Model Policies

Model Policy {Title, enacting clause, etc.} Section 1. {Title.} This Act shall be known as the Unfunded Pension Liabilities Accounting and Transparency Act. Section 2. {Definitions.} (A) Funded Ratio. The…

Model Policy Section 1. {Short Title}  This Act shall be known and may be cited as “The Enhanced Delinquent Debt Collection Act of 20XX.” Section 2. {Definitions} For the…

Model Policy {Title, enacting clause, etc.} Section 1. {Short Title.}  This Act may be cited as the “Facilitating Business Rapid Response to State Declared Disasters Act of 2012”. Section…

Summary: Model policy requiring retail station owners to make fuel tax information readily and visibly available to consumers. Policy: (1) The legislature finds that tax transparency is critical to…

Model Policy Section 1 {Commission created; purpose; composition; compensation and expenses; office space} There is hereby created the Joint Commission on Reduction of Nonessential State Expenditures in the legislative branch…

Model Policy {Title, enacting clause, etc.} Section 1. {Introduction} A proposal to amend the laws of {insert state} to adjudicate constitutional nexus issues relating to sales and use tax. Section…

Model Resolution WHEREAS, state public pension plans are underfunded by more than $6 trillion (using a risk-free rate of return assumption); WHEREAS, the national average funded ratio is a mere…

Model Resolution Section 1 {Title.}  This Resolution may be cited as the Resolution Calling for Enhanced Integrity in Public Employee Pension Plan Reporting Section 2 {Definitions.}   (A)  In this Resolution:…

Definitions “Professional sports” means any sporting event or competition featuring non-amateur athletes. High school or collegiate level athletics and competitions funded solely by 501(c)(3) non-profit entities within their charitable purpose…

Model Resolution: WHEREAS, it is the mission of the American Legislative Exchange Council to advance Jeffersonian principles of free markets, limited government, federalism, and individual liberty, and WHEREAS, at a combined federal-state…

Resolution WHEREAS, states have pursued for decades policies intended to encourage citizens who smoke to quit, and to discourage others who don’t smoke from starting; and WHEREAS, while cigarette smoking…

Model Legislation {Title, enacting clause, etc.} Section 1. This Act may be cited as the Audit Equity and Simplification Act. Section 2. {Statement of legislative intent.} WHEREAS, the state utilizes…