HB66 Alabama 2015 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Certified public accountants, qualifications revised, education requirements revised, Sec. 34-1-4 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, and among other qualifications, a certificate of certified public accountancy may be issued to an individual who is a United States citizen, is legally present in the United States, or has duly declared his or her intent to become a citizen</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would remove the provision allowing certification if the individual declares his or her intent to become a citizen</p><p class="bill_description"> Also under existing law, in order to be eligible to sit for the uniform CPA examination, a person must have completed a total of 150 semester hours or 225 quarter hours of education, including a baccalaureate degree at a regionally accredited college or university</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would reduce the semester and quarter hours required to 120 and 180, respectively, effective January 1, 2016</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to certified public accountants; to amend Section 34-1-4, Code of Alabama 1975, to revise the citizenship qualifications for certification, and to reduce the semester and quarter hour education requirements for eligibility to sit for the CPA examination. </p>

Subjects

Accountants