HB275 Alabama 2021 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Victor Gaston

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2021

Title

Administrative Procedure, Legislative Services Agency, remove requirement to publish Administrative Code in loose-leaf form, authorize to publish both Administrative Code and Administrative Monthly in print format, electronic format, or both, Sec. 41-22-7 am'd.

Summary

HB275 would move Alabama's Administrative Code and Administrative Monthly to free online publication, remove loose-leaf print requirements, and allow agencies to publish rules in loose-leaf, electronic, or both formats.

What This Bill Does

It removes the requirement to publish the Alabama Administrative Code in loose-leaf form and requires publication on the Internet. It eliminates the paid annual subscription for the Alabama Administrative Monthly, making it available online at no charge. It authorizes the administrative procedure secretary of each agency to publish the agency's administrative rules in loose-leaf form, electronic form, or both, and it maintains cost-based options for copies and subscriptions where applicable.

Who It Affects

• General public and subscribers: gain free online access to the Alabama Administrative Code and Alabama Administrative Monthly, with printed copies available at cost upon request.
• State agencies and Legislative Services Agency staff: must adapt publishing duties to Internet formats, may publish rules in loose-leaf, electronic, or both, and continue cost-based charging for copies and certain publication services.

Key Provisions

• Remove the requirement that the Alabama Administrative Code be published in loose-leaf form and require publication on the Internet.
• Eliminate the requirement to offer the Alabama Administrative Monthly as a paid annual subscription and require its Internet publication for free access by the public.
• Authorize the administrative procedure secretary of each agency to publish the agency's administrative rules in loose-leaf form, electronic form, or both.
• Maintain cost-based availability for copies and subscriptions and require Internet publication of the Code and Monthly, with regular supplementation at least annually.
• Preserve the Legislative Services Agency’s role in maintaining and updating the official registers and in publishing related materials, including any cost-related charges to agencies for publishing.

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Subjects

Administrative Procedure