HR461 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

House of Representatives, Consent Calendar

Summary

HR461 creates a Consent Calendar process for a set of bills to be considered together on a specific day with limited debate and no amendments.

What This Bill Does

Establishes a Consent Calendar under the Rules Committee to place certain bills for consideration on the 24th legislative day (or later if not reached) with an objection deadline by adjournment on the 23rd day. Bills on the Consent Calendar may not be amended, substituted, debated, or carried over. Lists HB435, HB492, and HB517 as the bills to be considered on the Consent Calendar, with described changes to each.

Who It Affects

• Motor vehicle owners and operators, especially those with heavy vehicles, due to changes in heavy vehicle tax payment proof and registration rules under HB435.
• Residents and taxpayers in Marion and Winston counties (Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuit) affected by funding changes for the public defender office under HB492.
• People with retirement accounts, including Roth IRAs, and professionals involved in trusts and estate planning, due to changes to the Uniform Probate Code in HB517.

Key Provisions

• Creates a Consent Calendar process to be used for listed bills, with consideration on the 24th legislative day or later and an objection deadline by adjournment on the 23rd day.
• Bills on the Consent Calendar may not be amended, substituted, debated, or carried over.
• HB435 changes: clarifies heavy vehicle federal excise tax payment, requires proof of payment for registration, deletes outdated weight references, and repeals superseded registration deadline provisions (amends Sec. 32-6-58 and repeals Sec. 40-12-267).
• HB492 and HB517 changes: HB492 provides funding for the Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuit public defender office and repeals Act 720 of 1978; HB517 amends the Uniform Probate Code to include Roth IRAs as qualified trusts for purposes of limitations on assignment and alienation (amends Sec. 19-3B-508).

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Subjects

Resolutions, Legislative