HB509 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Steve Hurst Representative

Republican

Co-Sponsor

Ron Johnson

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Law enforcement officers, fleeing or attempting to elude, injury or death to law enforcement officer included in felony enhancement provision of law, Sec. 13A-10-52 am'd.; Act 2009-616, 2009 Reg. Sess. am'd.

Description

Existing law makes it a felony to cause death or physical injury to a third party or innocent bystander when committing the crime of fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer.

This bill would include causing death or physical injury to a law enforcement officer when committing the offense in the felony enhancement provision of the law.

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment.

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Subjects

Crimes and Offenses