AL HJR55

Amends Rule 25 of the Joint Rules to clarify requirements for bills imposing new or increased expenditures on municipalities, counties, or their instrumentalities.

Requires the Legislative Services Agency, Fiscal Division to determine if a bill has an aggregate fiscal impact of less than $50,000 annually and notify the sponsor if amendments are needed for compliance.

Mandates that general bills imposing expenditures exceeding $50,000 annually that do not fall within enumerated exceptions require a two-thirds vote to pass and be transmitted to the other house.

Requires fiscal notes on bills subject to Section 111.05 of the Alabama Constitution of 2022 to include language indicating the bill increases combined local expenditures greater than $50,000 annually and does not qualify for exemptions.

Passed by the House on 27-Feb-24 and adopted by the Senate on 21-Mar-24.