ACKNOWLEDING AND CONGRATULATING OVETTA HOBSON FOR HER SUCCESS AS THE 25TH PRESIDENT OF THE HUNTSVILLE ALUMNAE CHAPTER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INCORPORATED, 2019-2021 AND 2021-2023.

Relating to the Alabama Bail Reform Act of 1993; to amend Sections 15-13-107, 15-13-111, 15-13-114, 15-13-118, 15-13-125, 15-13-128, 15-13-131, 15-13-132, 15-13-134, 15-13-136, 15-13-137, 15-13-138, 15-13-139, 15-13-140, 15-13-141, 15-13-145, 15-13-159, 15-13-160, and 15-13-164, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the acceptance of certain filing fees by the sheriff or jailer; to further define cash bail and property bail; to provide further for the arrest and delivery of a defendant to jail by a surety with no court costs to be entered on the surety; to provide that a surety not be charged for a bondsman's process or for a certified copy of a bond; to require the license number of the bondsman or recovery on a bondsman's process form; to allow a surety to sign for a forfeiture with the clerk of the ordering court; to increase the time frame for which the ordering court has jurisdiction over a forfeiture action; to authorize a bail bondsman to file motions, answers, and notices relating to a defendant who is out on bond with that bondsman; to increase the time frames for providing notice and conducting hearings in conditional forfeiture proceedings; to remove the requirement that a conditional judgment to set aside be made absolute for the entire sum; to provide further for instances when a court may set aside forfeiture and may not release a defendant on judicial public bail; to provide further for eligibility for judicial public bail; to provide further for the amount of new corporate surety bonds and escrow agreements required in counties with populations of 200,000 or more; to provide further for criminal penalties for certain unlawful behavior; to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.

RECOGNIZING ALABAMA'S TECHNOLOGY WORKFORCE AND ITS ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE.

COMMENDING THE ALABAMA CHAPTER OF SHE LEADS AMERICA FOR ITS POSITIVE INFLUENCE AND IMPACT THROUGHOUT ALABAMA.

Relating to the employment of notaries public; to amend Sections 36-20-70, 36-20-71, 36-20-72, 36-20-73.1, 36-20-74, and 36-20-75, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide further for the appointment and service of notaries public; to increase the fee collected by the judge of probate for the commission of a notary; to expand the grounds under which a judge of probate may accept or deny an application for a notary commission; to require an applicant for a notary commission to complete a training program; to increase the bond required of a notary public; to provide further for the acknowledgment of signatures; to increase the fee collected for notarial acts performed; to specify the acts of a notary or other individual that constitute a crime; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.

This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, relating to

Relating to municipalities; to amend Section 11-51-90.1, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the municipal business license tax; to specify that the definition of gross receipts does not include any excise tax imposed by the federal, state, and local governments.

COMMENDING COACH CARVEL WILLIAM ROWELL, JR. FOR BEING INDUCTED INTO THE THOMASVILLE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS HALL OF FAME.

Relating to rural hospitals; to provide for funding of rural hospitals by creating the Rural Hospital Investment Program; to establish a governing board to administer the program, to provide for a state income tax credit in exchange for donations to rural hospitals; and to provide for coordination with the Department of Revenue.

Relating to motor vehicles; to amend Section 32-6-65, Code of Alabama 1975, to define centralized motor vehicle registration; to allow for certain data collection; to provide for retroactive effect; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Relating to Coffee County; to amend Section 45-16-62, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the appointment of a chief deputy coroner and a deputy coroner, to provide for compensation for the chief deputy coroner and deputy coroner, and to repeal Section 45-16-61, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the appointment of a deputy coroner.

Relating to Baldwin County; to amend Section 45-2-244.134, Code of Alabama 1975, to require that a portion of the local tobacco tax be used to establish and maintain a sexual assault nurse examiner program; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Relating to Covington County; to amend Section 45-20-232, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for pistol permit fees; and to provide for lifetime permits.

RECOGNIZING THE HARBIN HOTEL IN NAUVOO, ALABAMA, ON ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY.