Alabama 2023 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB105 Introduced / Fiscal Note

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FISCAL NOTE 
Senate Bill 105
Committee: Healthcare	Sponsor: Senator Linda Coleman-Madison
Analyst: Tiffany Weaver	Date: 05/03/2023
Senate Bill 105 as reported by the Committee on Healthcare would codify the existing practices
of the State Health Officer, the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) and the Alabama
Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) regarding statewide fish consumption
advisories and fish tissue monitoring. This bill would further require ADEM to post signage at 
public boat ramps adjacent to state waters when there is an active fish consumption advisory,
which would increase the administrative and financial obligations of ADEM by an estimated
$115,000 to replace signage and by an additional undetermined amount to hire personnel to
place and monitor signage.
In addition, this bill would also increase the administrative obligations of the Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources by a small amount to notify fishing licensees, that receive
their licenses electronically, about active fish consumption advisories.