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FISCAL NOTE
Senate Bill 224
Committee: County & Municipal GovernmentSponsor: Senator Chris Elliott
Analyst: Mathieu Fuller Date: 04/02/2024
Senate Bill 224as reported by the Committee on County and Municipal Government would
create the Office of Occupational and Professional Licensing within the Department of Labor to
serve as a centralized entity providing leadership, support, and oversight to certain professional
or occupational licensing boards operating within the state. This would increase the obligations
of the Department of Labor to hire an executive director, deputy directors, and any other
administrative staff the director deems necessary, and would decrease the financial obligations
of such boards from personnel costs for currently employed executive directors and other staff
and/or from costs for contracted management services. This bill would also streamline board
member compensation by establishing a flat rate per diem of $100 per day, which would
increase or decrease the obligations of the Fund by an undetermined amount dependent upon the
difference in the new flat rate and the amounts paid under existing law.
In addition, this bill would: (1) remove existing language for the transfer of excess funds to the
State General Fund from the Electrical Contractor Board. Based on a four-year average, this
would decrease receipts to the State General Fund by an estimated $62,000 annually; (2) redirect
any funds received by the individual boards from their current funds in the State Treasury to the
newly created Occupational and Professional Licensing Fund in the State Treasury; and (3)
require the executive director to establish fees for the operation of the boards, which could
increase or decrease receipts to the Occupational and Professional Licensing Fund by an
undetermined amount dependent upon the difference in each board's current fee structure under
current law and the fee structure set by the executive director under the provisions of this bill.
Beginning October 1, 2025, all documents, records, functions, and responsibilities of the
following boards shall be transferred to the Office: (1) the Board of Examiners of Assisted
Living Administrators, (2) the Alabama Athletic Commission, (3) the Alabama Board of FN-AFEU7QS-2
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Living Administrators, (2) the Alabama Athletic Commission, (3) the Alabama Board of
Athletic Trainers, (4) the State Board of Auctioneers, (5) the Alabama Professional Bail
Bonding Board, (6) the Alabama Behavior Analyst Licensing Board, (7) the Board of Examiners
in Counseling, (8) the Alabama Board of Electrical Contractors, (9) the Alabama Electronic
Security Board of Licensure, (10) the State Board of Genetic Counseling, (11) the Alabama
Board of Licensure for Professional Geologists, (12) the Board of Home Medical Equipment,
(13) the Alabama Board for Registered Interior Designers, (14) the Alabama Licensure Board
for Interpreters and Transliterators, (15) the Alabama Board of Examiners of Landscape
Architects, (16) the Alabama Board of Examiners in Marriage and Family Therapy, (17) the
Alabama Massage Therapy Licensing Board, (18) the State Board of Midwifery, (19) the
Alabama Board of Optometry, (20) the State Board of Podiatry, (21) the Alabama Private
Investigation Board, (22) the Alabama State Board of Prosthetists and Orthotists, and (23) the
Alabama Security Regulatory Board. Based upon FY 2023, combined receipts and expenditures
in board funds that would be transferred to the Occupational and Professional Licensing Board
Fund on October 1, 2025 is an estimated $4.9 million and $4.7 million, respectively.
Beginning October 1, 2024, this bill would increase the administrative obligations of the
Alabama Department of Public Health to receive all documents, records, functions and
responsibilities of the Sickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission.
Beginning October 1, 2024, this bill would increase the administrative obligations of the
Alabama Department of Environmental Management to receive all documents, records,
functions and responsibilities of the Alabama Drycleaning Environmental Response Trust Fund
Advisory Board.