SB190 Alabama 2018 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Paul Sanford

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2018

Title

Code of Alabama 1975, Acts of 2016 First Special Session, 2017 Regular Session, supplements and certain replacement volumes, codified with certain corrections, local laws of certain counties codified, duties of Secretary of State

Summary

SB 190 would update Alabama's Code by incorporating 2016-2017 general and local laws into the Code of Alabama 1975 and clarifying how those volumes are kept and certified.

What This Bill Does

It adopts into the Code of Alabama 1975 the general and permanent laws enacted during the 2016 First Special Session and the 2017 Regular Session, as reflected in the 2017 Cumulative Supplement and 2017 Replacement Volumes 6, 6A, and 6B. It initially adopts Volume 22K for Local Laws Limestone to Marion Counties and the 2017 supplements to local-law volumes. It makes clerical corrections to certain sections in the replacement volumes and cumulative supplement, and states the codification is continuous and does not affect 2018 session statutes, while defining duties of the Secretary of State and the Code Publisher in handling the volumes. It becomes effective immediately upon approval.

Who It Affects

• State government, including agencies, lawmakers, and residents who rely on the Code, because the bill adds 2016-2017 general laws and local laws into the official Code and clarifies how it is kept up to date.
• The Code Publisher (Thomson Reuters) and the Secretary of State, because the bill assigns duties for editing, publishing, certifying, and custody of the codified volumes.

Key Provisions

• Adopts and incorporates into the Code of Alabama 1975 the general and permanent laws enacted during the 2016 First Special Session and the 2017 Regular Session, as reflected in the 2017 Cumulative Supplement and 2017 Replacement Volumes 6, 6A, and 6B, including the initial Volume 22K for Local Laws Limestone to Marion Counties.
• Makes clerical corrections to specified sections in the replacement volumes and cumulative supplement, declares the adoption creates a continuous systematic codification of the entire Code, states it does not affect 2018 session statutes, and outlines duties of the Secretary of State and the Code Publisher in handling and custody of the volumes, with immediate effectiveness.

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Subjects

Code of Alabama