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Committee tables bill to let accountancy board move licensing details to rulemaking
Summary
A House committee heard HB59, which would let the Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy adjust exam and education requirements by rule and add electronic notifications; Representative Carrie (House District 3) said the changes aim to broaden the pipeline to licensed CPAs. The committee voted to table the measure.
Chair Margie Wilcox called HB59 before the committee and recognized the bill’s sponsor, who described it as a measure to give the Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy more flexibility.
Carrie (House District 3) told the panel the bill would shift several licensing elements from statute to rule, allow the board to update exam content by rule, add email as an acceptable method of notification to licensees, clarify how non-licensed owners…
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