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AL SB138
Bill
Status
4/11/2023
Primary Sponsor
Shay Shelnutt
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AI Summary
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Authorizes the Department of Insurance to post hearing notices on its website for at least 30 days prior to hearings involving matters that would otherwise require separate notices to more than 50 persons, in lieu of newspaper publication.
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Requires the department to post notices of hearings for consideration of commissioner rules for at least 35 days prior to the hearing on its website and publish notices in the Alabama Administrative Monthly.
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Replaces the existing requirement for notice publication in two or more newspapers of general circulation for four consecutive weeks with website posting as the primary notice method.
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Maintains the requirement that notices state the time, place, and matters to be considered at the hearing.
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Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Relating to the Insurance Department; to amend Section 27-2-39 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the department to post notice of hearings for the consideration of matters which would otherwise require separate notices to more than 50 persons on a website maintained by the department; and to require the department to post notices of hearings held for consideration of rules of the commissioner on a website maintained by the department and to publish the notices in the Alabama Administrative Monthly.
Last Action
Read Second Time in Second House
4/27/2023