Daily Report – Wednesday, Feb. 13

The 2010 Regular Session of the Alabama Legislature kicked off on Tuesday, Jan. 12 with the introduction of about 500 bills. ACCA staff is now reviewing the bills introduced and will send out a detailed report of the first week's activities this Friday. 

We have already had some success in this first week. Two ACCA priority bills were voted out of committee today and will be ready for consideration next week: 

HB62 by Rep. Randy Wood, which provides that governmental entities not pay more for vehicle tags and registration than the fees charged for standard passenger vehicles. Passage of this bill will over time decrease the cost paid by state and local governments. This bill was given a favorable report by the House Public Safety Committee.

SB174 by Sen. Kim Benefield, which provides that the Board of Adjustment cannot deny claims filed by a county governmental entity for reimbursement of costs or expenses that have been rejected by a state agency as untimely filed unless the state agency has properly adopted and followed procedures under the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. This bill was given a favorable report by the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee.

Many thanks to Rep. Wood and Sen. Benefield for making these bills a priority and getting early committee action. ACCA staff hopes to have several more bills considered in committee next week.

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Questions? Please call the ACCA office at (334) 263-7594.