Ala. Code § 32-6-67 (1975) Legislative Oversight Committee

• Library: Alabama Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Ala. Code § 32-6-67 (1975)

(a) There is created a legislative committee to oversee the implementation and administration of this Article 2, except Subdivision 1 of Division 1. The committee shall be composed of three members of the House of Representatives and a county license plate issuing official, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Speaker of the House, and three members of the Senate and a county license plate issuing official, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Presiding Officer of the Senate. The committee shall also be composed of the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency or his or her designee, a judge of probate who is a licensing plate official appointed by the President of the Probate Judges Association, and a county licensing plate official who shall be appointed by the Alabama Association of Tax Administrators. The Department of Revenue shall designate a representative, the Department of Transportation shall designate a representative, and the Department of Corrections shall designate a representative of Alabama Correctional Industries as nonvoting and advisory members to the committee. The chair, who shall be selected by the members of the committee from the legislative members on the committee, shall have the authority to call meetings of the committee when he or she deems it necessary or as otherwise provided in this section.

(b) The committee shall:

(1) Meet not less than once every six months.

(2) Require that a simple majority of committee voting members be in attendance for conducting whatever business requires committee action.

(3) Establish guidelines for the qualification of organizations which may sponsor a new or continued issuance of a license plate category, or may benefit from that issuance.

(4) Approve, disapprove, or indefinitely postpone, by a vote of two-thirds of the members present at a committee meeting, a request for a new license plate category.

(c) Decisions of the committee concerning approval, disapproval, or indefinite postponement of further action on a proposed distinctive license plate shall be interpreted to be the intent of the entire body of the Legislature, and separate, specific action by the Legislature concerning a distinctive license plate proposal shall not be considered.