Tag: AM 2020

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  • Resolution in Support of The PRIME Act image

    Resolution in Support of The PRIME Act

    WHEREAS, the COVID19 pandemic has shown the importance of a robust food supply; WHEREAS, four major processors handle over 90% of the nation’s meat production; WHEREAS, consumer preference for locally…

  • Reading Scholarship Act image

    Reading Scholarship Act

    READING SCHOLARSHIP ACCOUNTS. — Reading scholarship accounts are established to provide educational options for students.   —Contingent upon available funds, and on a first-come, first-served basis, each student in grades…

  • Expedited Suspension and Legislative Repeal of Harmful Rules Act image

    Expedited Suspension and Legislative Repeal of Harmful Rules Act

    Section 1. Nothing in this act grants any authority to the governor, a state agency, commission, board, or any other state actor to impose or increase regulatory burdens on, or…

  • Judicial Deference Reform Act image

    Judicial Deference Reform Act

    Section 1.   In interpreting a state statute, regulation, or other sub-regulatory document, a state court or an officer hearing an administrative action may not defer to a state agency’s…

  • Statement of Principles on Policing and Community Engagement image

    Statement of Principles on Policing and Community Engagement

    The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is strongly committed to expanding opportunity for all, understanding that no individual should feel threatened or be treated differently based on the color of…

  • Resolution on the Use of Virtual Hearings and Reporting image

    Resolution on the Use of Virtual Hearings and Reporting

    WHEREAS, when defendants fail to appear in court and a warrant issues for their arrest, they often do not have an easy and simple way to get back on the…

  • DUI Assessment & Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) image

    DUI Assessment & Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)

    Section 1 If the person has two (2) or more prior Driving Under the Influence (DUI) convictions, the court shall order the person to undergo an assessment that uses a…

  • Resolution on Over Criminalization and Pandemics image

    Resolution on Over Criminalization and Pandemics

    WHEREAS, epidemics and pandemics threaten public health and well-being, and thus justify expansions of the police power[1] that, in ordinary circumstances, would be intolerable infringements on individual liberty;…

  • Speaking up on Restorative Justice image

    Speaking up on Restorative Justice

    Americans from all walks of life were shocked and deeply saddened by the horrific images of George Floyd’s unjustified killing at the hands of those charged to serve and protect. Organizations of all types and people everywhere are asking what they can do, and many of the potential solutions being discussed can be advanced most effectively by the states.

  • Student Safety Scholarship Act image

    Student Safety Scholarship Act

    THE STUDENT SAFETY SCHOLARSHIP ACT Section 1. {Title} The Student Safety Scholarships Act Section 2. {Definitions} (A) “Program” means the Student Safety Scholarships Program. (B) “Eligible student” means…

  • K-12 Efficiency Commission image

    K-12 Efficiency Commission

    Model Policy Section 1. (a) The K-12 Efficiency Commission shall be composed of nine voting members as follows: (1) (A) Six at-large members appointed as follows: Two shall be appointed…

  • Resolution on Federal Maintenance of Effort Requirements image

    Resolution on Federal Maintenance of Effort Requirements

    WHEREAS, maintenance of effort requirements contained in federal cost sharing programs, grants and regulatory agreements with [insert state] restrict state legislators’ ability to appropriate state funds and set regulatory policy;…

  • An ACT to prohibit state agencies from obligating the state to federal maintenance of effort requirements image

    An ACT to prohibit state agencies from obligating the state to federal maintenance of effort requirements

    Model Policy Section 1. {Title} This act shall be known as An ACT to prohibit state agencies from obligating [insert state] to federal maintenance of effort requirements Section 2. It is…

  • Resolution Urging Congress to Eliminate Discriminatory State and Local Taxes on Automobile Renters image

    Resolution Urging Congress to Eliminate Discriminatory State and Local Taxes on Automobile Renters

    Model Resolution WHEREAS, since 1976, 43 states and the District of Columbia have enacted more than 100 car rental excise taxes, which are beyond typical sales taxes, resulting in car rental…

  • Resolution on the Tax and Fiscal Effects of Medicaid Expansion image

    Resolution on the Tax and Fiscal Effects of Medicaid Expansion

    Resolution WHEREAS, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) permit states to voluntarily opt in to Medicaid expansion, which extends taxpayer-funded health benefits to able-bodied, working-age, largely childless adults earning up to…

  • Travel Agent Tax Fairness Act image

    Travel Agent Tax Fairness Act

    Section 1. {Title} This Act may be cited as the “Travel Agent Tax Fairness Act.” Section 2. {Legislative Findings} The Legislature finds that: (A) Travel agents and online travel companies…

  • Transparency and Government Accountability Act image

    Transparency and Government Accountability Act

     {Title, enacting clause, etc.} THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF {insert state} DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. {Severability clause} The State of {insert state} shall maintain an official, searchable…