SB255 Alabama 2014 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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William “Bill” M. Beasley SenatorDemocrat - Co-Sponsors
- Tom WhatleyClay Scofield
- 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
Assigned Act No. 2014-188.
Signature Requested
Enrolled
Passed Second House
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 926
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Agriculture and Forestry
Engrossed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 172
Beasley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 171
Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Amendment Offered
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
Bill Text
Votes
Beasley motion to Adopt
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature