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AL HB463
Bill
Status
6/2/2011
Primary Sponsor
Mike Ball
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AI Summary
HB463 Summary
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Clarifies Governor's authority to employ personal counsel and permits attorneys licensed outside Alabama to be appointed as deputy attorneys general.
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Limits Attorney General's acceptance of attorney fees, expenses, and penalties to actual office expenses effective September 30, 2010, with certification required to legislative finance committees and Budget Officer.
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Prohibits assistant and full-time deputy attorneys general from maintaining private law offices and increases non-merit executive assistant positions from three to five.
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Increases paralegal employee positions from five to ten and additional investigators from four to six in the Attorney General's office.
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Creates new Class C felony for knowingly providing false statements, concealing facts, or destroying evidence in matters under investigation by the Attorney General.
Legislative Description
Attorney General, makes permissive issuance of opinions, expenses, attorneys licensed outside Alabama authorized to be appointed deputy attorneys general, certain private law offices prohibited, nonmerit employee appointments increased, issuance of subpoenas, criminal prosecutions, official opinions, false statement by Attorney General in investigations, prohibited, penalties, Sec. 36-15-62.1 added; Secs. 36-15-1, 36-15-4.2, 36-15-5.1, 36-15-6, 36-15-9, 36-15-10, 36-15-11.1, 36-15-13, 36-15-14, 36-15-16, 36-15-17, 36-15-21.1, 36-15-60, 36-15-62 am'd.
Attorney General
Last Action
Delivered to Governor at 11:45 p.m. on June 2, 2011.
6/2/2011