HB271 Alabama 2016 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Victor Gaston
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2016
Title: Code of Alabama 1975, Acts of 2015 Regular Session as contained in 2015 supplements and replacement volumes, codified with certain corrections, local laws of certain counties codified, duties of Secretary of State
Summary: HB271 updates the Code of Alabama 1975 by adopting the 2015 general and permanent laws, local laws, and editorial corrections, effectively codifying recent statutes.
What This Bill Does
It adopts into the Code of Alabama 1975 the general and permanent laws enacted during the 2015 Regular Session, using the 2015 Cumulative Supplement and Replacement Volumes (12, 12A, 14, 14A). It also begins to adopt 2015 Volume 22J (Local Laws Lamar to Lee Counties) and the related 2015 local-law supplements into the Code. It makes editorial corrections to certain replacement and cumulative volumes, states that this adoption forms a continuous, systematic codification of the entire Code, and assigns custody and certification duties to the Secretary of State and the Code Publisher.

Who It Affects
State government agencies and the Code Publisher (Thomson Reuters) who are responsible for editing, publishing, and certifying the updated code and maintaining custody of the volumes.
Local governments and residents in the Lamar to Lee Counties area whose local ordinances are being added to the official Code through Volume 22J and the related local supplements.

Key Provisions
Adopts the 2015 general and permanent laws contained in the 2015 Cumulative Supplement for Volumes 3–11A, 12B–13A, 15A–22A and the 2015 Replacement Volumes 12, 12A, 14, 14A, including Code Commissioner editorial changes.
Initial adoption of 2015 Volume 22J (Local Laws Lamar to Lee Counties) and incorporation of the 2015 local-law supplements into the Code of Alabama 1975.
Makes corrections: delete Part 2 of Article 22, Chapter 37, Title 45 and delete Section 29-6-2.1 to remove duplicative language and an editorial scriveners error.
Declares that the adoption constitutes a continuous systematic codification of the entire Code of Alabama 1975 and that the act is a law that adopts a code (not a general statute repeal).
Thomson Reuters is certified to have discharged its duties in editing/publishing the 2015 Replacement Volumes (with nonsubstantive corrections).
Assigns duties to the Secretary of State for custody of the cumulative supplements, replacement volumes, and the initial volume, and allows certification of parts upon proper request and fee.
The act does not repeal or affect statutes enacted in the 2015 Special Session or the 2016 session and becomes effective immediately after approval.

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Subjects: Code of Alabama