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5	5		By Representative Clarke
6	6		RFD: Ways and Means General Fund
7	7		First Read: 06-Feb-24
8	8		PFD: 05-Feb-24
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14		-	6 HB101 ~~Enrolled~~
	14	+	6 HB101 Engrossed
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17		-	Enrolled, An Act,
	17	+	A BILL
	18	+	TO BE ENTITLED
	19	+	AN ACT
18	20		Relating to elections; to provide for additional items
19	21		that are considered election expenses that must be reimbursed
20	22		to counties by the state.
21	23		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
22	24		Section 1. Section 17-16-2, Code of Alabama 1975, is
23	25		amended to read as follows:
24	26		"§17-16-2
25	27		(a) As used in this chapter, the term "expenses" shall
26	28		include the following items and any other items approved as
27	29		reimbursable expenses by the Election Expense Reimbursement
28	30		Committee pursuant to Section 17-16-2.1:
29	31		(1) The compensation and mileage provided by law for
30	32		election officials.
31	33		(2) The compensation provided by law for the clerk or
32	34		other official acting as absentee election manager.
33	35		(3) The cost of necessary training and associated
34	36		travel expenses as approved by the county commission for any
35	37		individual appointed as the absentee election manager pursuant
36	38		to Section 17-11-2.
37	39		(3)(4) The costs of ballots, supplies, and other
38		-	materials or equipment necessary for election officials to
39		-	conduct elections as required by law and as certified by the
40		-	judge of probate as chief election official of the county.
41		-	(5) The costs incurred by the county commission in
42		-	using electronic poll books pursuant to Section 17-4-2.1,
43		-	including essential support equipment, software updates,
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	69	+	(3)(4) The costs of ballots, supplies, and other
	70	+	materials or equipment necessary for election officials to
	71	+	conduct elections as required by law and as certified by the
	72	+	judge of probate as chief election official of the county.
	73	+	(5) The costs incurred by the county commission in
	74	+	using electronic poll books pursuant to Section 17-4-2.1,
73	75		including essential support equipment, software updates,
74	76		populating the electronic poll books prior to each election,
75	77		maintenance of the electronic poll books, and any other
76	78		expenses necessary to comply with rules adopted by the
77	79		Secretary of State pursuant to Section 17-4-2.1.
78	80		(6) The costs incurred by the county commission in
79	81		using electronic voting machines, including, but not limited
80	82		to, the transport of electronic voting machines, essential
81	83		support equipment, software updates, maintenance of the
82	84		electronic voting machines, and storage of electronic voting
83	85		machines in non-governmental facilities.
84	86		(7) The costs incurred by the county commission for
85	87		rental payments to a facility used as a polling place.
86	88		(4)(8) The costs of absentee ballots, supplies,
87	89		postage, and other materials required by law to be furnished
88	90		to the absentee election manager.
89	91		(5)(9) The cost of preparing and furnishing the lists
90	92		of qualified electors to the election officials as required by
91	93		law.
92	94		(6)(10) The cost of publishing any notice or other item
93	95		related to any election and required by law, including, but
94	96		not limited to, the publication of notice of any election and
95	97		any voter lists.
96		-	(b) Requests for reimbursement shall be submitted to
97		-	the Comptroller within 90 days following the date of the
98		-	election in which the expenses were incurred.
99		-	(c) This section shall apply to each primary and
100		-	general election beginning with the election on November 5,
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	127	+	any voter lists.
	128	+	(b) Requests for reimbursement shall be submitted to
	129	+	the Comptroller within 90 days following the date of the
	130	+	election in which the expenses were incurred.
	131	+	(c) This section shall apply to each primary and
	132	+	general election beginning with the election on November 5,
131	133		2024."
132	134		Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
133	135		1, 2024.
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138		-	________________________________________________
139		-	Speaker of the House of Representatives
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141		-	President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
142		-	House of Representatives
143		-	I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and
144		-	was passed by the House 29-Feb-24, as amended.
145		-	John Treadwell
146		-	Clerk
147		-	Senate 09-Apr-24 Passed
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	145	+	1, 2024.
	146	+	House of Representatives
	147	+	Read for the first time and referred
	148	+	to the House of Representatives
	149	+	committee on Ways and Means General
	150	+	Fund
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	152	+	Read for the second time and placed
	153	+	on the calendar:
	154	+	1 amendment
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	156	+	Read for the third time and passed
	157	+	as amended
	158	+	Yeas 103
	159	+	Nays 0
	160	+	Abstains 0
	161	+	................29-Feb-24
	162	+	John Treadwell
	163	+	Clerk
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