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HB259 Alabama 2020 Session

Updated Feb 18, 2020

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2020
Title
County records, proceeds from campaign finance violations used to digitize records, Sec. 17-5-19.1 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, the Secretary of State or a judge of probate may levy civil penalties for improperly reporting under the Fair Campaign Practices Act. Proceeds from civil penalties levied by the Secretary of State are distributed to the State General Fund.

This bill would require the proceeds from civil penalties paid to the State General Fund for campaign finance violations to be used to provide grants to county probate courts or county commissions to digitize recorded documents.

Subjects
Records

Bill Actions

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature