SB262 Alabama 2022 Session

Updated May 16, 2022

Senate Bill

Enacted

Current Status

Regular Session 2022

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner Senator
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2022
Title: Secretary of State, boards and commissions, membership, maintenance on website, annual reports of board membership to Legislature, Dept. of Examiners of Public Accounts to review appointment expiration dates for statutory authority and compliance, Sec. 36-14-17 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, the Secretary of State is required to compile, maintain, publish, and update weekly a centralized database of appointees and vacancies of state boards, commissions, and task forces on the website of the Secretary of State.
This bill would revise the mechanism for the Secretary of State to be notified when there is a vacancy on a board, commission, or task force.
This bill would require the Secretary of State to include on the website duties and legal authority of a board, commission, or task force and to make the website searchable.
This bill would require the Secretary of State to annually report the membership and viability status of each board to the Legislature and recommend that the Sunset Committee review and introduce legislation to terminate any nonviable board during the next regular session.
This bill would require the Secretary of State to maintain on its website a centralized database of information relating to all temporary task forces and study commissions, including notice of meetings, task force membership, and final reports.
This bill would also require the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, in lieu of the Alabama Law Institute, to review appointment expiration dates for statutory authority and compliance and would also require the department to examine and summarize compliance in board audits.
Subjects: Secretary of State