Tag: 2014 Annual Meeting
Tag: 2014 Annual Meeting
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Federal and State Funded Health Care Financing Programs Overview Committee Act
Federal and State Funded Health Care Financing Programs Overview Committee Act Summary Establishes the Federal and State Funded Health Care Financing Programs Overview Committee, charged with reviewing…
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Exchange Transparency Act
Exchange Transparency Act Summary Requires health plans offered through a state-based health exchange to provide specific information in order for consumers to draw meaningful comparisons between plans.
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Public School Financial Transparency Act
Model Policy Section 1. {Title} The Public School Financial Transparency Act Section 2. {Legislative Declaration} (A) The Legislature finds that: (1) Taxpayers…
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Resolution in Opposition to Mandatory Unitary Combined Reporting
WHEREAS, many states generally compute taxable income separately for each corporation that has taxable presence or “nexus” in the state (“separate reporting”), thereby ensuring that only income earned in the…
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Requiring Legislative Approval for Medicaid Expansion Act
Requiring Legislative Approval for Medicaid Expansion Act Summary: Prohibits the expansion of Medicaid eligibility through an increase in the income threshold without prior legislative approval. Model Policy: Section…
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Resolution to Highlight Challenges and Opportunities in the US-India Trade Relationship
Resolution to Highlight Challenges and Opportunities in the US-India Trade Relationship Summary The United States and India are the world’s two largest democracies and are currently experiencing…
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Resolution Opposing the Expansion of the Federal Trade Commission’s Rulemaking Authority
Resolution Opposing the Expansion of the Federal Trade Commission’s Rulemaking Authority Whereas, it is the mission of ALEC to advance the Jeffersonian principles of free markets, limited government, federalism,…
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Telecommunications Deregulation Policy Statement
Telecommunications Deregulation Policy Statement WHEREAS, it is the mission of ALEC to advance Jeffersonian principles of free markets, limited government, federalism and individual liberty, and WHEREAS, in recent years,…
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Retirement System Board of Trustees and Employees Prudent Investor Act
Model Policy Section 1. {Prudent Investor Rule} (A) Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this section, a trustee or director of any {insert state} retirement system who invests…
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Resolution Regarding Clean Water Act Regulations of EPA’s Definition of “Waters of the U.S.”
Resolution Regarding Clean Water Act Regulations of EPA’s Definition of “Waters of the U.S.” WHEREAS, the Clean Water Act (CWA) and implementing regulations of the past four decades…
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Resolution in Support of Post-Release Supervision of Offenders
Resolution in Support of Post-Release Supervision of Offenders Summary This resolution supports efforts to require appropriate inmates to serve the final portion of their sentences on post-release supervision…
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State Constitutional “Water is Life Amendment”
State Constitutional “Water is Life Amendment” Summary This draft model policy would amend an individual state constitution to reaffirm that the US Constitution was intended to reserve exclusive…
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Resolution Urging the Presidential Administration to Launch Negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with Taiwan
Resolution Urging the Presidential Administration to Launch Negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with Taiwan Summary The United States and Taiwan enjoy a robust and longstanding economic partnership.
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Weights and Measures and Standards for Dispensing CNG and LNG Motor Fuels
Weights and Measures and Standards for Dispensing CNG and LNG Motor Fuels Section 1: Legislative Findings The legislature does make the following findings concerning the use of compressed…
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Resolution In Support of Expanded Liquefied Natural Gas Exports
Resolution In Support of Expanded Liquefied Natural Gas Exports Summary The United States is currently experiencing a potentially transformative energy boom, including in natural gas. Unfortunately, our cumbersome…
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Resolution Concerning EPA’s Proposed Guidelines for Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants
Resolution Concerning EPA’s Proposed Guidelines for Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants Summary This resolution finds that the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed regulations for reducing…
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Affordable Baccalaureate Degree Act
Affordable Baccalaureate Degree Act Summary To aid students and their parents in their efforts to at pursuing a college degree, the Affordable Baccalaureate Degree Act would require all…
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Model Policies Annual Meeting 2014
In August 2014, ALEC members met in Dallas to discuss and debate new model policies. Below is a full list of newly adopted or amended policies from the 2014 Annual…
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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…