HB124 Alabama 2021 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Chris Pringle Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2021

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

Description

Under existing law, the expenditures of self-sustaining state professional licensing boards, agencies, and commissions and certain interscholastic athletic organizations are not required to be published on the searchable public Internet database maintained by the Comptroller and contracts for personal and professional services entered into by those boards, agencies, commissions and organizations are not subject to review by the Contract Review Permanent Legislative Oversight Committee.

This bill would require previously exempted self-sustaining state professional licensing boards, agencies, and commissions and certain interscholastic athletic organizations to publish their expenditure information on the public website of the board, agency, or commission, or on the website of the Comptroller for a reasonable fee.

This bill would also subject certain contracts for personal and professional services of self-sustaining state professional licensing boards, agencies, and commissions and certain interscholastic athletic organizations to review by the Contract Review Permanent Legislative Oversight Committee in the same manner as required for other state agencies.

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Subjects

Professional Licensing Boards