SB122 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jimmy Holley

Republican

Co-Sponsors

J.T. WaggonerDick BrewbakerGerald O. DialQuinton RossDel MarshPaul BussmanGerald H. AllenGreg J. ReedPaul SanfordMark Slade BlackwellArthur OrrClay ScofieldHarri Anne SmithCam WardBryan TaylorJerry L. FieldingPhillip W. WilliamsTom WhatleyScott BeasonRusty Glover

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Joint Committee on Legislative Operations, Senate Committee on Senate Operations, House Committee on House Operations created, authorized to employ personnel of Legislative Reference Service, Legislative Fiscal Office, Examiners of Public Accounts, and House of Representatives and Senate, other administrative functions assigned, Legislative Council, Joint Fiscal Committee, Legislative Committee on Public Accounts, Legislative Building Authority, abolished, Secs. 8-6-53, 8-19C-3, 9-11-68, 9-11-69, 11-100-4, 16-5-8.3, 16-6B-11, 17-11-42, 29-1-22, 29-1-24, 29-2-52, 29-2-200, 29-2-201, 29-4-20, 29-4-22, 29-4-25, 29-4-30, 29-4-32, 29-4-35, 29-4-40, 29-4-42, 29-5-2, 29-5-3, 29-5-4, 29-5-13, 29-7-2, 29-7-4, 29-7-6, 29-7-10, 29-8-1, 29-8-2, 29-8-3, 29-8-4, 29-8-5, 30-3-8, 33-2-185, 34-14B-5, 36-7-24, 36-7-25, 36-13-30, 36-25-4.2, 38-7A-4, 40-2-9, 40-23-203, 41-5-3, 41-5-6, 41-5-9, 41-9-374, 41-9-715, 41-10-44.5, 41-16-27, 41-16-82, 41-19-3, 41-19-3.1, 41-20-4, 41-21-4, 41-21-7, 41-22-3, 41-22-22, 41-22-23, 41-22-24 am'd.; Secs. 29-2-50, 29-2-51, 29-6-1 to 29-6-7, inclusive, 29-7-5, 41-5-18, 41-15-19 repealed

Summary

SB122 would reorganize Alabama’s legislative structure by abolishing several existing bodies, creating new joint and single-house committees, and consolidating staff and functions under a centralized Legislative Services Agency.

What This Bill Does

It abolishes the Legislative Council, the House Legislative Council, the Senate-elected Legislative Council, the Joint Committee on Administrative Regulation Review, the Legislative Committee on Public Accounts, the Joint Fiscal Committee, the Legislative Building Authority, and the Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment, and transfers their powers to a new Joint Committee on Legislative Operations, the House Committee on House Administration, the Senate Committee on Senate Administration, and the Legislative Services Agency. It assigns the agency responsibility for personnel, budgeting, accounting, and purchasing for all Legislative Department entities, and requires a roster of applicants and salary schedules for key offices. It requires the agency to maintain a public website listing legislative expenditures, salaries, expenses, and contracts. It also integrates the Alabama Law Institute into the Legislative Department with changed governance, and allows staged implementation of the changes.

Who It Affects

• Members and staff of the Alabama Legislature (House and Senate) who would operate under the new Joint Committee on Legislative Operations and the two single-house committees, with revised oversight and administrative structures.
• Employees and offices within the Legislative Reference Service, Legislative Fiscal Office, and Alabama Law Institute, whose employment terms, salaries, and reporting lines would be standardized and reassigned under the new agencies.

Key Provisions

• Creation of the Joint Committee on Legislative Operations, the House Committee on House Administration, and the Senate Committee on Senate Administration, with specified membership and quadrennial election rules.
• Abolition of the Legislative Council, Joint Committee on Administrative Regulation Review, Legislative Committee on Public Accounts, Joint Fiscal Committee, Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment, and Legislative Building Authority, with transfer of powers and property to the new bodies.
• Establishment of the Legislative Services Agency to manage personnel, budgeting, purchasing, space allocation, IT operations (Legislative Data Center), security, and related administrative tasks for the Legislative Department.
• Appointment of the Director of Legislative Services by the Joint Committee on Legislative Operations and creation of a Chief of Legislative Operations, along with a Director of Human Resources and a Director of Technology to support agency operations.
• Requirement that the agency maintain a public website listing names, salaries, expenses of all Legislative Department employees, and contracts entered into on behalf of any entity in the Legislative Department.

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Subjects

Legislature