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SB12
EMVL222-1
By Senator Elliott
RFD: County and Municipal Government
First Read: 04-Feb-25
PFD: 16-Oct-24
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6 EMVL222-1 08/05/2024 PMG (L)PMG 2024-2244
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PFD: 16-Oct-24
SYNOPSIS:
This bill would prohibit a state or local agency
from requiring, as a condition for issuing certain
types of licenses or permits to a person, that the
person first obtain a different license or permit from
another state or local agency.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to business licenses and permits; to prohibit
a state or local agency from conditioning the issuance of a
license or permit to a person on the person first obtaining a
different license or permit from another state or local
agency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) As used in this section, the following
terms have the following meanings:
(1) GOVERNTMENTAL BODY. The state and any political
subdivision of the state and any agency, department, board, or
commission of the state or of a political subdivision of the
state.
(2) LICENSE. Any license, permit, or other
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(2) LICENSE. Any license, permit, or other
certification issued by a governmental entity which is
necessary to operate a business. The term does not include a
license, permit, or certification from an occupational
licensing board needed to carry out a profession.
(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a
governmental body may not require, as a condition for issuing
a license to a person, that the person seeking the license
first obtain a different license from a separate governmental
body.
Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2025.
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