Department of Revenue; Alabama Certified Licensing Administrators added to list of tax professionals compensated annually for completing professional training

Education Labor Taxes

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Collins
Last action: 2026-03-03
Official status: Pending Committee Action in Second House
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text states the effective date is October 1, 2026.

Adding Licensing Administrators to Tax Training Payments

This bill adds Alabama Certified Licensing Administrators to the list of tax professionals who receive $1,200 annually from the Department of Revenue for completing professional training.

What This Bill Does

Adds licensing administrators to the group eligible for annual payments from the Department of Revenue upon successful completion of the Professional Education and Training Program.
Sets the yearly payment amount at $1,200 for each certified worker.
Limits workers to receiving this payment only once per certification type.
States that these payments are in addition to any other salary or compensation.

Who It Names or Affects

Alabama Certified Licensing Administrators employed by a county in the ad valorem tax field who complete the training program.
The Alabama Department of Revenue, which manages the payment from existing funds.

Terms To Know

Professional Education and Training Program: A specific course run by the Department of Revenue that tax professionals must complete to qualify for certification payments.
Ad valorem tax field: The area of work dealing with taxes based on property value, such as real estate or land assessment.

Limits and Unknowns

Workers must have held their certification for at least six months prior to October 1 to receive the payment.
The Department of Revenue will provide specific rules and regulations to implement these payments during the first quarter of the fiscal year.

Bill History

2026-03-03 House
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 714 (Yeas 103, Nays 0)
2026-03-03 House
Third Reading in House of Origin (Yeas 102, Nays 0)
2026-03-03 Senate
Pending Committee Action in Second House
2026-03-03 Senate
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund
2026-02-19 House
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
2026-02-18 House
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
2026-02-03 House
Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
2026-02-03 House
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means General Fund

Official Summary Text

Department of Revenue; Alabama Certified Licensing Administrators added to list of tax professionals compensated annually for completing professional training

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

HB378 INTRODUCED
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HB378
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By Representative Collins
RFD: Ways and Means General Fund
First Read: 03-Feb-26
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ZQ1GPWW-1 02/02/2026 JWB (L)JWB 2026-616
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First Read: 03-Feb-26
SYNOPSIS:
Under existing law, the Department of Revenue
compensates certain tax professionals in the amount of
$1,200 annually if the individual successfully
completes the department's Professional Education and
Training Program.
This bill would add Alabama Certified Licensing
Administrators to the group of tax professionals
compensated.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to taxation; to amend Section 40-1-46, Code of
Alabama 1975; to authorize the Department of Revenue to
compensate Alabama Certified Licensing Administrators who
successfully complete the department's Professional Education
and Training Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 40-1-46, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"§40-1-46
(a) Any appraiser, mapper, or tax administrator , or
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HB378 INTRODUCED
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(a) Any appraiser, mapper, or tax administrator , or
licensing administrator who successfully completes the
Department of Revenue Professional Education and Training
Program, and is awarded the designation "Alabama Certified
Appraiser," "Alabama Certified Mapper ," or "Alabama Certified
Tax Administrator ," or "Alabama Certified Licensing
Administrator" shall be paid the amount of $1,200 one thousand
two hundred dollars ($1,200) annually by the Department of
Revenue for his or her professional achievement.
(b) The department shall make suchthe payment to a
certified appraiser, mapper, or tax administrator , or
licensing administrator while suchthe individual is in the
employment of the county, in the ad valorem tax field. Each
individual is limited to payment for one certification. The
department shall make the payments from the funds now
appropriated under the provisions of Section 40-7-70. The
payments made to a certified appraiser, mapper, or tax
administrator , or licensing administrator shall be in addition
to any other salary or compensation. Any person individual
obtaining and retaining certified designation shall be prima
facie qualified for the position designated. To receive this
compensation , the individual must have been certified for six
months prior to October first1. The Department of Revenue will
provide the rules and regulations to implement payment , during
the first quarter of the fiscal year."
Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2026.
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