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Committee adopts change to state review of agency decisions in SB 248
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee amended and gave a favorable report to Senate Bill 248, which would remove the automatic presumption of deference to executive-branch agencies when circuit courts review administrative decisions.
The House Judiciary Committee on an afternoon hearing adopted an amendment and gave a favorable report to Senate Bill 248, a measure that would alter judicial review under the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act by removing the presumption that a court must defer to an agency's interpretation of its governing statute.
Supporters said the bill implements a change the U.S. Supreme Court made at the federal level and would require state courts to review agency statutory…
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