Government Accountability

LWVAL Action Priority Level I (Highest) - Monitoring and action of highest priority. Major area for resource expenditures.

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LWVAL has taken a position on these bills:

thumbs_up_icon.jpgSB21 - Alabama Open Meetings Act, prohibit serial meetings, to clarify Open Meetings Act applies to meeting of the Legislature, committees, or subcommittees of governmental bodies, penalties, Secs. 36-25A-1, 36-25A-2, 36-25A-3, 36-25A-9 am'd.

thumbs_down_icon.jpgSB132 - Open Meetings Act, meeting, definition, exclusion when two persons gather when no final decision is made, Sec. 36-25A-2 am'd.

thumbs_up_icon.jpgSB96 - Counties, co. commission, operation, contracts with municipalities, contracts or employment with family members of commissioners, self-funded property insurance, maintenance of annexed roads including evacuation route, bonding of employees of emergency communication districts, Secs. 11-1-10, 11-3-5, 11-30-1, 11-49-80, 11-98-4 am'd.

green-right-arrow.jpgthumbs_down_icon.jpgSB112 - Article V Convention, appointment of delegates by the Legislature, qualifications, recall, oath

green-right-arrow.jpgthumbs_down_icon.jpgSB372 - Article V Convention, appointment of delegates to represent Alabama by Legislature, qualifications, duties, criminal penalty for exceeding scope of appointment

thumbs_up_icon.jpgSB137 - Lobbying, prohibiting certain public officials from serving as a lobbyist for a two-year period, Sec. 36-25-23 am'd.

thumbs_up_icon.jpgHB295/SB30 (Constitutional Amendment) - Local constitutional amendments, adoption procedure by Legislature revised, Legislature to adopt a resolution of local application in order for amendment to be treated as local, local amendment,, Amendments 425 and 555, Constitution of Alabama of 1901, repealed, const. amend.

green-right-arrow.jpgthumbs_down_icon.jpgSB414 - Article V constitutional convention, compact to set convention to require Congress to balance the budget, adopted

LWVAL is monitoring these bills:

green-right-arrow.jpgSB16 - County commissions, limited power to establish personnel policies, community, transportation and emergency assistance programs, policies for operation of county offices and elections and polling places, const. amend.

green-right-arrow.jpgSB25/HB337 - Separation of powers, Article III and Amendment 582 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, combined into one section in modernized language but no substantive change, Article III and Amendment 582 repealed and Article III added

SB26/HB336 (Constitutional Amendment) - Impeachment, Article 7, Constitution of Alabama of 1901, repealed and readopted, const. amend.

HB257 - Joint Legislative Committee on Government Oversight and Accountability, created, membership, powers and duties

HB 339 - Colleges and Universities, ethics training for members of public boards of trustees required, trustees required to file statements of economic interest

green-right-arrow.jpgHB379 - Article V constitutional convention, compact to set convention to require Congress to balance the budget, adopted



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