SB156 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Chris Elliott Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

To add Chapter 9B to Title 41, Code of Alabama 1975, to establish the Occupational Licensing Boards Division in the office of the Secretary of State; to provide that the division is responsible for the oversight and regulation of certain occupational licensing boards; to provide for the appointment of an executive director, deputy directors, and the employment of staff, including investigators; to provide standards for determining fees; to provide for the appointment of members and the reimbursement of their expenses; to provide uniformity in the collection of fees and the deposit of monies received into the State General Fund.

Description

Under existing law, various occupational licensing boards are responsible for regulating different professions and the licensees determined by the boards to be qualified to practice within those professions.

This bill would establish the Occupational Licensing Boards Division within the office of the Secretary of State as a centralized entity to regulate and provide oversight to all occupational licensing boards operating in the state, with certain exceptions.

This bill would provide for the appointment of an executive director, deputy directors, and other staff for the division, including investigators, and would provide uniformity for certain provisions relating to licensing, fees, board membership, funding, and expenses.

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