Clay Scofield

Broadband, Connect Alabama Act of 2021 amended, minimum service threshold increased, Alabama Digital Expansion Division chief authorized to enter nondisclosure agreements, Connect Alabama Fund expenditure amended, Secs. 41-23-271, 41-23-273, 41-23-274 am'd.

Broadband, revising broadband accessibility grant program, increasing minimum threshold speed, expanding program to governmental entities, revising grant application process, Sec. 41-23-211, 41-23-212, 41-23-213, 41-23-214 am'd.

Broadband, authorizing the state, county, or a municipality to grant certain monies for broadband infrastructure, const. amend.

Cherokee Ridge, corp. limits alt.

Marshall Co., Personnel Board, apppointments, expense allowance of members, Secs. 45-48-121.03, 45-48-121.04 am'd.

Albertville, alcoholic beverages, entertainment districts, established in certain historic villages in city, open containers from licensees authorized

Marshall Co., sheriff, use of debit or credit card provided for

Broadband, authorizing the state, county, or a municipality to grant certain monies for broadband infrastructure, const. amend.

Education, broadcast of public K-12 school sporting events

Highway, roads, and bridges, contracts or subcontracts for public works, provisions requiring a party to indemnify another party for damages caused by the other party prohibited

Highways, roads and bridges, contractors for construction and repairing, civil liability to third parties, performance according to plans and specifications of awarding authority including Dept. of Transportation, liability limited if work accepted by awarding authority, Secs. 6-5-701, 6-5-702, 6-5-703 am'd.

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.

Sheriffs, term of office, to commence following election, technical revisions to term of county commissioner, Sec. 36-3-4 am'd.

Voting fraud or illegality, voting more than once, in any election held within the state, appplication of penalties to include elections held outside the state, Secs. 17-13-24, 17-17-36 am'd.

Higher education, comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs for children of disabled veterans with intellectual disabilities, tuition reimbursement provided for, Secs. 31-6-2, 31-6-4, 31-6-6 am'd.

State parks, Alabama State Parks Enhancement Authority created and authorized to issue bonds for support of state parks, const. amend.

Taxation, sales tax revenue, distribution and expenditure of further provided, Sec. 40-23-35 am'd.

State parks, implementation of bonding authority of the Alabama State Parks Enhancement Authority, improvement and maintenance of state parks, Sec. 40-23-35 am'd.

Cooperative Extension System's Master Gardener Program, recognized

Alabama Farmers Federation, 100th anniversary, commended

Brown, Marie Hamrick, death mourned

Farmers Federation, commended

Albertville, alcoholic beverages, entertainment districts, established in certain historic villages in city, open containers from licensees authorized

Taxation, private auditing or collecting firms prohibited from recovering certain expenses from taxpayers, Sec. 40-29-20.1 added.

Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors, Board of, replace definition, qualifications, and registration requirements for positions of an apprentice with definition to include instructors, Secs. 34-31-18, 34-31-24, 34-31-25, 34-31-28, 34-31-29 am'd.

Education, grading of K-12 schools and school districts, academic performance or English as a second language (ESL) students exempted from consideration, Sec. 16-6C-2 am'd.

Highway, roads, and bridges, contracts or subcontracts for public works, provisions requiring a party to indemnify another party for damages caused by the other party prohibited

Marshall Co., Coroner office, co commission authorized to appropriate and expend funds for the operation of

Colonel Ola Lee Mize Bridge, on Highway 205 in Albertville, named

Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors, Board of, replace definition, qualifications, and registration requirements for positions of an apprentice with the positions of Technician I and Technician II, Secs. 34-31-18, 34-31-24, 34-31-25, 34-31-28 am'd.

Public officers and employees, state personnel dept, state employees, suspensions without pay, total time not to exceed 30 business days, state employee must accept or request hearing within 10 business days, Sec.36-26-28 am'd.

Domestic violence, protection orders, definitions clarified, notice of hearing and service of process requirements clarified, fines and penalties for violations clarified, Sec. 13A-6-139.1 repealed; Secs. 13A-6-130, 13A-6-131, 13A-6-132, 13A-6-134, 13A-6-138, 13A-6-142, 15-10-3, 15-13-190, 15-23-68, 30-5-2, 30-5-3, 30-5-5, 30-5-8 am'd.

Apprenticeships, completion of apprenticeship and fulfillment of other requirements to entitle applicant to receive occupational license

Notaries public; to create online Notary Public Act, to provide for electronic acknowledgement of instruments, Sec. of State to perform attestations and affixments in an electronic manner, Secs. 35-4-128, 36-20-85 to 36-20-96, inclusive, added; Secs. 36-14-1, 36-20-73 am'd.

Lease tax, state and local levies payment and collection based on either seller's place of business or where delivered, automotive vehicles paid where vehicle registered after first payment, Sec. 40-12-222 am'd.

Broadband accessibility, grant program to provide broadband in unserved areas revised, Secs. 41-23-212, 41-23-213, 41-23-214 am'd.

Lieutenant Governor's Commission on 21st Century Workforce, created

Broadband internet access in rural areas, Economic and Community Affairs Dept., grant program, Fund and Legislative Oversight Committees, created, Ala. Broadband Accessibility Act

Motor Vehicle Franchise Act, unfair and deceptive trade practices, coercion of dealer to change or modify premises when unreasonable, further provided for, Sec. 8-20-4 am'd.

Environmental Management Commission, membership, certified ground water member further provided for, may be a licensed geologist, Sec. 22-22A-6 am'd.

Residential property, foreclosure, right-of-redemption, time period to redeem further provided for, notice requirement actions, affirmative defense, provided for, time frame for notice requirement actions, further provided for, Sec. 6-5-248 am'd.

Domestic violence, protection orders, definitions clarified, notice of hearing and service of process requirements clarified, fines and penalties for violations clarified, Sec. 13A-6-139.1 repealed; Secs. 13A-6-130, 13A-6-131, 13A-6-132, 13A-6-134, 13A-6-138, 13A-6-142, 15-10-3, 15-13-190, 15-23-68, 30-5-2, 30-5-3, 30-5-5, 30-5-8 am'd.

Local Government Insurance Program, Care Assurance System for the Aging and Homebound authorized to participate, Sec. 11-91A-2 am'd.

Co. commissions, bank depository, requirement to select in December of each year deleted, Sec. 11-4-41 am'd.

State departments or agencies, state employees and contractors with access to federal tax information, current and applicants, subject to state and national criminal history records checks, fingerprints required, request to be made to ALEA, fees, reports of results returned to departments or agencies, confidential and excluded from public record public disclosure requirements

Elections, Election Emergency Act, establish, suspension or delay election in emergency, authorized, Secs. 17-9-70 to 17-9-72, inclusive, added

Motor vehicle dealers, new, franchise act, new and used vehicles, recalls, payment during stop-sale orders when repair parts not available, Sec. 8-20-7.1 added

Motor vehicles, abandoned, contests, notice of appeal required to be filed in circuit court in county where sale is scheduled, Tax Tribunal, not subject to declaratory judgment, declaratory ruling, or contested case provisions of Admin. Procedure Act, Sec. 40-2B-1.1 added; Sec. 32-13-4 am'd.

Alabama Renewal Act, new qualified broadband telecommunication network facilities, provided for, nonrefundable, transferable income tax credit, provided for, certain exemptions provided for, certain earned, unused credits, authorized to be carried forward, process for claiming and transferring credit and exemptions provided for, act repealed following close of certain fiscal year, Sec. 40-18-415.1 added; Sec. 40-18-416 am'd.

Domestic violence, protection orders, definitions clarified, notice of hearing and service of process requirements clarified, fines and penalties for violations clarified, Sec. 13A-6-139.1 repealed; Secs. 13A-6-130, 13A-6-131, 13A-6-132, 13A-6-134, 13A-6-138, 13A-6-142, 15-10-3, 15-13-190, 15-23-68, 30-5-2, 30-5-3, 30-5-5, 30-5-8 am'd.

Co. commissions, bank depository, requirement to select in December of each year deleted, Sec. 11-4-41 am'd.

Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, traffic fatalities, traffic homicide investigator certification

Local Government Insurance Program, Care Assurance System for the Aging and Homebound authorized to participate, Sec. 11-91A-2 am'd.

Auctioneers, Board of, fines for violations increased, quorum defined, Secs. 34-4-29, 34-4-52 am'd.

Broadband telecommunications network facility, exempt from taxation for 10 years on facility built after January 1, 2016, Secs. 40-21-6, 40-21-9, 40-21-17, 40-21-18, 40-21-20, 40-21-21 am'd.

Broadband telecommunications network facility, sales and use tax exemption provided for, equipment or materials used by any such facility, Secs. 40-23-1, 40-23-4, 40-23-62 am'd.

Broadband telecommunication network facilities, tax credit for percentage of investment, Sec. 40-18-371.1 added; Sec. 40-18-370 am'd.

State Parks Fund and the Parks Revolving Fund, transfer to other public accounts prohibited, const. amend.

Motor vehicles, certificates of title, issuance by Revenue Dept., exemptions further provided for, penalties for violations by dealers, involuntary transfers, notice to Revenue Dept. required, Secs. 32-8-30, 32-8-31, 32-8-42, 32-8-46 am'd.

Municipality, telecommunication services, right-of-way, compensation required to be cost based, Sec. 11-50B-3 am'd.

Domestic violence, protection orders, definitions clarified, notice of hearing and service of process requirements clarified, fines and penalties for violations clarified, Sec. 13A-6-139.1 repealed; Secs. 13A-6-130, 13A-6-131, 13A-6-132, 13A-6-134, 13A-6-138, 13A-6-142, 15-10-3, 15-13-190, 15-23-68, 30-5-2, 30-5-3, 30-5-5, 30-5-8 am'd.

Public rights, clarify Alabama law relating to

Motor vehicles, farm tags for truck tractors, provision limiting a farmer to one farm tag for truck tractors deleted, Sec. 40-12-248 am'd.

Police animals, trained or handled by Class One Railroad Officer or special agent, included in protection laws, Sec. 13A-11-260 am'd.

Bishop State Community College, Southern Union State Community College, Bevill State Community College, and the Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education, who are part of the Alabama Career Center System to Department of Labor

Domestic violence, greater protection to victims, provided, Sec. 41-23-150 added; Secs. 13A-6-130, 13A-6-131, 13A-6-132, 13A-6-134, 13A-6-138, 13A-6-140 to 13A-6-143, inclusive, 15-10-3, 15-13-190, 15-23-62, 15-23-68, 30-5-1, 30-5-2, 30-5-3, 30-5-5 to 30-5-8, inclusive, 30-6-1 to 30-6-11, inclusive, 30-6-13, 30-7-1 to 30-7-6, inclusive, 30-9-1, 30-9-2, 41-9-621 am'd.

Manufactured Housing Commission Advisory Board, further provided for, Sec. 24-6-3 am'd.

Conservation and Natural Resources, liability for using traps or other similar devices, liability only applies on public land, Sec. 9-11-264 am'd.

Sex offenders, residency requirements, prohibit residence within 2,000 feet of a camp facility used by children, Sec. 15-20A-11 am'd.

McDonald, Sidney Leighton, death mourned

Forever Wild Land Trust, Board of Trustees urged to expend annual funding for maintenance of state parks and park lands

Forever Wild Trust Fund, monies paid annually from Alabama Trust Fund to be appropriated to Conservation and Natural Resources Department for benefit of state parks, new acquistion of lands prohibited, const. amend.

Physicians, Medical Licensure Commission or Board of Medical Examiners, administrative fines, physicians authorize to renew licenses when paying administrative fines in installments, Sec. 34-24-383 am'd.

Capital offenses, murder of a person with a protection order issued against the defendant, included, Kelley's Law, Sec. 13A-5-40 am'd.

Judge of probate, estates, bond of conservators, executors, administrators, liability limited unless grossly negligent, judicial immunity further provided for, Secs. 26-3-13, 43-2-82 am'd.

School attendance, a child who withdraws from public school to attend an accredited online school, prohibited from being considered a drop-out or non-graduate for determining graduation rates, Sec. 16-28-3 am'd.

State Employee Insurance Board, election of state employee representatives by full-time state employees, Sec. 36-29-2 am'd.

Alabama Poultry Farm Revolving Loan Fund, established, administered by the Department of Agriculture and Industries, revenue bonds authorized

Cosmetology and Barbering, Alabama Board of, name changed to State Board of Cosmetology, barbers removed from licensure and regulation by the board, board membership revised, Sec. 34-7B-17 repealed; Secs. 34-7B-1, 34-7B-2, 34-7B-6, 34-7B-7, 34-7B-13, 34-7B-26, 34-7B-27, 34-7B-29 am'd.

Police animals, trained or handled by Class One Railroad Officer or special agent, included in protection laws, Sec. 13A-11-260 am'd.

Unemployment compensation, employing unit defined, Sec. 25-4-8 am'd.

Ethics Commission, statements of economic interest, electronic database, redaction of identifying information to include statements filed prior to August 1, 2013, Sec. 36-25-4.3 am'd.

Capital offenses, murder of a person with a protection order issued against the defendant, included, Kelley's Law, Sec. 13A-5-40 am'd.

Criminal justice employees, including judges, district attorneys, law enforcement officers, etc., protection against disclosure of personal information, disclosure of by State Ethics Commission prohibited, Secs. 36-25-4.3, 41-13-7 am'd.

Unemployment compensation, employing unit defined, Sec. 25-4-8 am'd.

Judges of probate to use same on-line filing system as Secretary of State, Sec. 10A-1-4.02 am'd.

Judge of probate, estates, bond of conservators, executors, administrators, liability limited unless grossly negligent, judicial immunity further provided for, Secs. 26-3-13, 43-2-82 am'd.

Fiction, support expressed for works of fiction set in real Alabama locations

Career and Technical Education Month, February, Marshall Co., designated