HJR495 Alabama 2014 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Marcel Black
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2014
Title: Mechanics Liens, Interm Study Commission on, established
Summary: Establishes an Interim Study Commission on Mechanics' Lien to review Alabama's mechanics' lien laws and propose reforms.
What This Bill Does
Creates a 10-member Interim Study Commission on Mechanics' Lien, with appointees from lawmakers and various construction, banking, real estate, and law groups. Tasked with studying all aspects of the current mechanics' lien law as it applies to real property and reviewing any proposed or future legislation. Requires the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature by the fifth legislative day of the 2015 Regular Session, after which the Commission is dissolved. Allows clerical support and outlines compensation, per diem, and travel expense rules for legislative members, with a funding cap of $1,000 for the Commission's expenditures.

Who It Affects
State representatives and state senators who will serve on the Commission and receive compensation per law (subject to session rules).
Construction industry participants (general contractors, subcontractors, and builders) who are represented on the Commission and may influence future lien reform.
Industry professionals connected to concrete, title insurance, real estate, and banking (concrete industry members, title insurers, realtors, and bankers) who will participate in the study and may be affected by eventual changes to lien rules.

Key Provisions
Establishes the Interim Study Commission on Mechanics' Lien to study all facets of the existing mechanics' and materialmen's lien law and review proposed or to-be-proposed legislation.
Defines the Commission membership: 1 state representative, 1 state senator, plus 8 industry representatives (general contractor, banker, concrete industry, Alabama Law Institute, title insurance, real estate, builder/contractor, and subcontractor).
Requires the Commission to be inclusive and reflect the state's diversity in race, gender, geography, and economic status.
Tasks the Speaker of the House to convene the Commission within 60 days of enactment; chair and vice chair to be elected at the first meeting; regular meeting dates set by the Commission.
Requires the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than the fifth legislative day of the 2015 Regular Session; after reporting, the Commission dissolves.
Provides clerical support through the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House as requested by the chair.
Legislative members receive compensation, per diem, and travel expenses as provided by law; non-legislative members’ compensation details are not specified in the bill.
Total expenditures of the Commission are capped at $1,000.

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Subjects: Resolutions, Legislative