HB528 Alabama 2010 Session

Under existing law, the sale of over-the-counter products containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine is regulated and certain records of sales are required to be kept

This bill would further regulate the sale of over-the-counter products containing certain quantities of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine within certain periods of time. The bill would require retailers to verify that the purchaser of a product is not in violation of the law through an on-line electronic verification system which system would be operated by the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center without cost to the state or to the retailers. The bill would provide penalties for violations and would revise the membership of the Alabama Methamphetamine Abuse Task Force

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

To amend Section 20-2-190, as last amended by Act2009-283 (Acts 2009, p. 483) of the Code of Alabama 1975,regulating the sale of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine inover-the-counter products; to further regulate the sale; toprovide for an on-line electronic verification system operatedby the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center without cost to the state or retailers; to further provide penalties;to revise membership on the Methamphetamine Abuse Task Force;and in connection therewith would have as its purpose oreffect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure oflocal funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of theConstitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution ofAlabama of 1901, as amended.