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SB76 Alabama 2023 Session

Updated Apr 17, 2023
SB76 Alabama 2023 Session
Senate Bill
Enacted
Current Status
Regular Session 2023
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2023
Title
Relating to the Alabama Forestry Commission; to establish the Rural Logging Efficiency Act of 2023; to create the Logging Efficiency Grant Fund to be administered by the Alabama Forestry Commission; and to provide for the distribution of funding to the Alabama Forestry Commission to support rural economic development.
Description

Under existing law, the first 85 percent of the proceeds from the state license tax on certain public utilities is allocated to the Special Mental Health Fund and the remaining 15 percent is allocated to the State General Fund.

This bill would further provide for the distribution of those funds by crediting a portion to the Alabama Forestry Commission to be distributed for the purposes of providing grants for logging workforce development, researching, and implementing technologies that promote forest product harvesting and transportation efficiencies, and to counties for maintaining and constructing public rural bridges.

Bill Actions

S

Enacted

S

Enrolled

H

Ready to Enroll

H

Read a Third Time and Pass

H

On Third Reading in Second House

H

Read Second Time in Second House

H

Reported Out of Committee in Second House

H

Reported Favorably from House Ways and Means General Fund

H

Referred to Committee to House Ways and Means General Fund

S

Read First Time in Second House

S

Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended

S

Adopt PTVXGG-1

S

Adopt E0I122-1

S

On Third Reading in House of Origin

S

Read Second Time in House of Origin

S

Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin

S

Reported Favorably from Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund

S

Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin

S

Reported Favorably from Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund

S

Amendment/Substitute by Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund E0I122-1

S

Read First Time in House of Origin

S

Introduced and Referred to Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund

Calendar

Hearing

House Ways and Means General Fund Hearing

Room 617 at 13:30:00

Hearing

Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Hearing

Finance and Taxation at 11:00:00

Bill Text

Votes

Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended

May 15, 2023 Senate Passed
Yes 34
Absent 1

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature