SB235 Alabama 2020 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jimmy Holley

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

Code of Alabama 1975, Acts of 2019 Regular Session, supplements and certain replacement volumes, codified with certain corrections, local laws of certain counties codified, duties of Secretary of State

Summary

SB235 would add the 2019 Alabama laws (including local Volume 22L) into the Code of Alabama 1975, fix several editorial errors, and assign custody and filing duties to the Secretary of State and Code Publisher.

What This Bill Does

It adopts into the Code the 2019 general and permanent laws from the First Special Session and Regular Session as shown in the 2019 Cumulative Supplement and Replacement Volumes 18, 18A, and 22, and initially adopts Volume 22L for Local Laws Marshall to Mobile Counties. It makes targeted corrections to specific sections in those volumes to fix errors and references. It states the adoption creates a continuous, systematic codification of the entire Code of Alabama 1975 and does not affect 2020 session statutes. It assigns duties to the Secretary of State for custody and filing, and requires the Code Publisher to certify it has fulfilled its duties; the volumes will be transmitted to the Secretary of State upon passage and filed.

Who It Affects

• State and local government entities in Alabama, whose 2019 laws (including local laws in Volume 22L) are being added to the official Code, affecting how those laws are organized and referenced.
• Secretary of State and the Code Publisher (Thomson Reuters), who have duties to custody, certify, and maintain the new volumes and ensure proper transmission and filing.

Key Provisions

• Adopts into the Code of Alabama 1975 the 2019 First Special Session and 2019 Regular Session laws as reflected in the 2019 Cumulative Supplement to volumes 3-17B, 19-21A, 22A and the 2019 Replacement Volumes 18, 18A, and 22, including Code Commissioner editorial additions and deletions edited by Thomson Reuters.
• Initially adopts Volume 22L (Local Laws Marshall to Mobile Counties) and the 2019 supplements for local law volumes into the Code.
• Makes specific corrections to sections in the volumes (e.g., 16-6G-7, 34-23-77, and 45-22-243.08) and replaces certain language to correct scriveners’ errors and ensure proper references.
• Declares the adoption creates a continuous systematic codification of the entire Code of Alabama 1975 and clarifies that it does not repeal or affect 2020 session statutes.
• Specifies duties of the Code Publisher (certification of editorial work) and the Secretary of State (custody, filing, and certification responsibilities) for the cumulative supplements and replacement volumes.
• Upon passage, the authenticated volumes will be transmitted to and filed by the Secretary of State, and will remain available for certification on request.

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Subjects

Code of Alabama