SUNDAY SALES In the 2017 regular session, laws passed allowing the city councils in Athens, Clayton, Eufaula, Jacksonville, Lincoln, Littleville, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Stevenson, Thomaston, Troy and Tuscumbia to authorize Sunday alcohol sales. Florence can authorize off-premises sales on Sundays, under legislation that became law this session. Etowah County and all of its…
Besides delivery license reform, two other laws become effective Aug. 1: Revisions to pharmacy operating practices under the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy, which creates new licensees and adjusts fee ranges for out-of-state pharmacies; and a Ban on over-the-counter eyewear with…
As of Aug. 1, the sale of certain over-the-counter eye glasses will be illegal under Act No. 2017-319, which Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law Thursday, May 18. The Alabama House of Representatives gave final approval to the bill by Sen. Gerald Dial,…
In a surprise May 8 decision and a clear case of judicial overreach, a Jefferson County circuit judge declared Alabama’s workers’ compensation law unconstitutional based on two provisions of the law. The judge initially stayed the ruling for 120 days…
As of Aug. 1, members of a limited liability company can exempt themselves from Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act coverage. Corporate officers already have that option. Act No. 2017-390 by Rep. Danny Garrett, R-Trussville, also removes the requirement that written notification be…
The Alabama Legislature in its 2017 regular session revised pharmacy operating practices under the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy. Act No. 2017-422 clarifies that a pharmacist is a health care provider, sets qualifications for a laboratory, increases some maximum pharmacy…
Starting Aug. 1, tobacco, beer and wine wholesalers/distributors must report sales on which no taxes are collected. That requirement also includes wholesale or warehouse clubs that sell tobacco products under a membership. Gov. Kay Ivey signed the Wholesale to Retail…
Alabama law now clarifies the definition of the employment relationship. Act No. 2017-391, the Franchise Business Protection Act (HB390), by Rep. Jim Carns, R-Birmingham, ensures that state enforcement agencies and state courts do not adopt the joint-employer standard adopted by the National…
SB316, the Alabama Retail Association-backed delivery license reform legislation, is on the House of Representative’s calendar for Tuesday, May 16. It sets an annual threshold of $10,000 in deliveries before a $100 delivery license is required. If you’ve talked with or…
Proposed state and county gasoline tax increases for road improvements failed to make it through the legislative process in the 2017 Alabama Legislature regular session. Alabama House Speaker Mac McCutcheon, R-Capshaw, said it would be at least 2019 before a statewide…