AL SB291

Creates the Alabama Sales, Use, and Lease Tax Simplification Task Force to study streamlining and simplifying the administration and remittance of sales, use, and lease taxes.

Task force composed of 24 members including the Directors of Finance and Revenue, two tax attorneys, six business executives (by size), four legislators, two at-large citizens, and representatives from municipal leagues, county commissions, tax administrators, and the Business Council of Alabama.

Appointments must be made within 30 days of passage, with first meeting held within 60 days directed by the Speaker of the House; members elect a chair and vice-chair at first meeting.

Task force must submit written findings and recommendations to the Speaker and President Pro Tempore by the third legislative day of the 2013 Regular Session, then dissolves.

Total expenses of the task force capped at $1,000.