HB 392

Public utilities; maximum fees payable to directors of certain public utility corporations increased, terms of certain directors extended

Bail and surety bonding; requirements for professional surety bondsman and professional bail bondsman further provided for, requirements for apprentice bondsman further provided for, to require circuit clerks to report the authorized professional bail bond companies, appointment of additional members to the Alabama Bail Bonding Board provided for, and late application and license renewal fees provided

Taxation; to establish an income tax credit for oyster shell recycling

Seafood country of origin; Agriculture and Industries Commissioner authorized to test for compliance, notification methods revised, violations further provided

Taxation; to exempt certain retail sales of fish or other seafood from sales and use taxes

Mobile County; temporary judges of probate, appointment amended

Taxation; Energy use in commercial greenhouses, pivot irrigation systems, and poultry houses, exempt from utility gross receipts and utility service use tax

Electric Utilities; review by Public Service Commission of certain contracts with large load data centers further provided for

Dam Safety Program; Emergency Management Agency required to administer, agency approval of participating dam construction, modification, or removal required

Public utilities; Underground Damage Prevention Program; prioritization of, liability for incomplete design or survey locates provided

Solar power facilities; new facilities prohibited for one year

Public Service Commission; number of commissioners expanded to represent congressional districts, phase-in by election provided, term of office revised, position of Secretary of Energy established as cabinet member, calculation of electric utility rates revised; rate hearings authorized

Professions and Businesses; repeal Chapter 14, relating to electrical contractors, plumbers, conditioned air contractors, low voltage contractors, and utility contractors and enact a new Chapter 14

Public utilities: rates; disclosure of uses of increased revenue; require to be provided with rate increase requests.

An Act prohibiting the use of ratepayer funds for utility lobbying, promotions or perks

Public Utilities - Transmission Lines - Advanced Transmission Technologies

Public utilities: rates; large load commercial rates for data centers; establish

Public utilities: electric utilities; project labor agreements; require for certain data center contracts