HR190 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

House of Representatives, Special Order Calendar

Summary

This House resolution sets eight bills as the special, top-priority agenda for the 16th legislative day in Alabama.

What This Bill Does

If adopted, it makes the eight listed bills the special and paramount order of business for the 16th day, taking precedence over all other regular or unfinished business. It identifies HB87, HB400, HB404, HB78, HB45, HB410, HB403, and HB373 as the items to be considered first. It also indicates the general topics these bills would address, ranging from licensing rules to regulatory updates, without enacting them into law. This is a scheduling action, not a passage of the bills themselves.

Who It Affects

• Members of the Alabama House of Representatives and legislative staff, since their agenda and discussion focus are redirected to these eight bills on the specified day.
• Sponsors and authors of the listed bills, along with stakeholders and the public interested in these specific policy areas, whose bills would be prioritized for consideration on the 16th day.

Key Provisions

• HB87 would amend numerous sections of the Preneed Funeral Services provisions (27-17A-2, 27-17A-3, 27-17A-10, 27-17A-11, 27-17A-12, 27-17A-13, 27-17A-14, 27-17A-18, 27-17A-22, 27-17A-23, 27-17A-25, 27-17A-31, 27-17A-32, 27-17A-34, 27-17A-40, 27-17A-42, 27-17A-44, 27-17A-47, 27-17A-50, 27-17A-55) and add sections 27-17A-11.1 and 27-17A-57, updating licensing/regulation for preneed funeral services.
• HB400 would amend multiple sections of the motor vehicle dealer licensing laws (40-12-264, 40-12-390, 40-12-391, 40-12-392, 40-12-395, 40-12-396, 40-12-398, 40-12-400) to change licensing processes, penalties, and related rules, including (per the description) decreasing the time to obtain licenses and defining related bond and tag requirements.
• HB404 would revise tobacco product definitions, remove archaic language, add new Section 40-25-16.1, and amend sections 40-25-1, 40-25-2, 40-25-4, 40-25-7, 40-25-8, 40-25-9, 40-25-13, 40-25-20, and 40-2A-10, updating the regulatory framework for tobacco products and penalties.
• HB78 would authorize municipal planning commissions to approve minor subdivisions administratively without notice or a public hearing under certain conditions, amending Section 11-52-31.
• HB45 would authorize the display of the Ten Commandments on state property and in public schools, and would involve a constitutional amendment.
• HB410 would create emergency broadcasting provisions including training and certification by the Homeland Security Department and access to facilities to repair and restart broadcasting during emergencies.
• HB403 would adjust boundaries related to territorial waters and submerged lands, amending Section 41-1-1.
• HB373 would define prepaid wireless service for sales and use tax purposes and address taxation of prepaid calling cards and prepaid authorization numbers, amending Sections 40-23-1 and 40-23-60.

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Subjects

Resolution, Legislative