and permanent laws enacted during the 2009 First Special Session and the 2010 Regular Session, as reflected in the 2010 Cumulative Supplements and Replacement Volumes. It also adopts the 2010 supplements to local law volumes. It states that this adoption creates a continuous, systematic codification of the entire Code and does not affect other 2010 Special Session statutes or 2011 statutes, while detailing duties for the Secretary of State regarding custody and filing of these volumes.

Who It Affects

• Secretary of State: responsible for custody, filing, and certification of the 2010 Cumulative Supplements and Replacement Volumes.
• Code Publisher (West Group): responsible for editing/publishing the 2010 Replacement Volumes and confirming duties have been discharged.
• Local governments/counties: their 2010 local law supplements are adopted into the Code, affecting how local statutes are codified.
• General public / Code users: the Code will reflect the newly adopted laws and local provisions, representing the current law in Alabama.

Key Provisions

• Adopts and incorporates into the Code of Alabama 1975 the 2009 First Special Session and 2010 Regular Session laws as contained in the 2010 Cumulative Supplements and 2010 Replacement Volumes (7A, 17A, 18, 18A) and the local law supplements.
• Declares that this adoption constitutes a continuous systematic codification of the entire Code and does not affect other 2010 Special Session statutes or 2011 session statutes.
• Specifies the duties of the Secretary of State regarding custody and filing of the adopted supplements and replacement volumes, including certification upon request with a law-specified fee.
• Notes that West Group, as Code Publisher, has certified it fulfilled its duties editing/publishing the 2010 Replacement Volumes, making nonsubstantive changes as directed, without substantive content changes.
• Requires immediate effectiveness upon passage and approval, with transmitted volumes filed by the Secretary of State and kept on file, not removed, and capable of certification upon proper certificate and seal.
• States that the act does not repeal, supersede, amend, or affect any statutes enacted in the 2010 Special Sessions or the 2011 session.

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Subjects

Code of Alabama