Suggested State Legislation | 2003 | Volume 62

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State Reports to Legislature: Alternative Formats The Act enables state agencies that are required to report to the Legislature to do so via the Internet. Submitted as: Alabama HB 48 (engrossed version) Status: enacted into law in 2001. Suggested Legislation (Title, enacting clause, etc.) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Section 1. [Short Title.] This Act may be cited as “An Act Relating to Distributing Certain Documents to The Legislature.� Section 2. [Alternative Methods of Distribution and Publication.] (a) Any state agency, state department, or public entity required to supply paper copies of annual reports and other documents and materials to members of the [Legislature] shall develop and implement an alternative method of distribution and publication. (b) The alternative method shall include each of the following components: 1. Notice provided to each member of the [Legislature] after the effective date of this section and at the beginning of each subsequent legislative term that the state agency, state department, or public entity intends to display or post the report, document, or other material on the Internet. The notice shall include an explanation of how the information may be accessed and copied from the Internet. 2. Display of the report, document, or material on the Internet for at least [ninety (90)] days. 3. A written offer to each member of the [Legislature] after the effective date of this section and at the beginning of each subsequent legislative term of the opportunity to receive a paper copy of the material. If a member at the time the notice is received or any other time requests a paper copy of the material, the material shall be promptly provided. (c) Each state agency, state department, or public entity may promulgate necessary rules and regulations to implement this section. Section 3. [Conflicting Laws Repealed.] All laws or parts of laws which conflict with this Act are repealed. Section 4. [Severability.] [Insert severability clause.] Section 5. [Repealer.] [Insert repealer clause.] Section 6. [Effective Date.] [Insert effective date.]

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World Language Institute

6min
pages 178-180

Utilization of Unused Prescriptions

4min
pages 175-176

Telemarketers: Consent to Charge an Account

4min
pages 146-147

Uniform Athlete Agents Act

18min
pages 150-156

Statewide Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program

16min
pages 137-142

Tax Stamps: Cigarettes

7min
pages 143-145

Service Contracts and Consumer Products Guaranty

16min
pages 129-134

Self-Directed In-Home Care

15min
pages 123-128

Unauthorized Transfers of Accounts of Prescription Drug Customers

2min
pages 148-149

State Reports to Legislature: Alternative Formats

1min
page 136

Road-to-Independence, Transitioning from Foster Care

17min
pages 117-122

Relief from Legal Determination of Paternity

2min
page 114

Reporting Traffic Infractions of Diplomats

3min
pages 115-116

Regional Water Banks Note

7min
pages 111-113

Public Elementary and Secondary Student Fee Authorization

7min
pages 108-110

Privacy: Video Providers

5min
pages 106-107

Mercury

5min
pages 90-92

Price Gouging After Disasters

2min
pages 104-105

Prescription Drug Cost Management

8min
pages 101-103

Political Cyberfraud

3min
pages 99-100

Personal Information: Disposal

5min
pages 95-96

Pilot Program for Unassisted Voting by the Blind

5min
pages 97-98

Military Honors Funeral

5min
pages 93-94

Livestock Diseases

19min
pages 84-89

Labor Organizations: Legal Fees and Court Costs

4min
pages 82-83

Juror Gratuities

1min
page 81

Genetic Testing, Genetic Information

23min
pages 60-66

Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program

6min
pages 78-80

Health Insurance Grievance Review

24min
pages 69-77

Gubernatorial Inauguration Finance Disclosure

4min
pages 67-68

Financial Literacy

1min
page 59

Electronic Transmission of Sexually Explicit Advertisement Material

8min
pages 51-53

Fair Credit Extension Uniformity

14min
pages 54-58

Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices

4min
pages 49-50

Dark Fiber

7min
pages 40-42

Elder Death Review Teams

6min
pages 46-48

Cyber Court

13min
pages 35-39

Diabetes Notation on Death Certificates

10min
pages 43-45

Center for Nursing

5min
pages 24-25

Construction Defect Claims

24min
pages 27-34

Biometric Technology

8min
pages 20-23

Comprehensive Planning/Growth Management Statement

2min
page 26

Introduction

5min
pages 11-12

Suggested State Legislation Style

1min
page 13

Appointment of Presidential Electors

3min
pages 18-19

Suggested Legislation Anti-Terrorism

6min
pages 15-17
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