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  6. HB283 Alabama 2020 Session

HB283 Alabama 2020 Session

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  • 3 Bill Actions
  • 4 Bill Documents

Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Craig Lipscomb
Session
Regular Session 2020
Title
Legislative chambers, house clerk and senate secretary authorized to sell chair or desk to legislative member for personal use, Sec. 29-1-23.1 added
Description

Under existing law, members of the Legislature were given the opportunity to purchase desks or chairs for their personal use at the time the State Capitol building was renovated

This bill would authorize the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, at their discretion, to allow members of the Legislature to purchase chairs or desks used in the legislative chamber for their personal use at the full replacement cost

Relating to the Legislature; to add Section 29-1-23.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House, at their discretion, to allow members of the Legislature to purchase chairs or desks used in the legislative chamber for their personal use at the full replacement cost.

Subjects
State Capitol

Bill Text

Note: Bills that change current law do not show the amended text correctly below. Please view Original PDF to see amended sections: HB283 Alabama 2020 Session - Introduced - PDF

Under existing law, members of the Legislature were given the opportunity to purchase desks or chairs for their personal use at the time the State Capitol building was renovated

This bill would authorize the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, at their discretion, to allow members of the Legislature to purchase chairs or desks used in the legislative chamber for their personal use at the full replacement cost

Relating to the Legislature; to add Section 29-1-23.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House, at their discretion, to allow members of the Legislature to purchase chairs or desks used in the legislative chamber for their personal use at the full replacement cost.

Section 1

Section 29-1-23.1 is added to the Code of Alabama 1975, to read as follows: §29-1-23.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 29-1-23, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives may allow a member of the respective body of the Legislature to purchase a chair or a desk used by that member in the respective legislative chamber for his or her personal possession. The secretary and the clerk shall establish the replacement cost in accordance with subsection (b), guidelines for eligibility of members, and any restrictions on the purchase of desks and chairs. (b) The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives may not sell any desk or chair to a member of the Legislature at a cost below the full cost of replacement with a comparable desk or chair of the same quality. (c) At the time a legislative chamber is renovated, the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, may acquire a chair or desk or both for archival purposes.

Section 2

This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
February 20, 2020 H Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government

Bill Documents

Document Type Document Location
Bill Text http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020RS/PrintFiles/HB283-int.pdf

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