SR59 Summary

• Establishes a special order calendar designating specific bills as paramount business taking precedence over all other matters.

• Designated bills maintain special status for the fifteenth Legislative day only.

• SB242, sponsored by Senator Orr, is designated as special order business on page 40 of the calendar.

• SB242 authorizes the Public School and College Authority to issue one billion dollars in bonds for capital improvement projects at public schools, community colleges, and other colleges.

• Bond funding for SB242 is supported by designated tax revenue pledged including utility taxes and sales and use taxes under the "Investing in Alabama's Future Act."