HB92 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Randall Shedd

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Professional licensing Boards, self-sustaining, bds, agencies, and commissions exempted from publishing expenditures through Comptroller website, required to post expenditures on bd, agency, or commission website, Sec. 41-4-65 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, the expenditures of self-sustaining state professional licensing boards, agencies, and commissions are not required to be published on the searchable public Internet database maintained by the Comptroller.

This bill would require those self-sustaining state professional licensing boards, agencies, and commissions to either publish their expenditure information on the Internet database maintained by the Comptroller or on the public website of the board, agency, or commission.

Also under existing law, the Alabama Sunset Committee is responsible for periodically reviewing state professional licensing boards, agencies, and commissions.

This bill would create the Alabama Sunrise Act and would require the Sunset Committee to review proposals for the regulation of additional professions or occupations and the necessity and cost-effectiveness of the proposed regulation to protect the public health, safety, or welfare from significant and discernible harm or damage.

This bill would also prohibit any state occupational licensing board, agency, or commission from assessing a monetary fine or penalty against a business entity consumer or individual consumer.

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Subjects

Professional Licensing Boards