HJR73 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Terri CollinsRepresentative

Republican

Co-Sponsors

Kerry RichRod ScottPebblin W. WarrenKen JohnsonMary Sue McClurkinJim PattersonDonnie ChesteenGreg BurdineMicky HammonKurt Wallace

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Municipal Business License Interim Task Force, created

Summary

Creates a Municipal Business License Interim Task Force to study and plan for streamlining municipal business licenses and moving toward an online filing system.

What This Bill Does

If enacted, the bill would form a Task Force to study ways to simplify how businesses apply for and pay municipal licenses, with a goal of enabling online filings in the future. It will examine delivery license reform, the use of third-party collectors and auditors, and making license types and calculations more uniform across municipalities, plus other issues the group identifies. The Task Force will include representatives from key municipal and business groups, plus one nonvoting advisor from the Department of Revenue; appointments must be made within 45 days. The Task Force must report its recommendations to the Legislature by the first day of the 2015 Regular Session and then be dissolved; members are reimbursed for travel but do not receive pay, and meetings must follow Open Meetings rules.

Who It Affects

• Municipalities and their licensing operations, as they may implement changes to licensing processes and potentially move toward an online filing system.
• Businesses that operate in multiple municipalities and the trade associations representing them, as they would participate in the study and may benefit from more uniform license rules and easier compliance.

Key Provisions

• Creates the Municipal Business License Interim Task Force to study and develop recommendations.
• Task force composition includes 3 voting members from the Alabama League of Municipalities; 3 from the Alabama Municipal Revenue Officers Association; 2 from the Alabama Retail Association; 2 from the Business Council of Alabama; 2 from the Alabama Chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business; and one advisory nonvoting member from the Department of Revenue.
• Appointments must be made in writing within 45 days of the bill's effective date; members serve at the pleasure of their appointing authorities.
• Administrative support provided by the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House; members reimbursed for travel, not paid a salary.
• The Task Force is subject to the Open Meetings Act.
• Organizational meeting within 90 days; chair and vice chair elected by the group; seven-member quorum; seven affirmative votes required to approve any matter.
• Task force must reflect diverse racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic backgrounds.
• Recommendations due to the Legislature on the first legislative day of the 2015 Regular Session; after delivering the recommendations, the Task Force is dissolved.
• Study topics include delivery license reform, third-party collection administration, and greater uniformity in license types, classifications, and calculations, plus other issues the task force identifies.

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Subjects

Resolutions, Legislative