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• Alabama is one of the only six states that tax eyeglasses and contact lenses.
• taxes.
• Alabama is only one of six states that taxes eyeglasses and contact lenses.
• Is there still a local tax? In the states that do tax, they're exempt.
• insurance premium tax credit, and utility tax credit.

Bills: SB1, HB176, HB86, SB1, HB176, HB86

Keywords: workers' compensation, public education, employee injury, insurance trust fund, on-the-job injury, administrative procedures, HB176, Alabama sales tax, use tax, sales and use tax exemption, optical aids, eyeglasses, contact lenses, prescription glasses, vision care, optometrist, ophthalmologist, optician, medical devices, local option tax exemption

Bills: HB265, HB146, SB254, HB202, HB3, HB42, SB18

Keywords: resisting arrest, penalties, criminal justice, law enforcement, public safety, youthful offender, capital murder, victims' rights, immunity, civil liability, use of force, recruitment, illegal alien, enhanced sentencing, criminal offenses, minor victims, felonies, Alabama legislature, bail reform, cash deposit

Bills: HB527, HB580, HB28, HB3, HB360, HB425, HB354, HB527, HB580, HB28, HB3, HB360, HB425, HB354

Keywords: liability, off-roading, parks, participant safety, risk management, HB580, Alabama Healthy Schools Act, public schools, K-12, school nutrition, school meals, cafeteria, vending machines, fundraising sales, food additives, artificial dyes, ultra-processed food, processed food ban, student health, child nutrition

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• offenders were out-of-state people who were bringing their homeless individuals into the state of Alabama
• We have a mental health district in our state that is in South Alabama but also in East Alabama, and
• Uh, last year we set up an Alabama Advisory Committee.
• What this does is it adds two residents, taxpayers of Alabama, to the committee.
• It currently exists mostly of tax...

Bills: HB162, HB376, HB425, SB96, HB426

Keywords: homelessness, homeless individuals, unsheltered, transient, shelter, encampment, street outreach, relocation, displacement, law enforcement, municipal government, county government, local government, interjurisdictional transport, Class A misdemeanor, criminal penalties, public safety, social services, Alabama Code 15-20A-4, environmental regulation

Bills: SB248, SB242, HB44, SB266, HB44

Keywords: Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, APA, administrative law, judicial review, agency deference, Chevron deference, de novo review, contested case, state agency, regulatory power, individual liberty, statutory interpretation, rule interpretation, license revocation, license suspension, tax assessment, tax refund, administrative appeal, circuit court, Montgomery County

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• He is our intern from Mobile, Alabama.
• Keep us in the center of your will in the best interest of the people of the state of Alabama.
• Of the people of the state of Alabama. I pray this in Christ's name. Amen. All right.

Bills: HB397, HB523, HB397

Keywords: real estate, disclosures, equitable interest, disciplinary actions, Alabama Real Estate Commission, parole procedures, advocacy, parole board, victim representation, inmate rights, HB397, homestead exemption, ad valorem tax, property tax, tax relief, senior exemption, elderly homeowners, retiree exemption, disability exemption, blind exemption

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• Birmingham, Alabama. Anthony Wilson, Birmingham, Alabama. Who are you paging for?
• Welcome to the Alabama House of Representatives, and welcome to the Board's Agency and Commission.
• I'm Floyd, president of the University of South Alabama. He's interning for our committee.
• providing recreation for the lakes is important, it needs to be important throughout the whole state of Alabama

Bills: HB473, HB397, HB397

Keywords: water recreation, public access, water bodies, recreational use, water commissions, real estate, disclosures, equitable interest, disciplinary actions, Alabama Real Estate Commission, HB397, homestead exemption, ad valorem tax, property tax, tax relief, senior exemption, elderly homeowners, retiree exemption, disability exemption, blind exemption

Bills: HB610, HB620, HB582, HB610, HB620, HB582

Keywords: state bank, public bank, government funds, financial services, constitutional amendment, tax abatements, international headquarters, publicly traded companies, economic incentives, Alabama tax reform, social-emotional learning, education policy, parental consent, K-12 education, teacher training, student surveys, disciplinary action, automatic renewal, consumer protection, cancellation policy

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• We've missed out on so much here in Alabama that's got Alabama names, but it's not filmed here.
• This bill that we have before the committee will renew the tax exemption for the Alabama Eye Bank.
• tax credit.
• So you say, "All right, Mississippi remote worker, nurse, come to Alabama and we'll give you a tax credit
• We would not reduce anyone's income taxes. ...would not reduce anyone's income taxes.

Bills: SB177, HB83, HB203, HB218, HB256, HB350, HB530, HB546, HB577, HB259

Keywords: entertainment, film, music, production incentives, Alabama Film Office, tax rebates, media industry, economic development, Baptist convention, tax exemption, sales and use tax, Alabama, nonprofit, HB203, High Socks for Hope, nonprofit tax exemption, sales tax, use tax, state tax exemption, local option tax exemption

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• We do have a lot of tax credit and tax cut type legislation, and I tell people we don't legislation and
• Fulford said, it's sales tax. So sales tax on machinery, sales tax on groceries.
• And the grocery tax is gone? ...portion, and the grocery tax is gone? Okay.
• it's not totally doing away with the sales tax. doing away with the sales tax totally.
• This bill exempts the Alabama Eye Bank from sales and use tax. All right.

Bills: HB86, HB273, HB379, HB386, HB387, HB388, HB389, HB487, HB600, SB120, HB176

Keywords: rural health, hospital funding, tax credits, qualified donations, Alabama Department of Revenue, HB273, Hunger-Free Campus Act, hunger free campus, food insecurity, college hunger, student hunger, campus pantry, food pantry, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, basic needs, student food assistance, meal vouchers, meal credits, food vouchers

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• Lord, we thank you for this opportunity to serve the great state of Alabama.
• I represent the Alabama Association.
• It's not subject to state income tax.
• Then they can roll it into an IRA or another tax-separate account at the end.
• I don't know if there's some tax issues or anything with that. We've never looked at that.

Bills: SB45, SB73, SB169, HB243, SB177

Keywords: athlete agents, commission, state regulation, Alabama, higher education, athletics, membership diversity, catastrophe savings account, catastrophe fund, storm savings, disaster savings, hurricane, windstorm, floodwaters, hail, tornado, property insurance, homeowners insurance, insurance deductible, FORTIFIED

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• One of their biggest financial burdens is the gas tax and the electricity tax. So, Mr.
• We're going to force her to come back to Alabama, sit for the Alabama bar, and we're going to keep her
• This goes back to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
• federal taxes paid.
• It would set that up in Alabama.

Bills: SB213, HB24, HB163, HB226, HB271, HB288, HB319, HB24

Keywords: utility tax, poultry industry, energy consumption, agricultural exemption, tax exemption, HB24, Volunteer Rescue Squad Tuition Reimbursement Program, EMS, emergency medical services, EMSP, paramedic training, EMT training, tuition reimbursement, scholarship, workforce development, volunteer rescue squad, volunteer fire department, ambulance service, nonprofit ambulance, Alabama Department of Public Health

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• I saw things that it's not even in the movie The Alabama Solution.
• Uh, people all around this country have been paying attention to what Alabama is doing as it relates
• And I just wanted to thank him for coming to the state of Alabama.
• Thank you for what you're doing Alabama.
• Alabama is the only bail state that does not have a reporting hub.

Bills: HB426, SB24, SB106, SB254, HB505, HB458, HB535, HB509, HB320, HB518, HB261, HB426, SB24, SB106, SB254, HB505, HB458, HB535, HB509, HB320, HB518, HB261, SB316, HB228, SB318, SB260, HB132, HB347, HB405, HB86, HB263, HB302, SB336

Keywords: Alabama Ad Valorem Advisory Committee, ad valorem taxes, property tax, real property, personal property, tax assessment, tax collection, county tax officials, Department of Revenue, Commissioner of Revenue, taxpayer representation, resident taxpayers, local government, property tax administration, Association of Alabama Tax Administrators, tax policy, advisory committee, public input, governance reform, body-worn camera

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• Uh, so, it's a $1,000 tax credit. Uh, it's not just all overtime wages being tax-free.
• </c> overtime tax cut of $1,000. overtime tax cut of $1,000.
• </c> a tax uh deduction. a tax uh deduction. &gt;&gt; Okay.<00:21:04.400><c> Yeah.
• </c><00:33:24.320><c> So</c> SSUT tax. We don't mess with that. So SSUT tax.
• </c> uh, do they get a tax break? uh, do they get a tax break?

Bills: HB527, HB563, HB580, HB579, SB190, HB15, HB390, HB527, HB563, HB580, HB579, SB190, HB15, HB390

Keywords: liability, off-roading, parks, participant safety, risk management, SNAP, food assistance, public assistance, income standards, Department of Human Resources, eligibility, HB580, Alabama Healthy Schools Act, public schools, K-12, school nutrition, school meals, cafeteria, vending machines, fundraising sales

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• We we've done specific cases in Alabama. We we've done specific cases in Alabama.
• It any citizen of the state of Alabama. It any citizen of the state of Alabama.
• Alabama, but I mean not to that degree. Alabama, but I mean not to that degree.
• So these statistics Alabama as well. So these statistics Alabama as well.
• I'm the president of the Alabama I'm the president of the Alabama I'm the president of the Alabama Bailbond

Bills: HB265, HB146, SB254, HB202, HB3, HB42, SB18

Keywords: resisting arrest, penalties, criminal justice, law enforcement, public safety, youthful offender, capital murder, victims' rights, SB254, Alabama, statute of limitations, civil procedure, civil action, sex offense, sexual abuse, child sexual abuse, survivor rights, tolling, disability, minor plaintiff

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• Michael Miller with the Alabama School Superintendents.
• Current law authorizes various agencies including the Alabama Community College System, the Alabama Fire
• Um, it adds two sections about giving the Alabama Department of Public Health...
• So what this would do would cap it to what the Alabama Fire College charges. Okay.
• Members of the committee, House Bill 315, first of all, is not a new sales tax holiday.

Bills: HB226, HB24, HB309, HB315, HB272, HB24, HB226, HB309, HB315, HB272

Keywords: HB226, homestead exemption, ad valorem tax, property tax, property tax relief, widow, widower, unremarried spouse, surviving spouse, senior exemption, elderly, disabled, permanently and totally disabled, blind taxpayer, deed ownership, principal residence, school tax, county tax, municipal tax, Alabama Department of Revenue

Bills: HB386, HB387, HB388, HB389, HB386, HB387, HB388, HB389

Keywords: HB386, food tax, grocery tax, sales tax reduction, use tax, Education Trust Fund, state revenue trigger, tax cut, consumer tax relief, Alabama sales tax, Alabama use tax, groceries, retail tax, revenue growth threshold, county and municipal tax, fiscal trigger, sales tax, food taxation, local government, financial growth

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• Filing your taxes.
• </c> of beneficiaries and more favorable tax of beneficiaries and more favorable tax laws
• </c> what this does is it improves the tax what this does is it improves the tax treatment<00:41:45.680
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• </c> here in Alabama. here in Alabama.

Bills: SB309, HB192, SB178, SB179, SB237, HB10, HB107, HB189, HB37, HB226, SB309, HB192, SB178, SB179, SB237, HB10, HB107, HB189, HB37, HB226

Keywords: automated driving systems, oversized vehicles, transportation, regulations, permits, HB192, international wire transfer, wire transfer fee, remittance fee, money transmission business, Alabama Securities Commission, Department of Revenue, Education Trust Fund, ELL instructors, English Language Learner, ESL teachers, income tax credit, remittances, international money transfer, migrant families

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• House Bill 135 by Representative Brown: ports creates the Alabama Port Infrastructure Grant Program in
• the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.
• I just think this is a good opportunity for us to continue to try to move Alabama forward on some of
• </c><00:09:29.839><c> Uh</c><00:09:30.080><c> so</c> big port Alabama port authority.
• Uh so big port Alabama port authority.

Bills: HB247, HB317, HB318, HB253, HB271, HB135, HB247, HB317, HB318, HB253, HB271, HB135

Keywords: Gulf of America, name change, state compliance, educational materials, local resources, historical reference, age verification, parental consent, consumer protection, app store regulations, data privacy, Internet filters, digital safety, minors protection, civil liability, device manufacturers, obscenity, aircraft tax, aviation tax, sales tax exemption

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• This is important for tax purposes as we need to get this bill moved and through.
• What this... ...for the state of Alabama.
• So businesses here in Alabama that do this are at risk... ...who have decoupled.
• years beginning on or after January 1, 2024, research and experimental expenditures for Alabama tax
• purposes under Chapter 16 and Chapter 18 of Title 40, Code of Alabama 1975, shall not... ...Code of Alabama

Bills: HB163

Keywords: income tax, research expenditures, economic development, tax deductions, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Alabama tax law, 1136, house, all