About
Larry Stutts was born at Colbert County Hospital (now Helen Keller Hospital) in Sheffield, Alabama. Growing up in Cherokee, Alabama, the son of an accountant and a registered nurse, Larry always enjoyed working on the family farm. At home, he was instilled with the core values of honesty, hard work, belief in God, and respect for others. These core values define him today.
Larry’s interest in service through government grew as he represented Cherokee Vocational High School at the American Legion’s Boys’ State. He was also an avid athlete, playing basketball and running track for Cherokee.
Upon high school graduation, Larry moved to Auburn to attend Auburn University. His dedication to his studies was rewarded through early acceptance to veterinary school. While attending veterinary school, Larry served in Student Government, was elected Inter-Fraternity Council President, and tapped into the Spade Honorary (Top 10 Men at Auburn). After graduation, Larry married Jackie, an Auburn pharmacist. The couple moved to Larry’s hometown of Cherokee.
Larry opened a veterinary practice with Charles C. King of Leighton. Their practice grew, and Larry put the skills of hard work to use. He built a business over the next three years. Larry and Jackie attended First Presbyterian Church in Tuscumbia, with their eldest daughter, Elizabeth (Thompson), born in 1982. While in veterinary practice, Larry was active in the Tuscumbia Kiwanis Club, Shoals Area Quarterback Club, and Shoals Area Auburn Alumni Club, where he was President. He also taught Biology classes at Northwest Shoals Community College in the evenings, passing on his love for science and also raising extra money to pay for his past school expenses. In 1983, Larry and Jackie welcomed their second daughter Rebecca (Hovater).
After careful consideration and much prayer, Larry applied to medical school and was accepted to the University of South Alabama College of Medicine. While in Mobile, Jackie worked to assist with living and medical school expenses. Larry worked weekends and summers at numerous veterinary practices around Mobile to cover school expenses too.
Larry was elected class representative all four years of medical school and served as President of the Medical Student Body his senior year. While in Mobile, Larry and Jackie, and their two daughters were founding members of Christ Presbyterian Church. In 1987, Larry’s third daughter, Sarah (Philbin) was born. As graduation neared, Larry was encouraged by the faculty to consider further research in comparative medicine – researching and studying similarities in animals and humans, using both his doctoral degrees. But rather than a career in academics, Larry desired to pursue a private practice of medicine.
Larry and Jackie moved to Birmingham with their three daughters. They lived in the Medical Center housing next to the hospital in downtown Birmingham. Jackie worked as a home health pharmacist while Larry was completing his residency. To obtain extra money to support the family and pay off student loans, Larry continued to work on weekends at smaller regional hospitals in the emergency room. In 1989, their last child was born, a son, Collins. Larry received the honor of Chief Resident while at Carraway Medical Center. He was also asked to present his senior research project at the World College of Gynecologic Laparoscopy in Las Vegas.
After completing his residency program, Larry and Jackie moved back to the Shoals, as it was a place they wanted to raise their children and be active in the community. Tuscumbia became their hometown. Their family is active in their church, First Presbyterian of Tuscumbia. He has served as an elder and currently serving as a Sunday School teacher.
In 1992, Larry opened Colbert OB/GYN in Sheffield. Today, his practice has served over 22,000 patients. He has delivered more than 12,000 babies and performed over 7,500 gynecologic surgeries. He has earned a sterling reputation as a doctor that women of Northwest Alabama trust.
In 2014, Larry answered the call of the Lord, the Republican Party, and Northwest Alabama to wage a campaign that few thought possible. Challenging an incumbent that had been in Montgomery for more than three decades. Larry took a message of faith, values, and conservative principles directly to the voters. Though he was vastly outspent, Larry delivered a shocking 70 vote victory.
As our Senator, Larry has led the fight to reduce the size of government, champion the right to life, protect our Second Amendment rights, and keep our taxes low. Larry has also proven to be an effective legislator in representing the interests of Senate District 6. Over the past four years, the region has prospered due to the policies Larry has supported and unemployment in Northwest Alabama is at an all time low. On every campaign promise, Larry has delivered in a MAJOR way!
Contact Information
Known contact information for Larry Stutts from Tuscumbia, AL.
- 11 South Union Street, Suite 733Montgomery, AL 36130-4600
- Phone: 334-261-0862
- Official Email: [email protected]
Education Information
Known educational history for Larry Stutts from Tuscumbia, AL.
- DVM, Veterinary, Auburn University, 1979
- MD, University of South Alabama College of Medicine
Political Information
Known political history for Larry Stutts from Tuscumbia, AL.
- Candidate, Alabama State Senate, District 6, 2022
- Senator, Alabama State Senate, District 6, 2014-present
Professions Information
Known professional history for Larry Stutts from Tuscumbia, AL.
- Owner, Colbert Obstetrics and Gynecologoy (OB/GYN), 1992-present
- Chief Resident, Carraway Medical Center
- Former Professor, Northwest Shoals Community College
- Residency, Carraway Medical Center
Congressional Information
Known congressional history for Larry Stutts from Tuscumbia, AL.
- Former Chair, Children Youth and Human Services Committee, Alabama State Senate
- Former Member, Joint Committee on Public Pensions, Alabama State Senate
- Former Member, Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development, Alabama State Senate
- Former Member, Health and Human Services Committee, Alabama State Senate
Organizations Information
Known organizational history for Larry Stutts from Tuscumbia, AL.
- Member, First Presbyterian of Tuscumbia, present
- Founding Member, Christ Presbyterian Church
- Member, Tuscumbia Kiwanis Club
- Member, Shoals Area Quarterback Club
- President, Shoals Area Auburn Alumni Club
- President, Medical Student Body
Election History
Larry Stutts from Tuscumbia, AL has participated in elections listed below in the state of Alabama.
Sponsored Bills
View legislative bills that Larry Stutts has sponsored.
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SB184
Adult Protective Services; Department of Human Resources required to create dementia training, certain employees and contractors required to complete
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SB80
Hospitals, additional licensing requirements provided, emergency department physician on site at all times required
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SB81
Dental insurance; set medical loss ratio for insurers
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SB82
Certificate of need; to remove requirement for new or expanded health care facilities and services in rural area
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SB84
Incarceration; to require the Alabama Department of Public Health to adopt and enforce sanitation standards for food services in corrections facilities, county, and municipal jails
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SB85
Veterinary medicine; veterinarian-client-patient relationship further specified; scope of practice inside and outside veterinarian-client-patient relationship further defined
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SB88
Division of Construction Management; capital improvement projects valued less than $750,000 at covered K-12 and higher education institutions exempted from division inspections and recommendations
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SB100
Relating to Property Tax; amending the cap on the assessed value of real property
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SB101
Consent to medical treatment; age at which minor may consent to medical treatment revised, exceptions further provided for
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SB27
Medicaid Agency, colorectal cancer screening test, coverage required for test based on grade A or B recommendation from U.S. Preventative Services Task Force
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SB285
Certificate of need; exclude new or expanded obstretric and psychiatric facilities from requirement
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SB99
Drug Insurance Benefits; impose more restrictions on pharmacy benefit managers
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SB160
In vitro fertilization; civil and criminal immunity provided for IVF services if providers follow commonly accepted practices of care
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SB236
Certificate of Need, exempt health care institutions and services in rural areas from requirement
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SB64
Motor vehicles, off-road vehicles, use on public roads, authorized under certain conditions
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SJR48
Access to colorectal cancer screening for all Alabamians on Medicaid, encouraged
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SJR73
William Howell Rogers, road named
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SB202
Relating to education; to establish the Parental Rights in Children's Education (PRICE) Act relating to K-12 education; to secure the fundamental constitutional rights of parents to direct the education of their children; to create the PRICE Program; to establish a three-year phase-in period; to provide definitions; to establish the roles and responsibilities of the Parent Advisory Board, the Commissioner of Revenue, and the Department of Revenue; to create a process for granting education savings accounts; to establish funding mechanisms for the costs of education savings accounts and the administration of the program; to specify qualified expenses; to create requirements for education service providers; to establish an auditing, denial, and appeal mechanism for expenses, parents, participating students, and education service providers; to provide safeguards against any additional state control over or interference with nonpublic schools, their students, and their families; and to provide for legal remedies.
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SB209
Relating to infants; to add a new Chapter 25A to Title 26 of the Code of Alabama 1975; to require certain safe haven locations and certain hospitals to accept a surrendered newborn infant; to give the Department of Human Resources custody of a surrendered newborn infant; to allow a parent who surrenders a newborn infant to reclaim the infant in certain circumstances; to provide certain affirmative defenses to a parent who surrenders a newborn infant; to exempt a surrendered newborn infant from certain reporting requirements; to provide for a limitation of liability; to authorize the Department of Human Resources to adopt rules; and to repeal Sections 26-25-1 through 26-25-5, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to leaving an abandoned infant with an emergency medical services provider.
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SB227
Relating to state income tax credits; to authorize a tax credit to physicians and dentists who provide medically necessary health care to a medically indigent person at no cost; and to provide for the adoption of rules.
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SB239
Relating to Opioid Addiction Treatment; to repeal the Medication Assisted Treatment of Opioid Use Act of 2019, codified as Sections 20-2-300 through 20-2-302, Code of Alabama 1975, that provide for adoption of rules governing use of buprenorphine in the treatment of opioid addiction and a standing working group to assist in drafting the rules.
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SB155
Deferred compensation plans, portion of income exempt from income tax, Sec. 40-18-19 am'd.
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SB223
Corrections Department, inmates, to apply certain sentencing provisions to certain defendants, Sec. 15-22-26.2 am'd.
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SB245
Parole, to further provide for parole eligibility of offenders convicted of manslaughter in certain circumstances, Sec. 15-22-28 am'd.
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SB275
Taxation, grain bins exempt from ad valorem taxation, Sec. 40-9-1 am'd.
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SB277
Rebuild Alabama Act, removing index provisions, motor fuel excise taxes, Sec. 40-17-370 am'd.
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SB278
Cannabis, women of childbearing age, certain requirements established for medical cannabis use, Sec. 20-2A-64 am'd.
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SB309
Colbert Co., severance tax proceeds, 7.5 percent for railway overpass in City of Sheffield and 7.5 percent for broadband, tax applied on all severed material, regardless of mode of transportation, const. amend.
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SB323
Colbert Co., simplified seller use tax, distrib. of the county's share, local acts in conflict, repealed
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SB324
Cannabis, women of childbearing age, certain requirements established for medical cannabis use, Sec. 20-2A-64 am'd.
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SB86
Motor vehicles, authorized volunteer firefighter vehicles, authorized to be equipped with emergency lights, certain operating privileges, provided, Sec. 32-5A-7.1 added.
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SB87
Crimes and offenses, Sergeant Nick Risner Act, created, to prohibit anyone who is charged pursuant to a plea agreement of a lessor offense, Sec. 14-9-41 am'd.
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SB173
Agricultural lime, required to be labeled with relative neutralizing value as defined, Secs. 2-23-2, 2-23-4 am'd.
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SB225
Teacher Initiative, phase in provision of 200 scholarships per year, scholarships for teacher preparation program students who commit to teach in rural areas of the state, service contracts provided
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SB256
Motor vehicles, authorized volunteer firefighter vehicles, authorized to be equipped with emergency lights, certain operating privileges, provided, Sec. 32-5A-7.1 added.
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SB381
Hunting dogs, Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources, to require a report of citations and warnings for hunters, to require reports to be public records, provide for regulations for hunting dogs, Secs. 9-2-14, 9-11-241 am'd.
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SB382
Child custody, parenting plan required in all cases, court established plan in certain cases, remedies for violations of plan, Sec. 30-3-158 added; Secs. 30-3-150, 30-3-151, 30-3-152, 30-3-153 am'd.
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SJR107
Chronic Weight Management and Type 2 Diabetes Task Force, created
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SB190
Agricultural lime, required to be labeled with relative neutralizing value as defined, Secs. 2-23-2, 2-23-4 am'd.
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SB192
Motor vehicles, authorized volunteer firefighter vehicles, authorized to be equipped with emergency lights, certain operating privileges, provided, Sec. 32-5A-7.1 added.
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SB203
Teacher Initiative, phase in provision of 200 scholarships per year, scholarships for teacher preparation program students who commit to teach in rural areas of the state, service contracts provided
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SB331
Brilliant, corp. limits alt.
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SB 227
University of North Alabama, technical correction removing reference to State Superintendent of Edu., at-large member from within or without state added, Secs. 16-51-1, 16-51-3 am'd.
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SB 241
Prescriptions, practitioner, electronic prescription specify whether a generic may be dispensed, Sec. 34-23-8 am'd.
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SB 266
Child custody, parenting plan required in all cases, court established plan in certain cases, remedies for violations of plan, Sec. 30-3-158 added; Secs. 30-3-150, 30-3-151, 30-3-152, 30-3-153 am'd.
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SB 267
Motor vehicles, authorized emergency vehicles, volunteer firefighters may use personal vehicles as emergency vehicles with purple emergency lights, Secs. 32-1-1.1, 32-5A-115 am'd.
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SB 425
Health care, treatment guidelines relating to buprenorphine, review committee established to aid in rule drafting
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SB 88
Prescriptions, practitioner, electronic prescription specify whether a generic may be dispensed, Sec. 34-23-8 am'd.
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SJR 15
Spann, Johnny Michael, honored
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SB 4
Motor vehicles, authorized emergency vehicles, volunteer firefighters may use personal vehicles as emergency vehicles with purple emergency lights, Secs. 32-1-1.1, 32-5A-115 am'd.
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SB 7
Child custody, parenting plan required in all cases, court established plan in certain cases, remedies for violations of plan, Sec. 30-3-158 added; Secs. 30-3-150, 30-3-151, 30-3-152, 30-3-153 am'd.
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SB5
Prescriptions, electronic prescription to specify whether a generic may be dispensed, Sec. 34-23-8 am'd.
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SB6
University of North Alabama, Bd of Trustees, membership, add'l at-large member from within or without state, Secs. 16-51-1, 16-51-3 am'd.
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SB 136
University of North Alabama, Board of Trustees, revised to replace State Superintendent of Ed with at-large member, districts amended to reflect current congressional districts.
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SB 137
Franklin Co., sales and use tax, allocation of one-quarter of one cent tax for road and bridges in lieu of ATRIP, tax extended, referendum deleted, Amendment 881 (Section 9.50, Local Amendments, Franklin Co, Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended) am'd, const. amend.
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SB 210
Physician Initiative, phase in provision of 100 scholarships per year, scholarships for students who commit to practice family medicine in underserved areas of state, AL. Medical Education Consortium to administer, Dept. of Public Health to fund
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SB 211
Child custody, parenting plan required in all cases, court established plan in certain cases, remedies for violations of plan, Sec. 30-3-158 added; Secs. 30-3-150, 30-3-151, 30-3-152, 30-3-153 am'd.
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SB 361
Colbert Co., gas tax proceeds required to pay off debt obligations for Shoals Economic Development Project, Sec. 45-17-90.52 am'd.
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SB 377
Colbert Co., gasoline tax, three cents per gallon, distrib. to co. and mun. for road and bridge construction
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SJR 25
Law enforcement officers, recognized
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SB186
Child custody, parenting plan required in all cases, court established plan in certain cases, remedies for violations of plan, Sec. 30-3-158 added; Secs. 30-3-150, 30-3-151, 30-3-152, 30-3-153 am'd.
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SB335
Physician Initiative, phase in provision of 100 scholarships per year, scholarships for students who commit to practice family medicine in underserved areas of state, AL. Medical Education Consortium to administer, Dept. of Public Health to fund
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SB339
University of North Alabama, Board of Trustees revised to replace State Superintendent of Ed with at-large member, congressional districts amended to reflect current districts.
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SB383
Russellville, Franklin Co., civil service board, members, salary to be set by city council, Sec. 45-30A-50.03 am'd.
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SJR107
Doyle, Pam, distinguished service, commended
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SB265
Uniform Severance Tax Act, exception for minerals severed in Alabama, sold to buyer in another state, and not transported on public roads in Alabama deleted, Sec. 40-13-53 am'd.
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SB387
Retirement Systems of Alabama, certain provisions of the Alabama Uniform Trust Code to apply to Boards of Control, Secs. 16-25-19, 16-25-20, 36-27-23, 36-27-25 am'd.
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SB403
Muscle Shoals, civil service board, members, compensation, city council to set, Sec. 45-17A-50.04 am'd.
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SB414
Russellville, Franklin Co., civil service board, members, salary to be set by city council, Sec. 45-30A-50.03 am'd.
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SB93
Controlled substance prescription database, Class II to Class V controlled substances, reporting of dispensing, veterinarians exempt from report, Sec. 20-2-213 am'd.
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SB175
Controlled substance prescription database, Class II to Class V controlled substances, reporting of dispensing, veterinarians exempt from report, Sec. 20-2-213 am'd.
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SB214
Alcoholic beverages, entertainment district or brewpub, sale of alcoholic beverages, Sec. 28-3A-6.1 added; Secs. 28-3A-17.1, 28-4A-3 am'd.
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SB272
Sex crimes, sexual misconduct, lack of consent required, crimes of rape in the 3rd degree, sodomy in the 3rd degree and sexual abuse in 3rd degree created to address circumstances where both parties are below age of consent, Secs. 13A-6-65, 13A-6-70, 15-20A-5, 15-20A-6 am'd.
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SB289
Health care, sections repealed relating to notification requirements when dense breast tissue is found during mammogram and relating to insurance maternity coverage for inpatient hospital care for certain minimum amounts of time for a mother and newborn, Secs. 22-13-71, 27-48-2 repealed
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SB291
University of North Alabama, board of trustees, terms of office revised, meetings by teleconference, Secs. 16-51-3, 16-51-4 am'd.
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SB467
Uniform Severance Tax Act, exception for minerals severed in Alabama, sold to buyer in another state, and not transported on public roads in Alabama deleted, Sec. 40-13-53 am'd.
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SB54
University of North Alabama, Board of Trustees, reference to seventh and eighth congressional district residency requirement for four members of board changed to fifth congressional district, Sec. 16-51-3 am'd.
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