The bill is an act to incorporate the general and permanent laws enacted during the 2023 First Special Session, the 2023 Regular Session, and the 2023 Second Special Session into the Code of Alabama 1975. It includes laws contained in the 2023 Cumulative Supplements to certain volumes of the code and the 2024 Replacement Volumes 16, 21, and 21A. The act also incorporates the 2023 Cumulative Supplements to local law volumes and makes corrections in certain volumes of the cumulative supplements and replacement volumes. The act specifies that this adoption and incorporation constitute a continuous systematic codification of the entire Code of Alabama 1975 and declares that it is a law that adopts a code. The Code Publisher, Thomson Reuters, has certified that it has discharged its duties regarding the replacement volumes. The act expressly provides that it does not affect any 2024 session statutes and specifies the duties of the Secretary of State regarding the custody of the cumulative supplements and replacement volumes.

The bill includes specific corrections, such as correcting a publishing error in Section 20-2A-62, deleting Section 22-24-12 which was repealed by implication, deleting Section 27-17A-2 due to a scrivener's error, correcting a scrivener's error in Section 26-10E-19, and redesignating Section 45-22-100.07 as Section 45-22A-40. The act also states that the adoption of this act shall not repeal, supersede, amend, or in any other way affect any statute enacted during any 2024 session of the Legislature. Upon passage and approval, the authenticated volumes shall be transmitted to the Secretary of State and filed in that office, with the Secretary of State certifying any part or parts thereof upon request. The act is to become effective immediately upon its approval.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 22-24-12, 22-24-12, 27-17A-2, 27-17A-2, 26-10E-19, 45-22-100, 45-22-100, 45-22A-40
Engrossed: 20-2A-62, 22-24-12, 22-24-12, 27-17A-2, 27-17A-2, 26-10E-19, 45-22-100, 45-22-100, 45-22A-40
Enrolled: 20-2A-62, 22-24-12, 22-24-12, 27-17A-2, 27-17A-2, 26-10E-19, 45-22-100, 45-22-100, 45-22A-40