SB 299 — Legislature; expenditure of funds further provided for; certain employee reimbursement authorized; access to buildings and roads further provided for

SB299 ENGROSSEDENROLLED SB299 FXVGD5C-2FXVGD5C-3 By Senator Singleton RFD:

04-Apr-24 Page 0 SB299 EngrossedEnrolled 2Enrolled, 4An AAct, BILL3 TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 9 Relating to the Legislature;

Page 1 SB299 Engrossed BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:

§29-4-7 The Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Page 1 SB299 Enrolled Representatives, the Director of the Legislative Services Agency, and the Chief Examiner of the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts may expend any available funds to purchase promotional items, items to recognize achievements or otherwise award staff, items to commemorate persons recognized by the Legislature, and to purchase meals for staff during training and while the Legislature is in legislative session with a certification that the staff were required or expected to work extended hours or through a regular meal time.

Page 2 SB299 Engrossed Section 3.

"§29-1-19 (a) The House of Representatives shall have the use of Page 2 SB299 Enrolled all offices, rooms, corridors, lavatories, and other usable space located on the second floor in the south wing of the Capitol.

Page 3 SB299 Engrossed (c) In addition, whenever it is deemed necessary for the Legislature to convene at any place outside of the Capitol, the Clerk of the House shall have the use of and exercise full custody, control, and care of all offices, rooms, corridors, lavatories, and other usable space on the Page 3 SB299 Enrolled floor of the building in which assigned to or occupied by the House of Representatives meets or occupies;

the Secretary of the Senate shall have the use of and exercise full custody, control, and care of all offices, rooms, corridors, lavatories, and other usable space on the floor of the 95 building in which assigned to or occupied by the Senate;

meets or occupies and the Clerk of the House, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Director of the Legislative Services Agency shall have the use of and exercise full custody, control, and care of all offices, rooms, corridors, lavatories, and other 95 usable space jointly used or occupied by joint legislative staff." "§29-1-19.1 (a) The Legislature of the State of Alabama may control the usage of a certain portion of those streets adjacent to the State Capitol complex in the City of Montgomery and the grounds of the State Capitol building, viz:

the parking lot located across Union Street to the rear of the Capitol building between the administrative building and highway building and bounded by Union, Ripley, and King Streets and McDowell Lee Lane owned by the Legislative Council Page 4 SB299 Engrossed of the State of Alabama;

all of that lot bounded by Washington, Jackson, and Ripley Streets and McDowell Lee Lane owned by the State of Alabama Retirement Systems of Page 4 SB299 Enrolled Alabama;

Page 5 SB299 EngrossedEnrolled Senate________________________________________________ ReadPresident forand thePresiding firstOfficer timeof andthe referredSenate ................04-Apr-24________________________________________________ toSpeaker of the SenateHouse committeeof onRepresentatives CountySB299 andSenate Municipal16-Apr-24 GovernmentI Readhereby forcertify that the secondwithin timeAct andoriginated placedin ................11-Apr-24and onpassed the calendar:Senate, as amended.

0 amendments Read for the third time and passed ................16-Apr-24 as amended Yeas 31 Nays 0 Abstains 0 Patrick Harris, Secretary.

PageHouse 6of Representatives Passed:

02-May-24 By:

Senator Singleton Page 6