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HB260
FFL9DCC-1
By Representative Moore (P)
RFD: Military and Veterans Affairs
First Read: 12-Feb-25
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First Read: 12-Feb-25
SYNOPSIS:
Under existing law, the Alabama Job Creation and
Military Stability Commission consists of 13 members,
representing the State Legislature, state law
enforcement, the Alabama National Guard, state
agencies, including the Alabama Department of Veterans
Affairs, retired military personnel, and civic leaders.
This bill would expand the membership of the
Alabama Job Creation and Military Stability Commission
to include the Chairs of the Alabama House Military and
Veterans Affairs Committee and the Alabama Senate
Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Safety
Committee.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to Military Affairs; to amend Section 31-14-3,
Code of Alabama 1975, to expand the membership of the Alabama
Job Creation and Military Stability Commission to include the
Chairs of the Alabama House Military and Veterans Affairs
Committee and the Alabama Senate Veterans, Military Affairs,
and Public Safety Committee.
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and Public Safety Committee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 31-14-3, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"ยง31-14-3
(a) The Alabama Job Creation and Military Stability
Commission is created. Members of the commission shall include
a chair and two vice chairs. The chair shall be the Lieutenant
Governor, or in the absence of a Lieutenant Governor, the
chair shall be the Governor, or his or her designee. The vice
chairs shall be the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, or
his or her designee, and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, or his or her designee.
(b) The commission shall also consist of the following
members:
(1) Two members of the House of Representatives
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(2) Two members of the Senate appointed by the
President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
(3) The Adjutant General of the Alabama National Guard.
(4) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement
Agency.
(5) The Secretary of the Department of Commerce.
(6) The Director of the Alabama Department of Economic
and Community Affairs.
(7) The Commissioner of the Alabama Department of
Veterans Affairs.
(8) One senator from the minority caucus appointed by
the Lieutenant Governor.
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the Lieutenant Governor.
(9) One representative from the minority caucus
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(10) The chair of the Alabama House Military and
Veterans Affairs Committee.
(11) The chair of the Alabama Senate Veterans, Military
Affairs, and Public Safety Committee.
(10)(12) One retired senior member of the Armed Forces
for each of the five major military facilities in Alabama,
Redstone Arsenal, Anniston Army Depot, Maxwell Air Force Base
including the Gunter Annex, Fort Moore, and Fort Novosel who
shall be appointed by the Governor, after consultation with
the individual designated in subdivision (11)(13) as the civic
leader from the community which the senior member of the
military shall represent.
(11)(13) One civic leader with significant experience
in military relocations from each of the five communities
currently impacted most significantly by the presence of
military facilities and assigned personnel who shall be
appointed by the chair after consultation with the existing
organizations described in subsection (h).
(c) Members of the commission shall serve for a term of
four years with each appointment, may be reappointed for an
unlimited number of terms, and shall serve on the commission
until a replacement is appointed.
(d) The members of the Alabama Job Creation and
Military Stability Commission created by Act 2011-350, as
amended by Act 2013-156, shall be the initial members of the
commission created under this section and shall continue to
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commission created under this section and shall continue to
serve on the commission at the pleasure of the appointing
authority until the quadrennium commencing in 2019. Persons
appointed after the commencement of the quadrennium commencing
in 2019 commission shall serve a term of four years.
(e) The commission shall hold its organizational
meeting by August 31, 2017. Thereafter, the commission shall
meet at the call of the chair; provided, that the commission
shall meet at least once annually.
(f) The commission shall adopt rules for its
governance, including, but not limited to, the filling of
vacancies, the election of officers, the creation of
committees, including an executive committee, and the
execution of documents. Members of the commission, the
executive committee of the commission, or any other committee
established by the commission may participate in a meeting of
the commission or committee by means of telephone conference,
video conference, or using similar communications methods by
means of which all individuals participating in the meeting
may hear one another. Participation by such means shall
constitute presence in person at a meeting for all purposes,
including for purposes of establishing a quorum. Notice of
meetings shall be provided in accordance with the Alabama Open
Meetings Act and similar means of communication be allowed to
provide for members of the public to listen and observe
meetings.
(g) The Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House
of Representatives, the Legislative Services Agency, Legal
Division, the Legislative Services Agency, Fiscal Division,
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Division, the Legislative Services Agency, Fiscal Division,
and the Examiners of Public Accounts shall provide assistance
as requested by the commission. Each legislative member of the
commission and supporting staff shall be entitled to his or
her regular legislative compensation and his or her per diem
and travel expenses for each day he or she attends a meeting
of the commission which shall be paid out of any funds
appropriated for the use of the Legislature, upon warrants
drawn on the Comptroller upon requisition signed by the
commission's chair. Members shall not receive additional
legislative compensation or per diem when the Legislature is
in session but shall receive his or her travel expenses for
all meetings attended.
(h) The commission shall make proactive attempts to
ensure the stability of Alabama-assigned Department of Defense
resources by the study and evaluation of military
organizations, personnel, civilian support personnel,
equipment, and infrastructure currently located in the state,
and the re-stationing or reorganization of military resources
located in, relocating to, or outside of the state using the
following items of evaluation:
(1) All Department of Defense personnel, assets, and
equipment, including that belonging to the Alabama National
Guard and Reserve units or forces.
(2) The economic impact of these resources on
surrounding communities.
(3) Current policies, programs, and services that
impact Department of Defense resources located in the state.
(4) The impact these Department of Defense assets and
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(4) The impact these Department of Defense assets and
resources have on state and local job creation.
(5) The impact of Department of Defense assets and
resources on local businesses and industry.
(6) Funding available or required to promote the
sustained presence of Department of Defense assets and
resources appropriated to the state.
(i) The commission shall not alter the purpose,
replace, or change the role of any existing organization, task
force, or committee within a military community with the
purpose of promoting military growth , including Base Closure
and Realignment Commission associated actions.
(j) The appointing authorities of the commission shall
coordinate their appointments to assure the membership of the
Alabama Job Creation and Military Stability Commission is
inclusive and reflects the racial, gender, geographic, urban,
rural, and economic diversity of the state.
(k) The commission shall make an annual report to
members of the Legislature no later than the seventh
legislative day of each regular session beginning in 2018
detailing all commission activities and recommendations.
(l) The commission may accept gifts, contributions,
bequests, grants, and other donations, whether public or
private, of money, real property, or personal property and
shall expend the same in furtherance of the work of the
commission.
(m) The work of the commission shall be supported by
the Military Stability Foundation, an Alabama nonprofit
corporation incorporated on September 8, 2011, which shall not
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corporation incorporated on September 8, 2011, which shall not
be considered a government body. Documents produced by or for
the foundation shall not be considered public writings, even
if viewed by or delivered to the commission, as the disclosure
of the documents would be detrimental to the best interest of
the public."
Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2025.
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