Title 29 — Title 29

The Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on Energy Policy is created for the purpose of recommending to the Governor and the Legislature courses of action to address the state’s long-term and short-term energy challenges. The recommendation shall include, without limitation, rec…

October 1, 2026.] AMENDED BY ACT 2026-327, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (a) The committee shall be composed of the following members: (1) The Chair of the House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. (2) The Chair of the House Committee on Transportati…

(a) The committee shall make a continuous study of the energy supply for the state and make recommendations for legislation and initiatives that will create the necessary institutional and regulatory changes to accomplish the overall goals and objectives of the state in a manner …

The chair and vice chair of the committee shall jointly create and appoint members to advisory subcommittees, as deemed necessary by the committee, which shall include members of the committee and representatives from governmental agencies. The Commissioner of the Alabama Departm…

The Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and any advisory subcommittees shall provide any assistance as may be necessary at the committee’s request. Each legislative member of the committee and each legislative member of a subcommittee shall be enti…

Annual expenses and compensation of the committee from state funds shall not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per fiscal year. History: (Act 2010-232, p. 419, §7.)

Clerical Assistance. (a) The Joint Transportation Committee shall meet the fourth Wednesday of January, April, July, and October at 1:30 p.m. at the Alabama State House. At the fourth quarterly meeting of the first year of each quadrennium, the Joint Transportation Committee shal…

(a) On or before January 31 of each year, any county or city required to report local motor fuel excise tax rate information to the Department of Revenue pursuant to Act 1998-192 shall provide a similar report to the Department of Revenue regarding the total amount of local motor…

October 1, 2026.] AMENDED BY ACT 2026-327, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (a) There is created the Contract Review Permanent Legislative Oversight Committee. The committee shall be composed of the Chairs of the Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Co…

Personal or Professional Services; Letter of Intent to Contract; Hearing; Organization and Meetings. [Effective until October 1, 2026.] AMENDED BY ACT 2026-328, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (a) Each member of the committee shall be entitled to regular …

In case of an emergency adversely affecting public health, public safety, or public welfare of the state, so declared in writing by the Chief Procurement Officer or the head of a purchasing agency, as defined under Section 41-4-114, setting forth the nature of the danger to publi…

(a) For the purposes of this article the term personal and professional services specifically includes independent contractor agreements as well as individual employment agreements. (b)(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, all contracts for employment of an at…

The following personal and/or professional services contracts shall be excluded from the terms of this article: (1) Contracts for insurance; (2) Contracts let by competitive bid; (3) Contracts entered into by public corporations and authorities; (4) Any contract the total amount …

The amendments to Sections 41-4-110, 41-4-113, 41-16-20, 41-16-21.1, 41-16-24, and 41-16-27 made by Act 2009-763 shall not affect the review of any contract by the Contract Review Permanent Legislative Oversight Committee. History: (Act 2009-652, §1; Act 2009-763, p. 2310, §2.)

(a) If the Chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee or the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee or the Chair of the House Ways and Means General Fund Committee or the House Ways and Means Education Committee elects not to participate in meetings …

(a) In addition to its other duties under this article, the Contract Review Permanent Legislative Oversight Committee shall review proposed agreements and obligations as follows: (1) Each state agency or department that receives a direct appropriation from the State General Fund …

Each member of the Joint Transportation Committee shall be entitled to his or her regular legislative compensation and his or her per diem and travel expenses for each day he or she attends a meeting thereof when the Legislature is not in session or when the Legislature is in rec…

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (1) There exists a continuing need for comprehensive study, research and planning by the Legislature in the area of reapportionment; and, (2) It is necessary, therefore, that a permanent legislative committee on reapportionment be c…

Quadrenniums. (a) There is hereby created a permanent legislative committee to be known as the Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment, hereinafter referred to as the “committee.” (b) Except during the quadrennium in which the United States census is released and the L…

Meetings. (a) The committee shall make a continuous study of the reapportionment problems in Alabama seeking solutions thereto, and shall seek expertise, when deemed necessary, from among knowledgeable state officials and employees, academic personnel and others involved in demog…

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 97-658, p. 1249, §4, effective October 1, 1997. History: (Acts 1990, No. 90-388, p. 530, §4.)

(a) The transportation department shall cooperate with the Joint Transportation Committee and shall prepare or cause to be prepared and furnished to the Joint Transportation Committee, by the third quarterly meeting of each year, the current STIP for proposed highway construction…

There is hereby created a continuing permanent Municipal Government Committee of the Legislature. The committee shall be composed of eight members of the Legislature, four members from the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House, and four members from…

(a) It shall be the duty and function of the committee to analyze the status of municipal government in Alabama and to make recommendations for legislation and constitutional revision which it considers necessary or desirable to enable the municipal governments of this state to m…

Officio Members. As far as practical all meetings of the committee shall be held in the State House building or in the State Capitol and be opened to the public. The committee may expend funds for the purpose of correspondence with prospective witnesses, in preparation of reports…

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 97–658, p. 1249, §4, effective October 1, 1997. History: (Acts 1975, No. 1218, p. 2540, §6; Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-785, p. 76, §1.)

All bills originating in either house pertaining to transportation under the jurisdiction of the transportation department, its budget, and all other matters of highway planning, construction, maintenance, operation, or administration shall be reviewed by the Joint Transportation…

Cooperation Required of Agencies, Boards, Bureaus, Etc. There is created a Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on Finances and Budgets. The committee shall meet at the call of the chair. It shall be the duty of the committee to make a careful investigation and study of the fina…

Compensation of Members of Subcommittees. The committee shall be composed of the Lieutenant Governor, the members of the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education, the members of the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund, and such other members of the Sen…

The committee members shall be entitled to, and shall receive, the same daily legislative compensation, expense allowances, per diem and other compensation which they receive while in legislative session for each weekday, Monday through Friday, during any week in which the commit…

The committee shall report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature at such times deemed appropriate by the chairs, but no later than the seventh legislative day of each regular session. History: (Acts 1991, No. 91-652, p. 1229, §4; Act 2023-224, §1.)