(a) Any state agency, state department, or public entity required to supply paper copies of annual reports and other documents and materials to members of the Legislature shall develop and implement an alternative method of distribution and publication.
(b) The alternative method shall include each of the following components:
(1) Notice provided to each member of the Legislature after August 1, 2001, and at the beginning of each subsequent legislative term that the state agency, state department, or public entity intends to display or post the report, document, or other material on the Internet. The notice shall include an explanation of how the information may be accessed and copied from the Internet.
(2) Display of the report, document, or material on the Internet for at least 90 days.
(3) A written offer to each member of the Legislature after August 1, 2001, and at the beginning of each subsequent legislative term of the opportunity to receive a paper copy of the material. If a member at the time the notice is received or any other time requests a paper copy of the material, the material shall be promptly provided.
(c) Each state agency, state department, or public entity may promulgate necessary rules and regulations to implement this section.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 1 - General Provisions.
Article 1 - Members, Terms, Records, Etc.
Section 29-1-1.2 - House Districts; Legal Actions; Official Maps; Severability; Effective Date.
Section 29-1-2.3 - Senate Districts; Legal Actions; Official Maps; Severability; Effective Date.
Section 29-1-2.4 - Effective Date.
Section 29-1-3 - Annual Sessions; Place of Meeting.
Section 29-1-4 - Time of Meeting and Length of Organizational and Regular Sessions.
Section 29-1-5 - Length of Special Sessions.
Section 29-1-6 - Administration of Oath of Office to Members.
Section 29-1-7 - Privilege of Members From Arrest and Civil Process.
Section 29-1-8 - Compensation and Mileage of Officers and Members.
Section 29-1-8.1 - Treatment of Legislators' Travel Expenses for State Income Tax Purposes.
Section 29-1-9 - Compensation of Legislative Interim Committees.
Section 29-1-10 - Appropriation for Organization Sessions and Legislative Interim Committees.
Section 29-1-11 - Certification of Compensation Due Officers and Members.
Section 29-1-12 - Journals of House and Senate - Compiling and Filing.
Section 29-1-13 - Journals of House and Senate - Delivery to Secretary of State; Compensation.
Section 29-1-14 - Papers and Documents of Legislature - Deposit With Secretary of State.
Section 29-1-16 - Papers and Documents of Legislature - How Filed and Arranged.
Section 29-1-17 - Papers and Documents of Legislature - Secretary of State to Receipt for Papers.
Section 29-1-18 - Maximum Number of Members on Standing Committees of House of Representatives.
Section 29-1-20 - Trade of Old Equipment Upon Purchase of New Equipment for House or Senate.
Section 29-1-21 - Salaries of Legislative Officers and Employees.
Section 29-1-24 - Ozone Transport Oversight.
Section 29-1-25 - Alternate Distribution and Publication of Materials Supplied to Legislature.