HR729 Summary

• Commends Representative Mac McCutcheon for his outstanding service as a member of the Tennessee Valley Caucus of the Alabama House of Representatives.

• Recognizes the Tennessee Valley Caucus's five-year track record since its formation on March 31, 2005, as a unified voice for the Tennessee Valley region's interests in the Alabama Legislature.

• Credits the Caucus with securing $3 million in TVA in-lieu-of-tax payments through Act 2006-655, passing Tennessee River Protection Acts for six counties, and successfully overriding multiple gubernatorial vetoes to allocate recovered funds.

• Highlights the Caucus's 2010 success in passing House Bill 44, a 5 percent TVA recapture bill that returned approximately $6 million to the Tennessee Valley for education, mental health, fire protection, law enforcement, and infrastructure improvements.

• Declares that Representative McCutcheon's leadership has enabled the Caucus to achieve previously unattainable goals through collective legislative action rather than individual efforts.