T.D. "Ted" Little

Veterinary medicine, definitions, licensure and regulation further provided for, prohibited acts, authorized tasks for veterinary technicians and unlicensed assistants revised, Secs. 34-29-61, 34-29-76, 34-29-77, 34-29-94 am'd.

Ethics Law, substantially revised, bribery of public servant, failure to disclose conflict of interest, and trading in public office, penalties increased, soliciting contributions for certain purposes prohibited, lobbyist and thing of value defined, Ethics Commission, members, compensation, online reporting, issuance of subpoenas, representation of clients by legislators limited, contracting with educational institutions limited, fees and reports of registered lobbyists, limitation on certain members of awarding authority, disclosure forms for certain travel, penalties, Secs. 13A-10-61, 13A-10-62, 13A-10-63, 17-5-7, 36-25-1, 36-25-3, 36-25-4, 36-25-10, 36-25-11, 36-25-18, 36-25-19, 36-25-27 am'd.

Guardianships and conservatorships, jurisdiction, transfer of proceedings to another state, enforcement of guardianship and protective orders from other states, Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act, Secs. 26-2B-101 to 26-2B-106, 26-2B-201 to 26-2B-210, 26-2B-301, 26-2B-302, 26-2B-401 to 26-2B-403, 26-2B-501 to 26-2B-503 added; Secs. 26-2A-31, 26-2A-109, 26-2A-131 am'd.

Highways and other roads, Alabama Trust Fund, $100 million transferred annually in 2010 to 2020, inclusive, distrib. of portion after appropriation to Transportation Department, portions earmarked for special projects, distrib. of portion to counties and municipalities for transportation purposes, transfers from Alabama Trust Fund to Municipal Government Capital Improvement Fund and County Government Capital Improvement Fund, const. amend.

Protection From Abuse Act, issuance and procedures for issuance of protection orders relating to domestic violence and abuse, plaintiffs further defined according to relationships with defendant, jurisdiction, relationship to uniform acts, petitions, Protection Order Registry at Administrative Office of Courts, criminal penalties repealed, Secs. 30-5-1, 30-5-2, 30-5-3, 30-5-4, 30-5-5, 30-5-6, 30-5-7, 30-5-8 am'd.; Secs. 30-5-9, 30-5-10 repealed

Prosthetists and Orthotists, State Board of, Sunset Law review, continued with modifications until October 1, 2011, appointments altered and clarified, applicants for licensure required to be United States citizens or legally present in the United States, board members required to be citizens of the state, Secs. 34-25A-5, 34-25A-8 am'd.; Act 2009-300, 2009 Reg. Sess. am'd. (2010-20273)

Radiation Control Agency, State, Sunset Law review, continued with modifications, applicants for licensure required to be United States citizens or legally present in the United States, Sec. 22-14-6 am'd. (2010-20327)

Plumbers and Gas Fitters Examining Board, Sunset Law review, continued with modifications until October 1, 2011, holdover positions on board eliminated, Sec. 34-37-3 am'd. (2010-20228)

Oil and Gas Board, State, Sunset Law review, continued with modifications, diversity in board membership, members required to be citizens of the state, Sec. 9-17-3 am'd. (2010-20274)

Sickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission, Sunset Law review, continued with modifications until October 1, 2011, diversity in commission membership, commission members required to be citizens of the state, Sec. 22-10B-2 am'd. (2010-20275)

Home Medical Equipment Services Providers, Board of, Sunset Law review, continued with modifications, board members required to be citizens of the state, Sec. 34-14C-2 am'd. (2010-20276)

Office of Information Technology, Sunset Law review, continued with modifications until October 1, 2012, members of Information Technology Council required to be citizens of the state, Sec. 16-61D-5 am'd. (2010-20325)

Funeral Service, Board of, Sunset Law review, continued until October 1, 2012

Interior Design, State Board of Registration for, Sunset Law review, continued until October 1, 2011

Foresters, State Board of Registration for, Sunset Law review, continued with modifications, diversity in board membership, applicants for licensure required to be United States citizens or legally present in the United States, Secs. 34-12-4, 34-12-30 am'd. (2010-20277)

Dental Examiners of Alabama, Board of, Sunset Law review, continued until October 1, 2012

Court Reporting, Board of, Sunset Law review, continued with modifications until October 1, 2012, reference to the Alabama Judicial Conference deleted and appointment of a board member by the Chief Justice from a list of nominees provided by the Administrative Office of Courts provided for, continuing education, admissibility of depositions limited, temporary graduate license, Secs. 34-8B-4, 34-8B-5, 34-8B-8, 34-8B-15 am'd. (2010-20262)

Assisted Living Administrators, Board of Examiners of, Sunset Law review, continued with modifications, consumer members authorized to vote on all matters, Sec. 34-2A-3 am'd.

Emergency Management Agency, pet evacuation, EMA to adopt plans for household pets including service animals

Teachers, principals, and education employees, State Superintendent of Education, revocation of education certificate or termination of employment required for conviction of felony or sex offense involving a child, regarding Teacher Tenure Law, Teacher Accountability Act, and Fair Dismissal Act, Secs. 16-24-8.1, 16-24B-3.1, 36-26-102.1 added; Sec. 16-23-5 am'd.

Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (PACT) Program, separate board of directors from Alabama College Education Savings (ACES) Program, members, duties, annual appropriations from Education Trust Fund to PACT Trust Fund for certain fiscal years, certain specific appropriations made to PACT Trust Fund for certain years, tuition limited at certain colleges, limited liability of PACT Board and ACES Board, 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.; Sec. 16-33C-9 repealed

Timber and forest products, altering a weight measuring device prohibited, penalties, unauthorized cutting, removal, transportation, sale, or purchase of timber and other forest products designated Class A misdemeanor, Sec. 9-13-60 am'd.

Ethics, lobbyist, definition expanded to include persons seeking to obtain contract with governmental entity on behalf of third party, Sec. 36-25-1 am'd.

Domestic violence, protection orders, defined, penalties increased, lack of knowledge of order as a defense eliminated, Domestic Violence Protection Order Enforcement Act, Secs. 30-5A-1, 30-5A-2, 30-5A-4 am'd.; Sec. 30-5A-3 amended and renumbered as 13A-6-150

Residential Mortgage Satisfaction Act, method for clearing residential land titles for subsequent transactions, self-help title clearing remedy using affidavit of satisfaction and satisfaction agent, document of rescission by secured creditor to rescind erroneous recording of a mortgage, Secs. 35-10B-101 to 35-10B-104, inclusive, 35-10B-201 to 35-10B-205, inclusive, 35-10B-301 to 35-10B-308, inclusive, 35-10B-401, 35-10B-402 added, Secs. 35-10-26, 35-10-30 am'd. (2010-20614)

Child custody disputes, procedures for prevention of child abduction, credible risk for abduction factors, applicable to certain international abductions, emergency measures, Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act

Housing Finance Authority, authorized to service loans that are not secured by eligible housing units, Secs. 24-1A-2, 24-1A-5 am'd.

Competitive bids, local governments authorized to purchase goods and services through vendors with current contract with Government Services Administration without further competitive bidding, Sec. 41-16-51 am'd.; Act 2009-760, 2009 Reg. Sess. am'd.

Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (PACT) Program, annual appropriations from Education Trust Fund to PACT Fund based on a formula for fiscal years for certain period of time, Sec. 16-33C-9 repealed

Energy, Alabama Public Interest Energy Research and Development Grants Program, established, funding for energy projects, Commission on Public Interest Energy Research and Development Grants, established, Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on Energy Policy to advise, Public Interest Energy Research and Development Grants Fund, established, appropriation

Littering, rebuttable presumption of criminal littering provided for, enforcement by county license inspector and solid waste officer, distrib. of fines, Sec. 13A-7-29 am'd.

Initiative, constitutional amendments, proposed by people, authorized, Legislature may offer alternate proposal, const. amend.

Motor vehicles, distinctive license tags, for out-of-state colleges and universities, distrib. to Education Trust Fund for preventing and lowering rates of high school dropouts, Secs. 32-6-67, 32-6-68 am'd.

Crime Stopper Commission and Crime Stopper Grant Fund, established, additional court costs in each criminal case in this state, grants, distrib. to crime stopper programs

Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund, established, voluntary participation established for paid and volunteer firefighters, board of commissioners to administer, funding through voluntary payments with ad valorem tax payments, investment of assets by Employees' Retirement System, qualified service, disability and death benefits, annual audits and reports, duties to Insurance Department

Teachers, principals, and education employees, State Superintendent of Education, revocation of education certificate or termination of employment required for conviction of felony or sex offense involving a child, regarding Teacher Tenure Law, Teacher Accountability Act, and Fair Dismissal Act, Secs. 16-24-8.1, 16-24B-3.1, 36-26-102.1 added; Sec. 16-23-5 am'd.

Children, day care providers, leaving child unattended in a motor vehicle unless supervised by person of certain age prohibited, penalties determined by first, second, or subsequent conviction and whether child is injured or fatally injured, Amiyah White Unattended Children in Motor Vehicle Safety Act

University of Alabama, board of trustees, age requirement altered, Section 264 (Section 264, Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended), am'd., const. amend.

Creek War and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission, established, members, powers, duties, termination, Secs. 41-9-1060 to 41-9-1067, inclusive, added (2010-20685)

Reeltown Youth Baseball League, Inc., exempt from state, county, and municipal sales and use tax

Mental Health Department, licensure for care or treatment for mental or emotional illness or individuals with a substance related disorder, non-clinical religious treatment excepted, Sec. 22-50-17 am'd. (2010-20348)

Paid political advertising, identification to include electronic campaign telephone callings, Sec. 17-5-12 am'd.

Human trafficking, crime established, coercion or deception to perform labor or certain sexual activities, prohibited, criminal penalties

National Voting Rights Museum & Institute, exempt from state income tax and state, county, and municipal sales and use tax

Agriculture and livestock, regulation of livestock and animal husbandry, sole jurisdiction of Agriculture and Industries Department, State Veterinarian, duties re livestock diseases, etc., exclusive, cruelty to animals, penalties, Secs. 2-4-1, 13A-11-14 am'd.

Real property, transfer fee covenant, void and unenforceable unless notice recorded in certain format, requirements for notice of transfer fee

Auburn University, board of trustees, teleconferencing and videoconferencing authorized, Sec. 16-48-7 am'd.

Kinship guardianships, kinship guardianship subsidy program, established, procedures for establishing kinship guardianships and legal authority of kinship guardians, Sec. 12-15-301, 12-15-314, 12-15-315, 38-12-2, 38-12-4 am'd.

Chattahoochee River, landfills and junkyards prohibited within certain distance of river

Alzheimer's Disease Task Force, established to assess the current and future impact of Alzheimer's disease in Alabama, members, duties, Mental Health Department to provide administrative support, report of findings to Governor and Legislature, termination date

Secretary of State and probate judges, authorized to refuse for filing any false, fraudulent or unlawfully issued document, removal, expungement, correction, crime of offering a false instrument for recording against a public employee or public official, established, penalties, Sec. 36-14-18 added; Secs. 12-13-40, 13A-9-12 am'd.

Abortions, human embryonic stem cell research, human embryo cloning, euthanasia, or physician-assisted suicide, requirement to perform in private or denominational hospital by employees or physicians, prohibited, civil action for damages or reinstatement of employment

State parks, lodging rate, temporary reduction for residents

Prepaid Affordable College Tuition Trust Fund, investments required to produce equal return over 20 years, new enrollees prohibited, certain borrowing authorized, const. amend.

Davis, Philip Mahan, death mourned

Farrington, Allison, commended

Huntsville, Google urged to select city for Google Fiber Project

Talladega College womens basketball team, commended

U. S. Congress urged to restore the presumption of a service connection for Agent Orange exposure to Navy and Air Force veterans who served on the inland waterways, offshore waters, and airspace of the Republic of Vietnam

Talladega College basketball team, commended

Nichols, Mike, commended

Edward Bell High School basketball team, commended

Equal Pay Commission, established to study wage disparities

Anderson, James W., death mourned

First Baptist Church Leeds, commended

Foot Health Awareness Month, recognized

Denton, Senator Bobby, commended

Decker, Harold R., death mourned

McMahan, Brannen, commended

Thomas, Ison, death mourned

Hank Aaron Museum and Learning Center in Mobile, grand opening celebrated

Benefield, Senator Kim, commended

Bishop, Senator Charles, commended

Denton, Senator Bobby, commended

Pelham, Senator Pierre, death mourned

Dixon, Senator Larry, commended

Erwin, Senator Henry E. (Hank), Jr., commended

Mitchem, Senator Hinton, commended

Penn, Senator Myron, commended

Zorn, Mary Jane Jeffcoat, death mourned

Caylor, Mary Jane, commended

Byers, David F., Jr., commended

Pitts, Harvey Curtis, Jr., death mourned

Pike County Economic Development Corporation, commended

Lunsford, Jimmy C.; Troy City Council, commended

Willie Scoggins, Jr., Basketball Court at Memorial Park in Birmingham, dedication recognized

Feld, Montgomery, commended

Mitchem, Senator Hinton, commended

Allen, Johnny, death mourned

White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Alabama A & M University, hosts of 2010 Technical Assistance Conference, commended

Cooper, Rebecca Brewer, death mourned

University of Alabama football team, commended

Guthrie, Richard, commended

Carter, Tim, commended

E-Verify Program, U. S. Congress urged to continue funding

Mack, Jean Marie, death mourned

Holly, Anola, death mourned

Malone, Michael Lloyd, death mourned

Rodney J. Evans Conference Center at Lake Jackson in Florala, named

Howard, Robert Lewis, death mourned

Constitutional convention, special election called to revise and amend Constitution of Alabama of 1901, election of delegates, special election to ratify proposed Constitution of Alabama

Adams, Samuel Lamar, death mourned

Britton, Tennis Clinton, Jr., death mourned

Phillips, Mickey Kennedy, death mourned

Reeltown High School football team, commended

Lines, Bill, death mourned

University of Alabama Medical Alumni Association, 37th Annual Medical Alumni Weekend, recognized

Benjamin, Regina M., commended

Baker, John M., commended

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

Ray Scott Highway, portion of I-65 South between Hope Hull exit and Pintlala exit, named

Dewey J. Bondurant, Jr., Highway, portion of Alabama Highway 113 between Highway 29/31 in Flomaton and Interstate 65, named

Menton, Senator Bill, death mourned

Bright Star Restaurant, commended

Beck, Representative Warren, death mourned

Home generated medical sharps, educational program for safe disposal of, established

Tax return preparers, federal rules to regulate, supported

Lee, McDowell, Secretary of the Senate, Legislative funds authorized for commissioning of official portrait to be placed on 7th floor of Alabama State House

Nabors, Senator Ollie Wilson, death mourned

Stallings, John Mark, commended posthumously

Google urged to select Huntsville for Google Fiber Project

Sledge, Eugene B., commended posthumously

National Donate Life Month; Celebration of Life Picnic, recognized