SJR52 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Feb 24, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Del Marsh
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2017
Title: Joint Legislative Task Force on Budget Reform, continued
Summary: SJR52 continues the Joint Legislative Task Force on Budget Reform to study Alabama's budgeting process and propose long-term budget and tax reforms.
What This Bill Does
It reactivates the Budget Reform Task Force, outlining its purpose to examine the state budgeting structure and recommend reforms. It sets the task force membership from both Senate and House, directs them to evaluate budgeting practices (including adjustments to the Education Trust Fund and General Fund), require performance reviews, consider unearmarking funds for oversight, and review tax credits and exemptions to reduce revenue losses while ensuring economic gain. The task force must produce an Interim Report by the end of 2017 and a final report by the fifth legislative day of 2018, after which it will be dissolved; members receive standard compensation and expenses for meetings.

Who It Affects
State legislators serving on the task force will evaluate budgeting practices, attend monthly meetings, and produce reports, with their compensation provided for by state funds.
Alabama residents and taxpayers may be affected by potential changes to how state dollars are spent and which tax credits, deductions, and exemptions exist, including possible tax relief opportunities without major budget impacts.

Key Provisions
Creates/continues the Joint Legislative Task Force on Budget Reform to examine the structure and design of the state budgeting process and recommend long-term budget and tax reforms.
Membership includes specified Senators and Representatives from both chambers to oversee and implement the task force's work.
Tasks the group with evaluating budgeting practices, including adjustments to the Education Trust Fund and General Fund, requiring greater performance reviews, unearmarking funds for oversight and flexibility, and assessing tax credits/deductions/exemptions that cost about $4.5 billion annually to propose policies ensuring economic gain from future credits.
Requires an Interim Report by the end of the 2017 Regular Session and a final report by the fifth legislative day of the 2018 Regular Session; the task force dissolves after the final report.
Guarantees members' regular compensation, per diem, and travel expenses for task force meeting attendance, paid from funds appropriated to the Legislature.

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Subjects: Resolutions, Legislative