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SB242
DGQ3DNH-1
By Senator Givhan
RFD: State Governmental Affairs
First Read: 18-Mar-25
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First Read: 18-Mar-25
SYNOPSIS:
Under existing law, the general and permanent
laws of the State of Alabama enacted subsequent to the
adoption and enactment of the Code of Alabama 1975,
including acts of the 1976 Regular Session of the
Legislature through the 2023 Second Special Session as
contained in the respective annual cumulative
supplements and replacement volumes to the code, have
been adopted and incorporated in a continuous and
systematic manner into the Code of Alabama 1975.
This bill would adopt and incorporate into the
Code of Alabama 1975, those general and permanent laws
of the state enacted during the 2024 Regular Session as
contained in the 2024 Cumulative Supplements to certain
volumes of the code and 2025 Replacement Volumes 16A,
18, and 18A.
This bill would adopt and incorporate into the
Code of Alabama 1975, the 2024 supplements to local law
volumes.
This bill would initially adopt and incorporate
into the Code of Alabama 1975, Volume 22N (Revised),
Local Laws, Pickens through Russell Counties.
This bill would make certain corrections to the
replacement volumes and volumes of the cumulative
supplements.
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supplements.
This bill would specify that this adoption and
incorporation constitute a continuous systematic
codification of the entire Code of Alabama 1975, and
would expressly provide that this act does not affect
2025 session statutes.
This bill would also specify the duties of the
Secretary of State regarding the custody of the
cumulative supplements and replacement volumes.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To adopt and incorporate into the Code of Alabama 1975,
those general and permanent laws of the state enacted during
the 2024 Regular Session, as contained in the 2024 Cumulative
Supplements to certain volumes of the code and 2025
Replacement Volumes 16A, 18, and 18A; and to adopt and
incorporate into the Code of Alabama 1975, the 2024 Cumulative
Supplements to local law volumes; to initially adopt and
incorporate into the Code of Alabama 1975, Volume 22N
(Revised), Local Laws, Pickens through Russell Counties; to
make corrections in certain volumes of the cumulative
supplements and replacement volumes; to specify that this
adoption and incorporation constitute a continuous systematic
codification of the entire Code of Alabama 1975, and that this
act is a law that adopts a code; to declare that the Code
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act is a law that adopts a code; to declare that the Code
Publisher has certified that it has discharged its duties
regarding the replacement volumes; to expressly provide that
this act does not affect any 2025 session statutes; and to
specify the duties of the Secretary of State regarding the
custody of the cumulative supplements and replacement volumes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) Those general and permanent laws of the
state enacted during the 2024 Regular Session as contained in
the 2024 Cumulative Supplements to Volumes 3 to 16, inclusive,
Volumes 17 to 17B, inclusive, and Volumes 19 to 22A,
inclusive, and the 2025 Replacement Volumes 16A, 18, and 18A,
and the additions and deletions made by the Code Commissioner
for editorial purposes, as edited and published by Thomson
Reuters, as the Code Publisher, which volumes of the 2024
Cumulative Supplements and 2025 Replacement Volumes 16A, 18,
and 18A are identified and authenticated by the Great Seal of
the State of Alabama placed upon the front and back of each of
the volumes of the cumulative supplements and upon the first
inside page and the last inside page of the replacement
volumes, are adopted and incorporated into the Code of Alabama
1975.
(b) The following corrections are made:
(1) Section 6-5-481, Volume 5, page 610. To correct a
typographical error and to correctly reference the section
containing the defined term, in subdivision (7), replace
"Section 22-21-21" with "Section 22-21-20"
(2) Section 11-66A-7, 2024 Cumulative Supplement to
Volume 10, page 14. To correct a scrivener's error, in the
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Volume 10, page 14. To correct a scrivener's error, in the
introductory paragraph of subsection (a), replace "but limited
to:" with "but not limited to:"
(3) Section 16-24C-3, 2024 Cumulative Supplement to
Volume 13A, page 21. To correct a typographical error that
resulted in a discrepancy between the act and the code
section, in subparagraph 2. of paragraph b. of subdivision
(9), replace "Section 15-24B-52" with "Section 16-24B-52"
(4) Section 26-10F-16, 2024 Cumulative Supplement to
Volume 15B, page 84. To correct a typographical error and to
correctly cite the subject referenced, in subsection (c),
replace "Section 48-8-48" with "Section 43-8-48"
(5) Section 28-3-281, Volume 16A, page 115. To correct
a clerical error that resulted in duplicative language, in
subsection (d), replace "the the taxes." with "the taxes."
(6) Section 33-5-26.1, 2024 Cumulative Supplement to
Volume 17B, page 68. For clarity and consistency, in
subdivision (e)(1) and in the first sentence of subdivision
(e)(2), replace "shall be guilty of a violation" with "shall
be guilty of a boating violation"
(7) Section 45-30-60, Volume 22G, page 233. To delete
Section 45-30-60 in its entirety, as this section was repealed
by implication in Sections 1 and 2 of Act 2024-269.
Section 2. Those local and permanent laws of the state
previously enacted and contained in initial Volume 22N
(Revised), Local Laws, Pickens through Russell Counties, and
the local and permanent laws pertaining to various counties
enacted during the 2024 Regular Session, as contained in the
2024 Cumulative Supplements to Volumes 22B, 22C, 22D, 22E,
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2024 Cumulative Supplements to Volumes 22B, 22C, 22D, 22E,
22F, 22G, 22H, 22I, 22J, 22K, 22L, and 22M, and the 2024
Regular Session additions and deletions made by the Code
Commissioner for editorial purposes, as edited and published
by Thomson Reuters, as the Code Publisher, which volumes of
the 2024 Cumulative Supplements are identified and
authenticated by the Great Seal of the State of Alabama placed
upon the front and back of each of the volumes of the
cumulative supplements, are adopted and incorporated into the
Code of Alabama 1975.
Section 3. The adoption and incorporation of the
supplements and replacement volumes specified in this act
shall constitute a continuous systematic codification of the
entire Code of Alabama 1975, for purposes of Section 85 of the
Constitution of Alabama of 2022. This act is a law that adopts
a code for the purposes of Section 45 of the Constitution of
Alabama of 2022. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in
this act shall be deemed to codify any provision of law that
was adopted in violation of any provision of the Constitution
of Alabama of 2022, establishing requirements for, or
limitations on, the enactment of a law.
Section 4. It is declared that Thomson Reuters, as the
Code Publisher, has certified that it has discharged its
duties and responsibilities to edit and publish 2025
Replacement Volumes 16A, 18, and 18A of the Code of Alabama
1975, by combining the material in the previous bound volumes
with the material contained in the cumulative supplements
without making substantive changes, but making, under the
supervision and pursuant to the direction of the Code
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supervision and pursuant to the direction of the Code
Commissioner, nonsubstantive changes and corrections as may
have resulted from changes in reference numbers, changes of
names and titles of governmental departments, agencies, and
officers, typographical errors, grammatical changes, and
misspellings.
Section 5. The adoption of this act shall not repeal,
supersede, amend, or in any other way affect any statute
enacted into law during any 2025 session of the Legislature.
Section 6. Upon passage and approval of this act, the
duly authenticated volumes of the 2024 Cumulative Supplements
and the 2025 Replacement Volumes 16A, 18, and 18A shall be
transmitted to the Secretary of State, who shall file the
volumes of the supplements and the replacement volumes in that
office. The volumes of the supplements and replacement volumes
shall not be removed from the Office of the Secretary of
State, but the Secretary of State, upon request, under proper
certificate and seal of that office, shall certify any part or
parts thereof upon payment of the fee specified by law for
similar services.
Section 7. This act shall become effective immediately.
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