Rep. Mike A. Ball [Republican-10]

District: Madison

Committees: [House Madison County Legislation - Member] [House Ethics And Campaign Finance - Chair] [House Internal Affairs - Member] [House Economic Development And Tourism - Member] [House Ethics And Campaign Finance - Member] [House Economic Development And Tourism - Chair]

Get to Know Me

Home City	Madison, AL
Birth Date	09/17/1954
Family	Wife: Debbie; 3 Children: Chris, Cara, Mandy.
Education	BS, Political Science, Athens State University AS, Criminal Justice, Jefferson State Junior College, 1982.
Political Career	Representative, Alabama State House of Representatives, 2002-present.
Professional Career	Owner, Ball Roofing, present Agent-Supervisor/Hostage Negotiator, Alabama Bureau of Investigation, Major Crimes Unit, 1986-2003, retired State Trooper, Alabama State Troopers, Highway Patrol, 1978-1986 Sergeant, United States Marine Corps, 1973-1977.
Religious Afiliation	Methodist
Organizational Afiliation(s)
Other Afiliation(s)	Member, Alabama State Trooper Association, present Member, American Legion, present Member, Asbury United Methodist Church, present Member, Huntsville Traditional Music Association, present.

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Sponsored Bills For Most Recent Session

Bill	Sponsor / Cosponsor	Description
HB616	Sponor	Madison Co., revenue commissioner, office estab., tax assessor and tax collector abolished, referendum
HB501	Sponor	Mortgage, lender may not seek to recover any differences from sale of foreclosed mortgage
HB487	Sponor	Initiative, constitutional amendments, proposed by people, authorized, Legislature may offer alternate proposal, const. amend.
HB488	Sponor	Primary elections, runoff election held if no candidate receives at least 35 percent of votes, Sec. 17-13-18 am'd.
HR163	Sponor	Sanders, James V. and Olene Hammett, commended
HB344	Sponor	Madison Co., lodging tax, termination date deleted, Act 2004-418, 2004 Reg. Sess., am'd.
HB310	Sponor	County or municipality, authorities, lease of property to United States, powers of authority expanded, expenditure of funds to promote federal facilities authorized, Sec.11-101A-8 am'd.
HB164	Sponor	Economic Development, tax increment district, Major 21st Century Manufacturing Zone authorized in municipalities, development of distressed areas, tax credit required, Secs. 11-99-1, 11-99-2, 11-99-4, 11-99-5, 11-99-6, 11-99-8 am'd.
HB178	Sponor	Midwives, State Board of Midwifery, established, licensure and regulation, penalties, Secs. 34-19-11 to 34-19-19, inclusive, added; Secs. 22-9A-7, 34-43-3 am'd; Secs. 34-19-2 to 34-19-10, inclusive, repealed
HB109	Sponor	Health Care Compact established, consent of U. S. Congress secured for return of authority to member states to regulate health care, Interstate Advisory Health Care Commission established, membership, duties, terms, funding
HJR8	Sponor	Israel, Nation of, relations with the United States of America, commended
HB42	Cosponor	Pistols, transportation to and from a shooting range without a pistol permit, authorized. Sec. 13A-11-74 am'd
HB103	Cosponor	Thrift Shops located on military installation in Alabama, exempt from state, county, and municipal sales and use tax
HB140	Cosponor	Income tax credit, tax credit against the tax liability of taxpayer for rehabilitation, preservation, and development of historic structures
HJR4	Cosponor	Kennedy, Representative Yvonne, Ph.D., death mourned
HB185	Cosponor	Motor vehicles, motorcycles, Class M motorcycle license including restricted license to operate a motor-driven cycle, issuance by Public Safety Department, knowledge test required under certain conditions, Secs. 32-5A-240, 32-12-22 am'd.
HB186	Cosponor	Taxes, exemptions for Still Serving Veterans, Inc.
HB197	Cosponor	Private Investigation Board, established, members, terms, powers, vacancies, private investigators, licensure and regulation, subject to Administrative Procedure Act, civil and criminal penalties, Private Investigators Licensing and Regulatory Act
HB213	Cosponor	Highway Finance Authority, borrowing power increased, Governor added as member of authority, Secs. 23-1-174, 23-1-177, 23-1-178, 23-1-181 am'd.
HB221	Cosponor	Taxation, tax exemption for Class 1-5 municipalities cultural districts
HB227	Cosponor	Attorney General, state litigation, contingency fee contracts with private attorneys, regulated, Transparency in Private Attorney Contracts Act, Sec. 41-16-72 am'd.
HB230	Cosponor	Madison Co., rock quarries, location near schools regulated outside corporate limits of municipality
HB250	Cosponor	Local governmental entities, tort liability limitation, includes water, sewer and fire protection authorities organized under Chapter 88, Title 11, Code of Alabama 1975, Sec. 11-93-1 am'd.
HB251	Cosponor	Water, sewer and fire protection authorities, definition of fire protection service, includes additional provisions re acquisition of water, Sec. 11-88-1 am'd.
HB252	Cosponor	Domestic violence, shelters, domestic violence defined, operation and funding of domestic violence shelters, fee for divorce petition distributed to district attorneys for funding of domestic violence shelters, Secs. 30-6-1, 30-6-6, 30-6-7, 30-6-11 am'd.
HJR34	Cosponor	Davidson, Dr. Julian, death mourned
HR36	Cosponor	Davidson, Dr. Julian, death mourned
HB268	Cosponor	Infants, age of majority designated as 18 years for participation in college or university research, Sec. 26-1-1 am'd.
HB269	Cosponor	Class 3 municipality, may establish up to five entertainment districts within corporate limits, Act 2012-438, 2012 Reg Sess., am'd; Sec. 28-3A-17.1 am'd.
HB279	Cosponor	Taxation, refund for excise tax paid on purchases of aviation jet fuel by international cargo air carriers, exemption from sales tax for purchases of aviation jet fuel and from use tax for use, storage, or consumption, Secs. 40-17-329, 40-23-4, 40-23-62 am'd.
HB287	Cosponor	Schools, students taught at home by either private tutor or under church school law may participate in public K-12 extracurricular activities, Tim Tebow Act
HB288	Cosponor	Flexible School Calendar Act, local board of education may opt out of calendar parameters by written notices to State Superintendent of Education, Sec. 16-13-231, as amended by Act 2012-482, 2012 Reg. Sess., am'd.
HJR42	Cosponor	Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., commended
HR44	Cosponor	Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., commended
HR45	Cosponor	Reach, Ray, commended
HR46	Cosponor	Solomon, KB, commended
HR48	Cosponor	Ritch, Joe H., commended
HJR55	Cosponor	Childs, William Jones, death mourned
HB299	Cosponor	Ten Commandments, display of on state property and at public schools, authorized, const. amend.
HB302	Cosponor	Gulf State Park, Legislature to approve sale or long-term lease of any state park property, development, submission of proposals, criteria, review by department, acceptance or rejection, proposal exempt from certain statutes, Chapter 14D of Title 9 repealed, Secs. 9-14D-1 to 9-14D-5, inclusive, repealed
HB305	Cosponor	Youthful Offender Act, persons charged with a Class A felony excluded, Sec. 15-19-1 am'd.
HB312	Cosponor	J.F. Drake State Technical College, name changed to J.F. Drake State Community and Technical College
HJR50	Cosponor	Ritch, Joe H., commended
HR62	Cosponor	Starnes, D. Edward, Jr., death mourned
HJR63	Cosponor	Starnes, D. Edward, Jr., death mourned
HB329	Cosponor	Protection against disclosure of personal information about criminal justice employees, Sec. 41-13-7 am'd.
HJR81	Cosponor	Urging President and Congress to eliminate the threat of sequestration
HB352	Cosponor	Veterans, disabled, military appreciation hunting license, three day trip event hunting license authorized, Secs. 9-11-44, 9-11-49 am'd.
HJR96	Cosponor	Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention, recognized
HR99	Cosponor	McDavid, Betty Grace Fieldness, commended
HR110	Cosponor	Obermann, Stuart, commended
HB357	Cosponor	Weights and Measures, registered service agent to conduct testing and inspection and testing of devices, Agriculture and Industries Department to provide registration and regulation of agents, Board of Agriculture and Industries adopt a schedule of civil fines for violations, Secs. 8-16-1, 8-16-6, 8-16-7, 8-16-18 am'd.
HJR122	Cosponor	Historical Commission, authorized to install statue of Mrs. Rosa Parks within State Capitol Complex
HB383	Cosponor	Emergencies, broadcasters, radio, t.v., and cable, emergency response broadcasters, training and certification by Homeland Security Department, access to facilities to repair and restart broadcasting during emergencies
HB451	Cosponor	Madison Co., law enforcement, delivery of currency seized as evidence to circuit clerk, deposit, forfeiture proceedings
HB452	Cosponor	Huntsville, pretrial diversion program, city authorized to establish
HB455	Cosponor	Economic development, tax increment district, 21st Century Manufacturing Zone, authority to form extended to counties, Secs. 11-99-1, 11-99-2 am'd.; Act 2013-51, 2013 Reg. Sess., am'd.
HB462	Cosponor	Alabama Title Loan Act, licensure by Banking Dept., bonds, fees, penalties
HJR171	Cosponor	Neuropathy, April 2013, awareness month
HJR178	Cosponor	Horton, James Edwin, Jr., posthumously commended
HB506	Cosponor	Public education employees salary increase, including K-12 and certain other designated education institutions, liability insurance program to be established by Finance Department, consultation with Education Department
HB519	Cosponor	Educators' associations, equal access to public school districts and their employees required, equal access to public institutions of higher learning and their employees, required
HB526	Cosponor	Unemployment compensation, substitute employees of schools, exempt from collecting, Sec. 25-4-10 am'd.
HB527	Cosponor	Driving under the influence, additional penalties for violations of by persons with at least 0.15 percent blood alcohol level, to include abstention from consuming alcoholic beverages and a requirement to wear a continuing alcohol monitoring device, Sec. 32-5A-191 am'd.
HB530	Cosponor	Alocohic beverages, brewpubs selling beer for off-premises consumption, additional license, terms and conditions, Secs. 28-3A-6, 28-4A-3 am'd.
HB547	Cosponor	Veterans, permanently and totally disabled, state income tax, credit for sales tax paid up to a certain amount
HB566	Cosponor	Civil actions, attorney fees and costs awarded to prevailing party
HJR219	Cosponor	Trucking Association, celebrates its 75th Anniversary, commended
HR220	Cosponor	Trucking Association, celebrates its 75th Anniversary, commended
HJR231	Cosponor	Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, review and uphold the Alabama Metal Coil Securement Act of 2009
HJR250	Cosponor	Thatcher, Margaret, British Prime Minister, death mourned
HR251	Cosponor	Robinson, Elbert, Sr., death mourned
HJR253	Cosponor	Generation America, commended
HJR254	Cosponor	Middleton, Carolyn, commended
HB588	Cosponor	Religious expression in schools, authorized, Alabama Student Religious Liberties Act
HB599	Cosponor	Taxation, carried forward period of five years for certain projects, Sec. 40-18-194 am'd.
HR263	Cosponor	Sumerlin, Edith, death mourned
HJR270	Cosponor	Robinson, Elbert, Sr., death mourned
HB629	Cosponor	Distinctive License tags, law enforcement memorial honor officers killed in line of duty, fees, distrib. to State Law Enforcement Memorial and National Police Memorial
HB631	Cosponor	Public assistance, fraud in obtaining, crime established, penalties, theft of services, knowledge requirement deleted, Sec. 13A-8-10 am'd.
HB639	Cosponor	Motor Vehicles, dump trucks, operation with bed raised prohibited, penalties
HB641	Cosponor	Public employees, to receive annual summary of benefits received from employer
HJR321	Cosponor	Williams, Phillip Wayne, Sr., death mourned
HJR322	Cosponor	Moon, Sandra Anne Starr, death mourned
HR326	Cosponor	Williams, Phillip Wayne, Sr., death mourned
HR327	Cosponor	Moon, Sandra Anne Starr, death mourned
HR366	Cosponor	Jones, Jestina Duncan, exemplary graduate of the University of Mobile, commended
HJR368	Cosponor	Jones, Jestina Duncan, exemplary graduate of the University of Mobile, commended
HJR374	Cosponor	Kyle, Chris, death mourned
HJR388	Cosponor	Neely, William Harvey, commended
HJR391	Cosponor	Excelsior Band, commended
HR392	Cosponor	Excelsior Band, commended
HJR401	Cosponor	DUI Prevention and Ignition Interlock Advisory Council, created
HR422	Cosponor	Jones, Susannah Mushatt, commended
HR493	Cosponor	Coach Moses Knight, Jr., induction into Alabama High School Sports Hall of Fame, urged
HR494	Cosponor	Reynolds, Nimrod Q., death mourned
HR507	Cosponor	Moon, John King, death mourned
HR534	Cosponor	Emergency Services week, commended
HR537	Cosponor	Plant, Sherri Hill, commended
HR540	Cosponor	National Veterans Shrine, recognized