HB509 Alabama 2010 Session
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Bill Summary
Sponsors
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
<p class="bill_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</p><p class="bill_description">
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</p><p class="bill_description">
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</p><p class="bill_description">
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</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Section 3 of Act 2009-616 of the 2009
Regular Session (Acts 2009, p. 1779), now appearing as Section
13A-10-52 of the Code of Alabama 1975, providing for the crime
of fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer;
to include causing death or physical injury to a law
enforcement officer in the felony enhancement provision; and
in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect
the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local
funds within the meaning of 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.
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Subjects
Crimes and Offenses
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| March 23, 2010 | Engrossed | |
| March 23, 2010 | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 656 | |
| March 23, 2010 | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 655 | |
| March 23, 2010 | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary | |
| March 23, 2010 | Holmes Amendment Offered | |
| March 23, 2010 | Third Reading Passed | |
| February 25, 2010 | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar | |
| February 4, 2010 | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB509 Alabama 2010 Session - Introduced |
| Bill Text | HB509 Alabama 2010 Session - Engrossed |