Ala. Code § 29-6-6 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 6 / Section 29-6-6
Section 29-6-6 Powers and Duties; Assistance by Legislative Reference Service
Status: reserved

REPEALED BY ACT 2023-224, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2023.

(a) The duties and powers of the Legislative Council shall be the following:

(1) It shall suggest research studies to the Legislative Reference Service and shall set, when requested by the Director of the Legislative Reference Service, as limited by subdivision (1) of Section 29-7-6, the detailed order of undertaking requests for assistance received by the Legislative Reference Service, and it shall receive reports at such times as it may require, not less than each three months, on work performed by the Legislative Reference Service.

(2) It shall examine or cause to be examined the effects of constitutional provisions and statutes of the State of Alabama and the effectiveness of operation of state and local government in Alabama.

(3) It shall prepare suggestions for legislation, in the form of bills or otherwise, which in its opinion the welfare of the State of Alabama demands, and it shall submit these suggestions to the Legislature at each session.

(4) It shall report at each session of the Legislature the activities and accomplishments of the Legislative Reference Service and the Legislative Council.

(b) The Legislative Reference Service shall serve the Legislative Council as its research, reporting and bill-drafting agency.
Ala. Code § 29-4-26 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-4-26
Section 29-4-26 Senate Pages
Status: in_force

Senate pages shall be selected or appointed as provided by resolution of the Senate.
Ala. Code § 29-1-2.3 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1-2.3
Section 29-1-2.3 Senate Districts; Legal Actions; Official Maps; Severability; Effective Date
Status: in_force

(a) The Alabama Senate shall consist of 35 members. Each member elected shall reside in the district which he or she represents or seeks to represent. The State of Alabama is divided into 35 Senate Districts as provided in subsection (b).

(b) The numbers and boundaries of the districts are designated and established by the map prepared by the Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment and identified and labeled as McClendon Senate Plan 1, including the corresponding boundary description provided by the census tracts, blocks, and counties, and are incorporated by reference as part of this section.

(c) The Legislature shall post for viewing on its public website the map referenced in subsection (b), including the corresponding boundary description provided by the census tracts, blocks, and counties, and any alternative map, including the corresponding boundary description provided by the census tracts, blocks, and counties, introduced by any member of the Legislature during the legislative session in which this section is added or amended.

(d) Upon enactment of Act 2021-558, adopting the map identified in subsection (b), the Secretary of the Senate shall transmit the map and the corresponding boundary description provided by the census tracts, blocks, and counties identified in subsection (b) for certification and posting on the public website of the Secretary of State.

(e) The boundary descriptions provided by the certified map referenced in subsection (b) shall prevail over the boundary descriptions provided by the census tracts, blocks, and counties generated for the map.
Ala. Code § 29-5A-32 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5A / Section 29-5A-32
Section 29-5A-32 References to the United States Uniformed Services
Status: in_force

The Code Commissioner shall change all collective references to the United States Uniformed Services to include the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps in Title 31, and elsewhere as found in the code. Code changes shall be made at a time determined appropriate by the Code Commissioner.
Ala. Code § 29-9-2 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-9-2
Section 29-9-2 Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) ALABAMA TRUST FUND. The Alabama Trust Fund created by Section 219.02 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.

(2) EDUCATION TRUST FUND. An account in the State Treasury into which are deposited certain revenues paid to the State of Alabama that are earmarked or set aside for appropriation for public educational purposes.

(3) EDUCATION TRUST FUND BASE APPROPRIATIONS. The Education Trust Fund appropriations for the current fiscal year that were enacted in a prior legislative session, excluding reversions reappropriated and any supplemental appropriations.

(4) EDUCATION TRUST FUND RAINY DAY ACCOUNT. The special account created within the Alabama Trust Fund by Section 260.02 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.

(5) EDUCATION TRUST FUND TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS. The total amount of funds appropriated from the Education Trust Fund for a fiscal year, including reversions reappropriated and supplemental appropriations.

(6) EXCESS REVENUES. The difference in the total amount of revenue deposited in the Education Trust Fund in the immediately preceding fiscal year, including nonrecurring revenue, less the Education Trust Fund Total Appropriations for the same fiscal year.

(7) FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the State of Alabama that begins on October 1 and ends on September 30.

(8) FISCAL YEAR APPROPRIATION CAP. The maximum amount of appropriations that may be made from the Education Trust Fund for any fiscal year under certain conditions pursuant to this chapter.

(9) NEW RECURRING REVENUE. Revenue of any kind or type constituting a new annual source of money that has been enacted, established, or provided for prior to the first day of the fiscal year of which it is to first be included in the calculation of the Fiscal Year Appropriation Cap for the Education Trust Fund.

(10) NONRECURRING REVENUE. Revenue of any kind or type that is deposited into or causes one-time abnormal revenue impacts on the Education Trust Fund and that is not recurring revenue, including one-time enhancements to revenues resulting from one-time assistance to individuals or businesses provided by the federal government. Any balance remaining in the Education Trust Fund at the end of any fiscal year, and transfers from the Education Trust Fund Rainy Day Account and the Education Trust Fund Budget Stabilization Fund shall be nonrecurring revenue.

(11) RECURRING REVENUE. Any permanent and continuing source of revenue of any kind or type that has been enacted, established, or provided for in fiscal years prior to the fiscal year for which it is to be included in the calculation of the fiscal year appropriation cap for the Education Trust Fund. Recurring revenue shall not include any balance remaining in the Education Trust Fund at the end of any fiscal year. Once a new recurring revenue produces a source of revenue for one complete fiscal year, it becomes a recurring revenue.

(12) SECONDARY SPENDING LIMIT. An amount equal to 106.5 percent of the Education Trust Fund Base Appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024; 106.25 percent of Education Trust Fund Base Appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025; 106 percent of the Education Trust Fund Base Appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026; and 105.75 percent of the Education Trust Fund Base Appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter.