HB259 Alabama 2020 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
Prince ChestnutRepresentativeDemocrat- 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
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government
Bill Text
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature