SB343 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Arthur OrrSenator

Republican

Co-Sponsors

Phillip W. WilliamsClay Scofield

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Governor's Mansion Authority, established, members, duties, funding, employees, Governor's Mansion Advisory Board abolished, Secs. 41-9-530 to 41-9-532, inclusive, repealed

Summary

Creates the Governor's Mansion Authority to preserve, operate, and maintain Alabama's Governor's Mansion and its surrounding Complex, replacing the Governor's Mansion Advisory Board.

What This Bill Does

Establishes a state agency to manage the Governor's Mansion Complex, set preservation rules, and oversee property and contents. It appoints a diverse governing board, allocates funding and staff, and allows the Authority to accept gifts, grants, and loans, hire experts, and run visitor services such as tours and a visitor center. It also transfers ownership of the property to the Authority, creates a dedicated preservation fund, and requires approval from the Authority for major exterior and interior changes to the Mansion (with some exceptions for private living quarters).

Who It Affects

• Governor and the First Family, who will have private living quarters within the Mansion Complex and receive decisions about scheduling and interior changes to private living spaces.
• Public, educators, historians, visitors, and state entities, who gain public access to tours and educational materials, along with the use and funding of the Governor's Mansion Complex managed by the Authority.

Key Provisions

• Provision 1: Establishes the Governor's Mansion Authority to preserve, operate, and maintain the Governor's Mansion Complex and to promulgate rules, while repealing the Governor's Mansion Advisory Board (Sections 41-9-530 to 41-9-532).
• Provision 2: Transfers ownership of the Mansion Complex and its contents to the Authority, creates the Governor's Mansion Preservation Fund, and grants the Authority powers to receive gifts, hire staff and specialists, contract with organizations, operate tours and a visitor center, charge fees, and maintain tax-exempt status.

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Subjects

Governor's Mansion Authority