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AL HB372

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

4/20/2023

Primary Sponsor

Chris Pringle

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Origin

House of Representatives

Regular Session 2023

AI Summary

HB372 Summary

  • Changes the Alabama Legislature's regular session start date during the first year of a quadrennium from the first Tuesday in March to the first Tuesday in February.

  • Extends the Contract Review Permanent Legislative Oversight Committee's review period from 45 days to allow contracts to be held at meetings for up to 45 days following the meeting; exempts Department of Transportation attorney contracts for right-of-way condemnation cases from review requirements.

  • Transfers duties to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate if a vacancy occurs in the Lieutenant Governor's office, including budget, personnel, and other statutory responsibilities for the remainder of the term.

  • Changes the tax expenditure report requirement from annual to biennial, beginning in 2024; revises the Joint Legislative Committee on Finances and Budgets membership to reflect current House and Senate standing committees on finance and budget matters.

  • Repeals obsolete provisions regarding Constitution recompilation authority, Legislative Reference Service duties, and contested legislative election procedures; makes nonsubstantive technical revisions and updates constitutional citations to 2022.

Legislative Description

Relating to the Legislature; to amend Section 29-1-4, 29-2-41, 29-2-41.2, 29-2-80, 29-2-81, 29-2-83, 29-2-201, 29-4-70, 29-5A-22, 29-5A-46, 29-6-1, 29-6-2, 29-6-3, 29-6-7, 41-5A-16, 41-9-370, and 41-9-374, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide further for the date the Legislature convenes during the first year of a regular session; to provide additional time for the Contract Review Committee to review a contract and provide further for certain types of professional contracts; to provide further for property owned by the Legislative Council; to provide contingencies if a vacancy occurs in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor; to provide further for the role of the Code Commissioner and duties of the Legislative Council and Legislative Services Agency; to revise membership of the Joint Legislative Committee on Finances and Budgets; to provide further for tax expenditure reports made by the Legislative Fiscal Officer; to revise when members of the Legislative Committee on Public Accounts are elected; to repeal 29-5A-24 and 29-6-6, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to obsolete duties of the Legislative Reference Service and the Legislative Council; to repeal Sections 17-16-50 through 17-16-53, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the contested election of a legislator; and to delete obsolete language and make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Last Action

Indefinitely Postpone

5/31/2023

Committee Referrals

State Government4/20/2023

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