SB277 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jimmy Holley

Republican

Co-Sponsor

Gerald O. Dial

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Code of Alabama 1975, Acts of 2012 Regular Session and 2012 First Special Session as contained in 2012 supplements and replacement volumes, codified with certain corrections, local laws of certain counties codified, duties of Secretary of State, Secs. 34-17-21 am'd.

Summary

SB277 would add the 2012 general, local, and replacement laws into the Code of Alabama 1975 and set who handles the codified volumes and their custody.

What This Bill Does

It incorporates the state’s 2012 laws (from the 2012 Regular and First Special Sessions) as shown in the 2012 Cumulative Supplements and Replacement Volumes, and initially includes Volume 22G (Local Laws Etowah–Geneva Counties). It also restores a specific licensing-qualification language for the Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects. The bill declares this adoption creates a continuous codification of the entire Code and clarifies it does not affect other 2013 statutes, while assigning duties to the Code Publisher and the Secretary of State for handling the supplements and volumes. It becomes effective immediately upon governor’s approval and requires transmission to the Secretary of State for filing and custody.

Who It Affects

• Code Publisher (West Group) and the Secretary of State, who are responsible for editing/publishing, certifying, and custodial handling of the 2012 supplements and replacement volumes.
• Local governments and residents/businesses affected by the 2012 laws, including Etowah to Geneva Counties whose local Volume 22G and local supplements are added to the Code, and the Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects whose licensing language is restored.

Key Provisions

• Adopts into the Code of Alabama 1975 the general and permanent laws enacted during the 2012 Regular Session and 2012 First Special Session as contained in the 2012 Cumulative Supplements and 2012 Replacement Volumes (11, 11A, 13, 20) and includes initial adoption of Volume 22G (Local Laws Etowah–Geneva Counties).
• Adopts the 2012 local supplements to local law volumes and makes corrections as identified by the Code Commissioner and West Group, who published the 2012 supplements and replacement volumes.
• Restores subdivision (3) of Section 34-17-21 from the 2012 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 18, page 127, clarifying licensing qualifications for the Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects.
• Declares the adoption constitutes a continuous systematic codification of the entire Code of Alabama 1975 and that the act does not affect other 2013 session statutes.
• Specifies duties of the Code Publisher and the Secretary of State regarding editing, custody, filing, and certification of the cumulative supplements and replacement volumes, and requires transmission of these volumes to the Secretary of State with immediate effectiveness after passage.

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Subjects

Code of Alabama