HJR62 Alabama 2016 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Mac McCutcheon
Republican
Session: First Special Session 2016
Title: Joint Legislative Task Force on Budget Reform, created
Summary: HJR62 creates a Joint Legislative Task Force on Budget Reform to study Alabama's budgeting and tax system and propose long-term reforms.
What This Bill Does
It establishes a 14-member task force (7 House members and 7 Senate members, including minority caucus members) to review the state's budgeting process and propose changes. The task force would consider a biennial budgeting cycle, require more performance reviews, allow unearmarked funds for better oversight, and analyze tax credits and exemptions to improve revenue and fairness, while identifying areas for targeted tax relief. It would meet monthly, report findings by the fifth day of the 2017 Regular Session, and then be dissolved, with support staff and member compensation provided as described.

Who It Affects
Members of the Alabama House and Senate (including minority caucus members) who will serve on the task force and receive compensation and travel expenses.
Alabama residents and state agencies, who could see changes in budgeting practices and tax policy, potentially influencing how services are funded and which tax credits are revised or streamlined.

Key Provisions
Creates the Joint Legislative Task Force on Budget Reform to examine budget structure and propose long-term budget and tax reforms.
Composition: seven House members appointed by the Speaker (two from the minority) and seven Senate members appointed by the President Pro Tempore (two from the minority).
Duties include: (a) implementing a biennial budgeting cycle for the Education Trust Fund and General Fund; (b) requiring greater performance and program reviews; (c) unearmarking funds to increase legislative oversight and budgeting flexibility; (d) reviewing tax credits, deductions, and exemptions that cause about $4.5 billion in annual revenue loss and shaping policies to ensure future credits provide economic gains; (e) identifying areas for tax relief without significantly harming budgets.
Timeline: first meeting by September 30, 2016; monthly meetings; report to the Legislature by the fifth legislative day of the 2017 Regular Session; then the task force is dissolved.
Compensation and support: members receive regular legislative pay, per diem, and travel expenses, with clerical support provided as needed.

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Subjects: Resolutions, Legislative