SB249 Alabama 2021 Session

Updated Apr 22, 2021

Senate Bill

Enacted

Current Status

Regular Session 2021

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Clay Scofield
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2021
Title: Call centers, certain terms further defined, to require employers relocating call centers to notify Secretary of Commerce Dept. rather than the Dept. of Economic and Community Affairs director, Act 2019-374, 2019 Reg. Sess., am'd; Sec. 41-23-230, 41-23-231, 41-23-235 am'd.
Description: Under existing law (Act 2019-374), certain employers relocating call centers are required to notify the state within a specified time frame prior to relocation.
This bill would define certain terms used in existing law and would require employers relocating call centers to notify the Secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce of the relocation rather than the Director of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.
This bill would also limit the amount of civil penalties assessed to an employer.
This bill would be retroactive to September 1, 2019, which was the effective date of Act 2019-374.
Subjects: Call Centers