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HB109
LUDIAAW-2
By Representatives Pringle, Wilcox
RFD: Boards, Agencies and Commissions
First Read: 04-Feb-25
PFD: 03-Feb-25
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PFD: 03-Feb-25
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to the Alabama Sunset Law; to continue the
existence and functioning of the State Board of Podiatry until
October 1, 2029, with certain modifications; to amend Section
34-24-250, Code of Alabama 1975, to require that a board
member resides in and be appointed from each congressional
district in this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Pursuant to the Alabama Sunset Law, the
Sunset Committee recommends the continuance of the State Board
of Podiatry until October 1, 2029, with additional
recommendation for statutory change as set out in Section 3.
Section 2. The existence and functioning of the State
Board of Podiatry, created and functioning pursuant to
Sections 34-24-230 to 34-24-276, inclusive, Code of Alabama
1975, is continued until October 1, 2029, and those code
sections are expressly preserved.
Section 3. Section 34-24-250, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"§34-24-250
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"§34-24-250
(a) The Governor of Alabama shall appoint a State Board
of Podiatry consisting of seven persons individuals, each of
whom shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of
Alabama, over the age of 25, and shall have been engaged in
the actual continuous practice of podiatry in the State of
Alabama for at least five years next preceding his or her
appointment. One member of the board shall be appointed each
year, with the exception of three members being appointed
every fifth year starting in 1979, for terms of five years and
until their successors are appointed and qualified. No member
of the board shall be reappointed for a successive term.
Previous board members are eligible for nonsuccessive
appointments. The Governor may remove from office at any time
any member of the board for neglect of duty, incompetency,
improper or unprofessional conduct, or when the license or
certificate of any member has been suspended or revoked.
Vacancies on the board shall be filled by appointment by the
Governor in the manner provided in this section. The Governor
shall furnish each member of the board at the time of
appointment a certificate of appointment, and the appointee
shall qualify by taking the usual oath of office before the
judge of probate of his or her home county within 15 days from
the date of appointment.
(b) After April 6, 1993, each vacant office occurring
shall be first offered to each available black licensee until
a black member is appointed to the board. When a black member
is appointed to the board, thereafter appointments shall be
made in such a manner as to ensure at least one black member
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made in such a manner as to ensure at least one black member
on the board at all times, and the membership of the board
shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic,
urban/rural urban, rural, and economic diversity of the state.
Commencing on June 1, 2025, as the terms of the members
serving on the board expire, the membership of the board shall
be appointed so that one member resides in and is appointed
from each congressional district in this state. "
Section 4. The Legislature concurs in the
recommendation of the Sunset Committee as provided in Sections
1, 2, and 3.
Section 5. This act shall become effective on June 1,
2025.
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2025.
House of Representatives
Read for the first time and referred
to the House of Representatives
committee on Boards, Agencies and
Commissions
................04-Feb-25
Read for the second time and placed
on the calendar:
0 amendments
................05-Feb-25
Read for the third time and passed
as amended
Yeas 102
Nays 0
Abstains 1
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John Treadwell
Clerk
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