David Grimes

Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (PACT) Program, contracts, Legislative intent regarding expressed, each contract in force on effective date of this act to be honored regardless of date issued

Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (PACT) Program, separate board of directors, members, duties, Sec. 16-33C-4.1 added; Secs. 16-33C-3, 16-33C-4, 16-33C-5, 16-33C-6, 16-33C-7, 16-33C-8, 16-33C-10, 16-33C-11, 16-33C-12 am'd.

Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (PACT) Program Advisory Task Force, established, members, duties

Teachers and other certified educational employees and student teachers, professional liability insurance, Education Department and Finance Department to purchase or provide, Teacher Protection Act

Domestic violence by choking, crime of established, penalties

Income tax, employer's deduction for health insurance premiums, compensation paid to qualifying employees for calculation of employer's deduction further provided for, Sec. 40-18-15.3 am'd.

Greenhouse gas emissions, state agency prohibited from adopting or enforcing a state or regional program to limit or regulate motor vehicle fuel economy or from implementing a cap and trade program without legislative authorization

Occupational tax, levy by county or municipality, prohibited, const. amend.

State of Alabama, counties and municipalities prohibited from issuing business licenses without proof of citizenship or legal status in United States

Elections, photo identification required, Public Safety Department required to issue identification cards to persons without photo identification, Sec. 17-9-30 am'd.

Alabama Residential Energy Code Board changed to Alabama Energy and Residential Codes Board, Model Energy Code replaced with Alabama Energy and Residential Codes, adoption of modern building and energy codes in compliance with federal law to be implemented by counties and municipalities, board members increased, certain farm structures excluded, sprinkler systems provided for, Secs. 41-23-80, 41-23-81, 41-23-82, 41-23-83, 41-23-84, 41-23-85 am'd.

Motor vehicles, text messaging or operating a handheld global positioning system (GPS) while operating a motor vehicle on public street, road, or highway prohibited, penalties

Children, dependency cases, testimony of child regarding sexual contact, admissible whether or not brought by Human Resources Department, Sec. 12-15-310 am'd.

Motor vehicles, traffic offenses, arrest at the scene of a traffic accident based on probable cause when officer did not witness the offense, Sec. 32-1-4.1 added

State Employees' Health Insurance Plan, certain persons serving in legislative, judicial, or executive branch authorized to participate under certain conditions, Sec. 36-29-16 am'd.

Class action lawsuits filed in Alabama, plan for undistributed funds to be distributed to Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Department if class members cannot be located, or if distribution to class is not economically feasible, or if class members do not make a claim to the class funds

Montgomery, alcoholic beverages, city council authorized to establish one entertainment district as defined, consumption authorized anywhere within district under certain conditions

Motor vehicles, driving without license or insurance or proof of legal entry into the United States, motor vehicle may be impounded, Secs. 32-6-18, 32-7A-4 am'd.

Aliens, illegal, forfeiture of property acquired while illegal alien, procedures, exceptions

Ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine, State Board of Health required to classify as controlled substances, exemptions, removed from list of precursor chemicals maintained by State Board of Pharmacy, Secs. 20-2-20, 20-2-181 am'd.

Municipalities, municipal courts, court costs for jails, distrib. for municipal jails, Sec. 11-47-7.1 am'd.

Motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder, fuel surcharges of, certain fuel cost disclosures and fuel cost reimbursements required, false or misleading information prohibited, certain information regarding timber and timber products required, Trust in Reliable Understanding of Consumer Costs Act or the TRUCC Act

Higher education, employees prohibited from receiving incentives from publishers, posting of required textbook lists, cost of textbooks limited, College Textbook Review Board established, members, duties

Courts, municipal, court costs, levy of additional equal to district court, deposit in Corrections Fund, use for purchase of land and equipment, retroactive effect, Sec. 11-47-7.1 am'd.

Homeowners insurance, homeowner policyholders provided certain information and rights regarding homeowners policies, violations under Unfair Trade Practices Act, Homeowners Bill of Rights Act

Montgomery Co., Elmore Co., Autauga Co., occupational tax, levy prohibited, const. amend.

Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation, Inc., exempt from state, county, and municipal sales and use tax

Businesses or public employers, reguired to verify legal status of new employees through federal E-verify program, penalties

Montgomery Co., airport authority of City of Montgomery, two additional members appointed by county commission

Montgomery Co., Montgomery Industrial Development Board, two additional members appointed by county commission

Unemployment compensation, limit findings of fact, conclusions of law, Sec. 25-4-98 added

Ad valorem tax, certain personal property used in a business exempt, Section 217 (Section 217, Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended), am'd., const. amend.

Gangs, criminal street gang defined, membership prohibited, graffiti prohibited, murder as part of street gang activity made a capital offense, Street Gang Act, Sec. 13A-5-49 am'd.; Sec. 13A-6-26 repealed

Health care, persons, employers, or health care providers, mandatory participation in any health care system prohibited, const. amend.

University of Alabama football team, commended

University of Alabama football team, commended

Teachers and educational support personnel, commended

Boy Scouts of America, 100th Anniversary, recognized

Brewton, commended

Flomaton Public Library, commended

Bias, Ethel Mae Jones, death mourned

Crabtree, Charles, death mourned

Swinford, Belle Love, commended

Mercedes-Benz, commended

Benjamin, Regina M., commended

Hines, Elise Harris, death mourned

President Barack Obama urged to reverse his decision not to fully fund the Constellation project

Sluis, Thomas Alexander, commended

Jones, Paul R., death mourned

Wilson, U. S. Congressman Charlie, death mourned

University of West Alabama, 175th Anniversary, recognized

States, rights affirmed to U. S. Congress

Shelly, Gaylan and Angie, commended

Hicks, Luther, commended

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., historic marker dedication ceremony honoring Rosa L. Parks, recognized

Russell-McCloud, Patricia, commended

Harper, Roman, commended (2010-20524)

Menton, Senator Bill, death mourned

Coach Joe "Billy" Fain Bridge, over the Coosa River on Alabama Highway 14 in Wetumpka, named

Forte', Amelia, death mourned

Johnson, Adriel, death mourned

Beck, Representative Warren, death mourned (2010-20526)

Charles A. Brown Elementary School, Honor Roll students, commended

U. S. Congress urged to approve H.R. 1264, the Multiple Peril Insurance Act of 2009

Russell-McCloud, Patricia, commended

Carpenter, Mable Elliott, death mourned

Nabors, Senator Ollie Wilson, death mourned

Fite, Representative Leamon Millard, Jr., death mourned

Butler, Talmadge, commended

Greene County High School basketball team, commended

Farrington, Allison, commended

Fairfield High School girls basketball team, commended

Ingram, Mark, Jr., commended

Searcy, Steve, commended

Cottrell, Danny, commended

Hanson, Johnnie, commended

Davis, Johnny, death mourned

Huntsville, efforts to become test market for Google's new ultrafast broadband network, Google Fiber, commended

Hazel Green High School varsity cheerleaders, commended

Boyett, Carl, death mourned

Lee High School of Huntsville basketball team, commended

Goertz, Edith P., commended

Black, Allison, commended

McCullough, B. J., commended

Sledge, Percy, commended

Bracken, Peggy Gill, death mourned

Saloom, Salem and Dianne, commended

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week, recognized

Novacki, Aline Regina, commended

A. H. Parker High School, 110th Anniversary, recognized

Brock, Carrie Lee Adams, death mourned

Tuskegee University basketball team, commended

Ryan, Jennie Bell, death mourned

Pike, Nellie, commended

Talladega College womens basketball team, commended

Hudson, Margene, commended

Talladega, 175th Anniversary, recognized

Sumter County High School girls basketball team, commended

Warrior Academy basketball team, commended

Wright, Lorenzo, commended

Howard, Robert Lewis, death mourned

Callahan, H. L. (Sonny), commended

Nix, David, commended

First Baptist Church Leeds, commended

Fairfield High Preparatory School, Jobs for Alabama's Graduates (JAG) program, commended

Bonner, Vanessa Brown, commended

Roberts, John, commended

Phillips, Sidney C., Jr., commended

Sledge, Eugene B., commended posthumously

Lawley, Josephine, commended

Brinker, Richard W., commended

Zorn, Mary Jane Jeffcoat, death mourned

Forest Hills Middle School, Honor Roll students, commended

C. J. Donald Elementary School, Honor Roll students, commended

Robinson Elementary School, Honor Roll students, commended

Cooley, Billy Joe, death mourned

Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS), Fly the Blue Campaign, recognized

Rilling, Corey, commended

Riggs, Jamie, commended

National Endowment for the Arts and Institute of Museum and Library Services, The Big Read, recognized

Gray, John Franklin, death mourned

Branyon, Hugh, commended

Royal, Jim, commended

Butler, Talmadge, commended

Sealy, Charlie Oliver, Sr., death mourned

Feld, Montgomery, commended

Gould, Joseph, commended

Shaw, Elijah, III, death mourned

Morris, Shep and Rite; Morris and Morris Farms, commended

Glen Oaks Elementary School, Honor Roll students, commended

Vietnam Veterans, commended, welcome home celebration in 2011 encouraged

Jones, Freddie H. E., II, commended

Hilliard, Representative Earl, Jr., commended

Grantland, Representative Ronald, commended

Bentley, Representative Robert J., commended

Beasley, Representative William M. (Billy), commended

Ward, Representative Cam, commended

Allen, Representative Gerald H., commended

Baker, Representative Locy L., commended

Hammett, Representative Seth, commended

McDaniel, Representative W. F. (Frank), commended

Duffy, Rickey A., commended

Bush, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M., commended

Pitts, Harvey Curtis, Jr., death mourned

Leonard, John, commended

Hanna, Annie Lou Christine, commended

Shaw, Elijah, III, death mourned

Riggs, Jamie, commended

Bartlett, Thomas Gordon, death mourned

Rilling, Corey, commended

Mount Pleasant CME Church, Homecoming and Founder's Day Program, recognized

Higginbotham, G. J., commended

Moore, Charlotte Davis, death mourned

National Endowment for the Arts, The Big Read: Alabama Reads initiative, recognized

Kilgore, Mike, commended

Boy Scouts of America, 100th Anniversary, recognized

Bias, Ethel Mae Jones, death mourned

Hawkins, Felicia Renee, death mourned

Crabtree, Charles, death mourned

Swinford, Belle Love, commended

Hines, Elise Harris, death mourned

President Barack Obama urged to reverse his decision not to fully fund the Constellation project

Sluis, Thomas Alexander, commended

Jones, Paul R., death mourned

State Board of Education directed to advise local superintendents of education to comply with reporting requirements under Alabama Safe Schools Act

Wilson, U. S. Congressman Charlie, death mourned

Soares, Alessandro, commended

Novacki, Eumar Roberto, commended

University of West Alabama, 175th Anniversary, recognized

Shelly, Gaylan and Angie, commended

Hicks, Luther, commended

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., historic marker dedication ceremony honoring Rosa L. Parks, recognized

Army National Guard, 2101st Transportation Company, commended

Coach Joe "Billy" Fain Bridge, over the Coosa River on Alabama Highway 14 in Wetumpka, named

Menton, Senator Bill, death mourned

Moore, Nathaniel Grayson, commended

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Anniston Alumnae Chapter, Founders Day observation, recognized

Johnson, Adriel, death mourned

Forte', Amelia, death mourned

Vaughn Family, commended

Houston, Coffee, Henry, Dale, Geneva, Pike, and Barbour Cos., students, commended

Charles A. Brown Elementary School, Honor Roll students, commended

Minor Elementary School, Honor Roll students, commended

Bush Middle School, Honor Roll students, commended

Councill Elementary School, Honor Roll students, commended

Councill Elementary School, Kindergarten Honor Roll students, commended

Louis, Joe, commended posthumously

U. S. Congress urged to approve H.R. 1264, the Multiple Peril Insurance Act of 2009

Novacki, Eumar Roberto, commended (2010-20506)

Beck, Representative Warren, death mourned

Maggi, Blairo Borges, commended

Taylor, Clinton Williams, death mourned

Russell-McCloud, Patricia, commended

Carpenter, Mable Elliott, death mourned

Pickens Academy girls basketball team, commended

Nabors, Senator Ollie Wilson, death mourned

Ingram, Mark, Jr., commended

Smith, Margaret Charles, commended posthumously

Greene County High School basketball team, commended

Fairfield High School girls basketball team, commended

Searcy, Steve, commended

Southeastern Livestock Exposition Rodeo, commended

Cottrell, Danny, commended

Davis, Johnny, death mourned

Huntsville, efforts to become test market for Google's new ultrafast broadband network, Google Fiber, commended

Lee High School of Huntsville basketball team, commended

Hazel Green High School varsity cheerleaders, commended

McCullough, B. J., commended

Boyett, Carl, death mourned

Robinson, Kerry, commended

Novacki, Aline Regina, commended

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week, recognized

Bracken, Peggy Gill, death mourned

McCorvey, Charlie, Jr., death mourned

A. H. Parker High School, 110th Anniversary, recognized

Hanson, Johnnie, commended

Saloom, Salem and Dianne, commended

Sledge, Percy, commended

Brock, Carrie Lee Adams, death mourned

Tuskegee University basketball team, commended

Kimbrell, Harry Erskin, death mourned

Espey, Melford Edward, Jr., death mourned

Howard, Robert Lewis, death mourned

Super 11, high school football players, commended

Hudson, Margene, commended

Pike, Nellie, commended

Talladega College womens basketball team, commended

Talladega, 175th Anniversary, recognized

Sumter County High School girls basketball team, commended

Warrior Academy basketball team, commended

Wright, Lorenzo, commended

Fairfield High Preparatory School, Jobs for Alabama's Graduates (JAG) program, commended

First Baptist Church Leeds, commended

Maggi, Blairo Borges, commended (2010-20776)

Novacki, Eumar Roberto, commended

Novacki, Aline Regina, commended

Corbin, Virginia Kay Wiginton, commended

Pate, Jack, commended

Nix, David, commended

DuPont, Margaret McLeod, death mourned

AOD Federal Credit Union, commended

Ayers, H. Brandt, commended

Talladega College basketball team, commended

Bonner, Vanessa Brown, commended

Callahan, H. L. (Sonny), commended

Roberts, John, commended

Sidney Lanier High School, Centennial Celebration, recognized

Phillips, Sidney C., Jr., commended

Sledge, Eugene B., commended posthumously

Welborn, Jimmy Holland, Sr., death mourned

Cooley, Billy Joe, death mourned

Lawley, Josephine, commended

Birmingham Volleyball Club 13-1 Team, commended

Knight, Jimmy, commended

Jackson, Willie, commended

Marshall, Fred, commended

Williams, Annie, commended

Cooley, Dorothy, commended

Smith, Chester, death mourned

Second Saint Siloam Missionary Baptist Church in Brewton, 100th Anniversary, recognized

Freedom Riders Park, recognized

Coosa Valley Resource Conservation Development Council, commended

Cusseta Baptist Church, commended

Zorn, Mary Jane Jeffcoat, death mourned

Robinson Elementary School, Honor Roll students, commended

C. J. Donald Elementary School, Honor Roll students, commended

Forest Hills Middle School in Birmingham, Honor Roll students, commended

Gray, John Franklin, death mourned

Butler, Talmadge, commended

Royal, Jim, commended

Branyon, Hugh, commended

Gould, Joseph, commended

Glen Oaks Elementary School, Honor Roll students, commended

Morris, Shep and Rite, commended

Jones, Freddie H.E., II, commended

Bryan, Anna Laura, commended

Higgins, Susannah, commended

Bagwell, Haley, commended

Ratliff, Jordan, commended

Leonardi, Erica, commended

Williams Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, commended

Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Silver Anniversary, recognized

Porter, Courtney, commended

Muncher, Meghan, commended

Irons, Representative Tammy, commended