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HB131
MDVLHWW-2
By Representatives Rafferty, 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 Alabama Board of Athletic
Trainers until October 1, 2027, with certain modifications; to
amend Section 34-40-3.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to require that
a board member resides in and be appointed from each
congressional district in this state and that any remaining
members be appointed from the state at-large.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Pursuant to the Alabama Sunset Law, the
Sunset Committee recommends the continuance of the Alabama
Board of Athletic Trainers until October 1, 2027, with
additional recommendation for statutory change as set out in
Section 3.
Section 2. The existence and functioning of the Alabama
Board of Athletic Trainers, created and functioning pursuant
to Sections 34-40-1 to 34-40-17, inclusive, Code of Alabama
1975, is continued until October 1, 2027, and those code
sections are expressly preserved.
Section 3. Section 34-40-3.1, Code of Alabama 1975, is
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Section 3. Section 34-40-3.1, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"ยง34-40-3.1
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision in the law
regarding the composition of the Board of Athletic Trainers,
the membership of the board shall be inclusive and reflect the
racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural urban, rural, and
economic diversity of the state and each member of the board
shall be a citizen resident of this state.
(b) 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 with
the remaining members being appointed from the state
at-large."
Section 4. The Legislature concurs in the
recommendations 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 103
Nays 0
Abstains 0
................06-Feb-25
John Treadwell
Clerk
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