Alabama legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Alabama HB568: Department of Workforce; certain child labor law fees, boiler and pressure vessel exceptions and fees, and elevator safety standards, provided for; license renewal period extended; alterations to conveyances prohibited
Status: Signed into law, April 16, 2026
What the bill says
An Act, Relating to the Department of Workforce; to amend Sections 25-5-316, 25-8-45, 25-8-59, 25-12-7, 25-12-18, 25-13-6, 25-13-12, and 25-13-15, Code of Alabama 1975, to increase the fee for the child labor certificates; to provide for the distribution of penalty fees collected for violating child labor laws; to further provide for boiler and pressure vessel exceptions; to further provide for the fee for pressure vessel certificates of inspection and its distribution; to further provide for the duties of the Elevator Safety Review Board and elevator safety standards…
From the enrolled text:
An Act, Relating to the Department of Workforce; to amend Sections 25-5-316, 25-8-45, 25-8-59, 25-12-7, 25-12-18, 25-13-6, 25-13-12, and 25-13-15, Code of Alabama 1975, to increase the fee for the child labor certificates; to provide for the distribution of penalty fees collected for violating child labor laws; to further provide for boiler and pressure vessel exceptions; to further provide for the fee for pressure vessel certificates of inspection and its distribution; to further provide for the duties of the Elevator Safety Review Board and elevator safety standards; to extend the renewal period for certain licenses; and to prohibit certain persons from altering conveyances. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Sections 25-5-316, 25-8-45, 25-8-59, 25-12-7, 25-12-18, 25-13-6, 25-13-12, and 25-13-15, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: "§25-5-316 (a) There is established in the State Treasury a fund entitled the Workers' Compensation Administrative Trust Fund, into which shall be deposited certain assessments collected by the Department of Workforce, as provided for under Chapter (commencing with Section 25-5-1) of Title 25, shall be deposited. collected by the Department of Labor. The fund shall constitute a separate fund to be disbursed by the state Comptroller on order of the Secretary of the Department of LaborDepartment of Workforce. All expenses incurred by the Page LaborDepartment of Workforce. …