SR39 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Senate, special order calendar

Summary

SR39 sets the Senate’s special order calendar for the Eleventh Day of the 2014 session and lists nine Senate bills to be advanced, each proposing amendments to various Alabama laws.

What This Bill Does

It establishes the priority order for that day and designates specific SB proposals to be considered under the special order calendar. Each listed bill would amend different state statutes, affecting funding rules, licensure processes, purchasing, criminal justice provisions, donor and voting rules, disability placard requirements, and alarm system regulation. If enacted, these amendments would change how these areas are governed and administered in Alabama.

Who It Affects

• General Alabama residents who interact with health, safety, voting, and disability-related rules (e.g., head injury foundation funding, donor program rules, voter registration, and disabled parking placards).
• State agencies, boards, and organizations (licensing boards for engineers/land surveyors, Division of Purchasing, Electronic Security Board, Public Health Department, and related programs) and businesses affected by these statutory changes.

Key Provisions

• SB35: Amend Sec. 32-5-222 to earmark 20% of funds distributed to the Alabama Head Injury Foundation to cover administrative costs.
• SB40: Change licensure requirements for engineers and land surveyors (board-approved exam instead of an 8-hour written exam), authorize contracting with an independent testing agency, and require a simple majority for a board quorum (amends Secs. 34-11-1, 34-11-4, 34-11-6, 34-11-34).
• SB59: Allow the Division of Purchasing/Finance Department to buy personal property from vendors not on statewide contract under certain conditions (amends Sec. 41-4-110).
• SB84: Limit retroactive application of the Habitual Offender Act by repealing the retroactive provision (amends Sec. 13A-5-9.1).
• SB186: Similar to SB35, would earmark 20% of funds distributed to the Alabama Head Injury Foundation for administrative costs and transfer funds to the Public Health Department (amends Sec. 32-5-222).
• SB204: Modify rules for blood/plasma donations by donors 18 and older; amends Sec. 26-1-3.1 and repeals Sec. 26-1-3.
• SB235: Set a 17-day voter registration deadline before elections and remove the county population exception for counties with 600,000 or more residents (amends Secs. 17-3-50, 17-4-2).
• SB286: Require disabled parking placards to include the full name of the person with a disability (amends Sec. 32-6-231).
• SB147: Require certain verification of alarm signals by alarm monitoring companies and give enforcement authority to the Electronic Security Board of Licensure (amends Sec. 34-1A-1; adds Sec. 34-1A-11).

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Subjects

Resolutions, Legislative