SB299 Alabama 2024 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Bobby D. Singleton Senator

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2024

Title

Legislature; expenditure of funds further provided for; certain employee reimbursement authorized; access to buildings and roads further provided for

Description

This bill would provide that the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Director of the Legislative Services Agency, and the Chief Examiner of the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts may expend funds to purchase promotional items, items to recognize achievements, and to purchase meals for staff during training and while the Legislature is in session.

This bill would allow subordinate officers, directors, and employees of the Legislature, the Legislative Services Agency, and the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts to be reimbursed up to $500 for expenses paid by the employee in certain circumstances.

Under existing law, the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate have access to certain spaces within the Capitol building and any place outside of the Capitol when the Legislature meets outside the Capitol.

This bill would clarify the particular spaces to which the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Director of the Legislative Services Agency have access.

Under existing law, the Legislature has control SB299 INTRODUCED of the usage of portions of streets adjacent to the State Capitol complex and grounds of the State Capitol building; portions of King Street and Pelham Street; the parking lot located across Union Street to the rear of the Capitol; the parking facilities connected to and adjacent to the State House; the lot bounded by Washington, Jackson, Pelham, and South Ripley Streets; and the driveway and parking spaces on the grounds surrounding the Capitol.

This bill would authorize the Legislature to control the entirety of these streets, if closed by the City of Montgomery, and require the Legislature to grant appropriate access to adjacent and surrounding property owners.

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Subjects

Legislature