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SB255 Alabama 2014 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021
SB255 Alabama 2014 Session
Senate Bill
Enacted
Current Status
Regular Session 2014
Session
3
Sponsors

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2014
Title
Cotton producers, assessments for promotion of cotton, refund provisions deleted, Amendment 388, Sec. 93.06 of Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, const. amend.
Description

Under existing law, cotton producers are authorized, after a referendum, to levy an assessment on all cotton producers to fund promotional programs and activities related to the production, improvement, marketing, use, and sale of cotton. In the administration of the program and after collection, the program is required to provide for refunds to cotton growers who do not desire to participate.

This bill would propose a constitutional amendment to delete the requirement for refunds to cotton producers.

Subjects
Agriculture and Industries Department

Bill Actions

H

Assigned Act No. 2014-188.

H

Signature Requested

S

Enrolled

S

Passed Second House

H

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 926

H

Third Reading Passed

H

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Agriculture and Forestry

S

Engrossed

S

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 172

S

Beasley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 171

S

Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Amendment Offered

S

Third Reading Passed

S

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry

Bill Text

Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

January 28, 2014 Senate Passed
Yes 22
Absent 13

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

March 20, 2014 House Passed
Yes 96
No 1
Abstained 2
Absent 5

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature