Alabama Joint Fire Council

2011 Legislative Session

Bills the Joint Fire Council agreed to support included the following;

No bills have been voted on to support as of 03/07/11

Bills the Joint Fire Council agreed to oppose included the following;

No bills have been voted on to oppose as of 03/07/11

The following is a list of bills that are fire service related you may want to review;

♦ The Alabama Firefighters Association is opposing SB101 & HB114

SB63

Under existing law, volunteer fire departments may elect to purchase insurance providing workers’ compensation coverage. This bill would allow two or more volunteer fire departments certified by the Alabama Forestry Commission to enter into contracts or agreements to establish a workers’ compensation pool for payment of workers’ compensation. This bill would allow the Department of Industrial Relations of the State of Alabama by rule to adopt requirements for the administration of a workers’ compensation pool established by two or more volunteer fire departments including separation or commingling of funds, accounting, auditing, actuarial standards, and procedures.

3/1/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Banking and Insurance B&I

HB59

This bill would repeal the Deferred Retirement Option Plan (“DROP”), Article 9 of Chapter 25 of Title 16 and Article 9 of Chapter 27 of Title 36, and would provide that the rights and duties of persons who have elected to participate in DROP prior to such repeal shall not be affected by such repeal. The bill would provide for an effective date.

3/1/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund W&MGF
3/3/2011 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and 1 amendment
3/3/2011 12627-5 Ways and Means General Fund first Substitute Offered Pending third reading on day 3 Favorable from Ways and Means General Fund with 1 substitute and 1 amendment
3/3/2011 126702-2 Ways and Means General Fund first Amendment Offered
03/24/2011 Third Reading Indefinitely Postponed
03/24/2011 Ways and Means General Fund first Substitute Offered 126627-5
03/24/2011 Ways and Means General Fund Amendment Offered 126702-2
03/24/2011 Mask motion to Indefinitely Postpone adopted Voice Vote

SB69

This bill would provide that any economic incentive granted to any person or entity engaged in the commercial use of raw forest products would be extended equitably to all users of raw forest products in this state so as to establish and maintain parity within that segment of the economy.

3/1/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry AC&F
03/09/2011 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment Pending third reading on day 5 Favorable from Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry with 1 amendment 127007-2 Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry first Amendment Offered

SB72

Currently, members of the Teachers’ Retirement System and the Employees’ Retirement System may participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan if they meet certain criteria. This bill would prohibit new participation in the DROP Program after April 1, 2011, and would impose limits on interest that could be paid on DROP accounts.

3/1/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation Education F&TE
3/3/2011 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment 2 7 0 Pending third reading on day 3 Favorable from Finance and Taxation Education with 1 amendment
3/3/2011 126543-3 Finance and Taxation Education first Amendment Offered
03/08/2011 Third Reading Passed
03/08/2011 Finance and Taxation Education Amendment Offered 126543-3
03/08/2011 Marsh motion to Table adopted Roll Call 15
03/08/2011 126815-3 Marsh first Substitute Offered
03/08/2011 127010-1 Bedford Amendment Offered
03/08/2011 Marsh motion to Table adopted Roll Call 17
03/08/2011 Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 18
03/08/2011 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 19
03/08/2011 Marsh tabled Marsh to reconsider.
03/08/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund W&MGF
03/08/2011 Engrossed
03/09/2011 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
03/10/2011 Third Reading Passed
03/10/2011 127309-1 Ford Amendment Offered
03/10/2011 Mask motion to Table adopted Roll Call 33
03/10/2011 127298-1 Lindsey Amendment Offered
03/10/2011 Mask motion to Table adopted Roll Call 34
03/10/2011 127351-1 Warren Amendment Offered
03/10/2011 Mask motion to Table adopted Roll Call 35
03/10/2011 127281-1 Shiver Amendment Offered
03/10/2011 Mask motion to Table lost Roll Call 36
03/10/2011 Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 37
03/10/2011 127219-1 Johnson (R) Amendment Offered
03/10/2011 Motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 38
03/10/2011 127332-1 Black Amendment Offered
03/10/2011 Mask motion to Table adopted Roll Call 39
03/10/2011 127294-2 Jackson Amendment Offered
03/10/2011 Mask motion to Table adopted Roll Call 42
03/10/2011 Baughn intended to vote “Yea”
03/10/2011 Shiver and Oden to reconsider Shiver Amendment adopted Roll Call 40
03/10/2011 Mask motion to Table Shiver amendment adopted Roll Call 41
03/10/2011 127336-1 McCutcheon Amendment Offered
03/10/2011 Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 43
03/10/2011 127353-1 Hubbard (J) Amendment Offered
03/10/2011 Mask motion to Table adopted Roll Call 44
03/10/2011 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 45
03/22/2011 Concurrence Requested
03/22/2011 Rules Committee Petition to Cease Debate adopted Roll Call 50.
03/22/2011 Marsh motion to Non Concur and Appoint Conference Committee adopted Roll Call 52 .
03/22/2011 Bedford motion to Non Concur lost Roll Call 51
03/22/2011 Conference Committee Requested
03/22/2011 Mask motion to Accede adopted Roll Call 55 – Speaker appoints Mask, McClendon and Buskey
03/22/2011 Conference Committee Appointed
03/22/2011 Hubbard (J) intended to vote “Yea”
03/22/2011 Conference Report 0 4
03/22/2011 127683-1 Conference Committee on SB72 2011RS Substitute Offered.
03/22/2011 Rules Committee Petition to Cease debate adopted Roll Call 59.
03/22/2011 Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 60
03/22/2011 Returned to the House of Representatives
03/22/2011 Mask motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 56
03/22/2011 Concurred in Conference Report
03/22/2011 Enrolled
03/22/2011 Signature Requested
03/24/2011 Forwarded to Governor
03/24/2011 Executive Amendment Offered
03/24/2011 Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 120
03/24/2011 House of Origin Concurs in Executive Amendment
03/24/2011 Mask motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 77
03/24/2011 Second House Concurs in Executive Amendment
03/24/2011 Enrolled
03/24/2011 Signature Requested
Assigned Act No. 2011-27.
Forwarded to Governor at 4:15 p.m. on March 24, 2011

SB101 AFA IS OPPOSING THIS BILL

Under existing law, the Commercial Mobile Radio Service Board levies a service charge on cellular telephones for E-911 service in the amount of 70 cents per month per customer. This bill would lower the amount of the service charge to 65 cents per month. This bill would impose a uniform, statewide prepaid wireless 911 charge on each retail sale of prepaid wireless telecommunications services in the same amount as the E-911 fee per month of regular cell phone service; and would preclude the application of other state and local 911 or E-911 charges to the services.

03/01/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs GA

HB114 AFA IS OPPOSING THIS BILL

03/01/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Commerce and Small Business C&SB

SB108

Currently, employees and officers of the Teachers’ Retirement System, the Employees’ Retirement System, and the Judicial Retirement Fund who are convicted of a felony offense may continue to receive their public retirement benefits. This bill would provide that such persons would forfeit the employer-paid portion and the interest or gains on the employer-paid portion of his or her retirement benefits upon a guilty plea, a plea of no contest, or a final conviction of a felony offense related to the performance of his or her duties of office in Alabama, in a court of this state or any other state of the United States, or in a United States federal court.

03/01/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund F&TG
03/03/2011 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 2 8 0 Pending third reading on day 3 Favorable from Finance and Taxation General Fund

SB119

The Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act authorizes the condemnation and forfeiture of property used in the manufacturing or sale of controlled substances. The proceeds from forfeited property that is sold are distributed by the circuit court to the law enforcement agencies or departments that participate in the investigation that resulted in the seizure. This bill would authorize the circuit court to distribute proceeds from forfeited property to a fire department or a volunteer fire department that participates in the investigation or seizure.

03/01/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary JUDY
03/24/2011 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment 0 10 0 Pending third reading on day 8 Favorable from Judiciary with 1 amendment 127-862-1 Judiciary first Amendment Offered

SB129

The Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund is funded voluntarily through a taxpayer contribution of $2 made through a checkoff on annual ad valorem tax statements. This bill would also allow a minimum voluntary $2 income tax contribution by checkoff of annual income tax returns.

03/01/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund F&TG
03/03/2011 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 0 7 0 Pending third reading on day 3 Favorable from Finance and Taxation General Fund
03/22/2011 Third Reading Passed
03/22/2011 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 55
03/22/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund
03/31/2011 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Pending third reading on day 10 Favorable from Ways and Means General Fund

SB130

Under existing law, the membership of the Alabama Firefighters’ Personnel Standards and Education Commission/Alabama State Fire College-Shelton State Community College includes members appointed by the Professional Firefighters Association of Alabama and the Alabama Firemen’s Association. This bill would include on the commission a member appointed by the Alabama Association of Volunteer Fire Departments and would decrease the number of members appointed by the Governor from four to three.

03/01/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education ED
03/09/2011 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 0 5 Pending third reading on day 5 Favorable from Education

SB138

This bill would add a two dollar amount to each state and local ad valorem tax bill on real property to be distributed to the Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund. Each tax bill would have a conspicuous notice that the two dollar amount would be refunded upon a written request made to the Board of Commissioners of the Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund. The notice would also clearly indicate the address to submit a request for a refund.

03/01/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs GA

SB158

This bill would provide for the Neighborhood Infrastructure Incentive Plan Act of 2011, to authorize the creation of Neighborhood Infrastructure Authorities to manage and coordinate financing through member assessments for neighborhood infrastructure projects. The bill would allow homeowners and businesses to voluntarily create revitalization authorities for revitalization projects in their respective neighborhoods. The bill would provide for an annual income tax credit over a period of 10 years for contributions made by members of an authority for the process of completing a neighborhood infrastructure project.

03/03/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Small Business SB
03/24/2011 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 0 5 Pending third reading on day 8 Favorable from Small Business
03/31/2011 Third Reading Passed
03/31/2011 Pittman first Substitute Offered
03/31/2011 Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 153
03/31/2011 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 154
03/31/2011 Engrossed
03/31/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government C&MG

SB317

This bill would impose a uniform, statewide prepaid wireless 911 charge on the retail sale of prepaid wireless telecommunication services to consumers, preclude the application of other state and local 911 or E911 charges to the services, and make conforming changes. This bill will be implemented only if the Supreme Court of Alabama affirms the decision of the Circuit Court in Case Number: 1100107-, T-Mobile South LLC, et al. v. Leslie Bonet, et al., on appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison County, Alabama, Civil Action No: CV-2008-900128.

03/31/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Commerce, Transportation, and Utilities CT&U

SB285

E-911 services, Statewide 911 Board, established to replace Commercial Mobile Radio Service Board, service charge, collection by board, deposit into E-911 Fund, distrib. to local E-911 districts for implementing Enhanced E-911, procedures and requirements for districts, Secs. 11-98-4.1, 11-98-12 added; Secs. 11-98-1, 11-98-2, 11-98-4, 11-98-5, 11-98-5.1, 11-98-6, 11-98-7, 11-98-8, 11-98-9 am’d.; Sec. 11-98-7.1 repealed

03/24/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund F&TG

HB312

03/22/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions BA&C

HB24

Under existing law, certain entities may be eligible for health insurance coverage under the State Employees’ Insurance Board without liability to the state or to the State Employees’ Health Insurance Plan. This bill would allow United Ways of Alabama and its member United Ways to elect to participate in the state health insurance coverage.

03/01/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund W&MGF

HB83

Under existing law, a person or business entity that installs or provides for the sale of camera systems including digital video recorders must be licensed by the Alabama Electronic Security Board of Licensure. This bill would exempt such person or business entity from licensure by the board if the equipment does not trigger an alarm to the police department or alarm monitoring company.

03/01/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions BA&C

HB84

Under existing law, the Alabama Energy and Residential Codes Board is responsible for providing a process for the acceptance, adoption, and implementation of the Alabama Energy and Residential Codes by the State of Alabama. This bill would include the Director of the Alabama Building Commission as a member of the board.

03/01/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions BA&C
03/09/2011 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment Pending third reading on day 5 Favorable from Boards, Agencies and Commissions with 1 amendment 127042-1 Boards, Agencies and Commissions first Amendment Offered

HB112

Under existing law, a policeman employed by a municipality, except in Jefferson County or a municipality which has elected to be covered by workers’ compensation, and a state trooper or other law enforcement officer employed by the Department of Public Safety, Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, or the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is entitled to death and disability benefits for a service connected occupational disease based on a condition or impairment caused by hypertension, heart disease, or respiratory disease. This bill would provide that the provisions of this law would apply to any law enforcement officer with the power of arrest employed by the state or any municipality or county and would expand the definition of occupational disease to include cancer, AIDS, and hepatitis under certain conditions.

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Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose. The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621. If this bill is not enacted by a 2/3 vote, it will not become effective with regard to a local entity unless approved by the local entity or until, and only as long as, the Legislature appropriates funds or provides for a local source of revenue.

03/01/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government C&MG
03/24/2011 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 2 amendments 128019-1 County and Municipal Government first Amendment Offered 128022-1 County and Municipal Government second Amendment Offered Pending third reading on day 8 Favorable from County and Municipal Government with 2 amendments

HB122

This bill makes appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the executive, legislative and judicial agencies of the State, for other functions of government, for debt service, and for capital outlay for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012.

03/01/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund W&MGF

HB149

This bill would prohibit smoking in places of employment, public places, and enclosed areas of private clubs; provide defined terms; provide for exemptions; require posting of smoking prohibition signs; allow building or property owners to designate nonsmoking areas; provide enforcement by the Board of Health; and to repeal the existing Alabama Clean Indoor Act.

03/03/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health HLTH

HB162

Under existing law, the municipal planning commission of a municipality has responsibility for the development of subdivisions in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipal planning commission. This bill would provide that the county commission would be responsible for the development of subdivisions in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality if the county has adopted subdivision regulations unless an agreement is executed between the county, the municipal planning commission, and the municipality authorizing the municipal planning commission to be responsible for subdivision development. This bill would also amend current law requiring the county engineer to approve all plats and maps before filing with the judge of probate to provide that, when the municipal planning commission is responsible for the development of subdivisions, the county engineer would certify the

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plats and maps for filing after approval by the municipal planning commission.

03/03/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government C&MG
04/06/2011 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
County and Municipal Government first Amendment Offered
Pending third reading on day 12 Favorable from County and Municipal Government with 1 amendment

HB 205

This bill would allow the State Fire Marshal to issue permits to certain fire protection sprinkler contractors.

03/09/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government SG

HB 213

03/09/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions BA&C
03/31/2011 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
Pending third reading on day 10 Favorable from Boards, Agencies and Commissions with 1 amendment
Boards, Agencies and Commissions first Amendment Offered

HB182

Under existing law, the Governor may enter into mutual aid agreements with other states and the federal government. This bill would authorize the Governor to enter into mutual agreements with federally recognized Indian tribes. Under existing law, local emergency management agencies may enter into mutual aid agreements with public and private agencies within the state, and local emergency management agencies may assist in the negotiation of mutual aid agreements between the Governor and adjoining states. This bill would authorize the director of a local agency for emergency management to develop or cause to be developed mutual aid agreements with federally recognized Indian tribes located in the state.

03/08/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security PS&HS
03/31/2011 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
04/12/2011 Third Reading Passed
04/12/2011 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 228
04/12/2011 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs GA

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Alabama Joint Fire Council

2011 Legislative Session

Bills the Joint Fire Council agreed to support included the following;

Bills the Joint Fire Council agreed to oppose included the following;

The following is a list of bills that are fire service related you may want to review;

♦ The Alabama Firefighters Association is opposing SB101 & HB114

SB63

HB59

SB69

SB72

SB101 AFA IS OPPOSING THIS BILL

HB114 AFA IS OPPOSING THIS BILL

SB108

SB119

SB129

SB130

SB138

SB158

SB317

SB285

HB312

HB24

HB83

HB84

HB112

HB122

HB149

HB162

HB 205

HB 213

HB182

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