SB141 Alabama 2011 Session
In Committee
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2011
Title
Schools, exercise and recreation facilities, joint use agreements between schools, local governments, and private entities, immunity from liability, legislative findings
Description
<p class="bill_description"> This bill would encourage joint use
agreements between public school districts, local
governments, and private entities for recreation
and exercise facilities, and to provide immunity
from liability for participating school districts</p><p class="bill_description">
Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama
of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the
Official Recompilation of the Constitution of
Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general
law whose purpose or effect would be to require a
new or increased expenditure of local funds from
becoming effective with regard to a local
governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote
unless: it comes within one of a number of
specified exceptions; it is approved by the
affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates
funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to
the entity for the purpose</p><p class="bill_description">
The purpose or effect of this bill would be
to require a new or increased expenditure of local
funds within the meaning of the amendment. However,
the bill does not require approval of a local
governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to
become effective because it comes within one of the
specified exceptions contained in the amendment</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to public K-12 education; to encourage
joint use agreements between public school districts, local
governments, and private entities regarding recreation and
exercise facilities; to provide immunity from liability for
school districts under certain circumstances; to provide
legislative findings; to provide definitions; to provide for
rulemaking; to provide an effective date; and in connection
therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement
of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the
meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of
1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official
Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as
amended.
</p>
Subjects
Education
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| March 3, 2011 | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation Education |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | SB141 Alabama 2011 Session - Introduced |