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Resolution on Trade Promotion Authority
Resolution on Trade Promotion Authority Summary This resolution supports the extension of trade promotion authority (TPA) to the President of the United States, and something a version of which…
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Course Choice Program Act
Course Choice Program Act Section 1. {Title} (A) This Act shall be named the “Course Choice Program Act.” Section 2. {Legislative Declaration} (A) The legislature finds and declares…
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Private Enforcement of Consumer Protection Statutes Act
Model Policy Section 1. Private Right of Action. (a) A person who reasonably relies upon an act or practice declared unlawful by [SECTION] in entering into…
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Bail Forfeiture Payments Act
Bail Forfeiture Payments Act Summary This Act requires a bail agent to pay all forfeiture judgments in a timely manner. No further bonds may be accepted from that…
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Honesty in Lawyering Act
Model Policy Title __ of the [ ] Code is amended by adding Chapter ___ to read as follows: Chapter __. Attorney Misconduct Section…
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Natural Resource Reserve
The Energy, Environment & Agriculture (EEA) Task Force has designed a summary policy guide to make relevant model policies and model resolutions more accessible to ALEC member legislators. Since…
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Michigan: Protecting Taxpayers From Unfair Audits
Tax audits have received a lot of press over the past 6 months in the wake of revelations that the IRS had been targeting center-right non-profit organizations for audits. Due…
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Criminalizing America – How Big Government Makes a Criminal Out of Every American
This article originally appeared on www.redstate.com on November 12, 2013. The growing role of big government in our lives presents a continual…
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New Report Explains How Big Government Makes a Criminal of Us All
By: Theresa Boyd An Oregon landowner spent a month in jail and received a $1500 fine for collecting rainwater on his property. A Kentucky couple, who had all the…
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A Halloween Horror Story: Tax Carve-Outs Edition
This frightful affair begins with a simple and mundane request from a colleague of mine who manages ALEC’s social media. He wanted to create a meme for this great…
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ALEC Makes Cybersecurity a Year-Long Priority
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a month-long initiative dedicated to encouraging all Internet users to be cognizant of their online surroundings. In a 21st century environment, it is…
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Pension Reform: Polling and Millennials
In the wake of public finance debacles like Detroit and important studies of the depth of the problem, the public is becoming aware of the national crisis facing state and…
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Competition Leads to Cost-Savings in Water Infrastructure
Every year in North America, 300,000 water main breaks threaten the safety of our communities and place enormous financial burdens on states already struggling to balance budgets. Decisions on how…
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Alaska’s Bold Pension Reforms
By Nick Oswald Unfunded pension liabilities are becoming a greater and greater threat to state budgets. However, the American Legislative Exchange Council’s publication, Keeping the Promise: State Solutions for…
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American Legislative Exchange Council considers Washington’s new tax preference transparency law
This article written by Jason Mercier originally appeared on washingtonpolicy.org. This is reproduced with permission from Washington Policy Center. Please do not further redistribute this or post online without permission…
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Tax Neutrality Key to Pro-Growth Economy
One common accusation levied against the American Legislative Exchange Council is that we advance an agenda that is pro-“big business” or built on crony capitalism. This misunderstanding is based on…
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State Legislators, Supporters Show Concern Regarding Inappropriate Outreach by Senator Durbin
State Legislators, Supporters Show Concern Regarding Inappropriate Outreach by Senator Durbin Chicago, Ill. (August 9, 2013)— Following the distribution of an open letter to more than 300…
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Pennsylvania Aims to Reform Government Pensions
By Fara Klein and Nick Oswald Pennsylvania legislators are gearing up to tackle one of the largest financial problems facing states today: unfunded pension liabilities. The traditional defined-benefit model for…
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Pro-Growth Tax Reform Crosses the Finish Line in North Carolina
Just over a month ago, we chronicled the efforts of the North Carolina House and Senate to reform the states uncompetitive tax code and move towards a pro-growth tax…
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Fair Business Competition Requires a Neutral, Consumption-Based Tax System
Recently we had the opportunity to attend a meeting hosted by the Business Coalition for Fair Competition. The meeting was largely a listening session as entrepreneurs and small business…