HB530 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Steve Hurst Representative

Republican

Co-Sponsors

Jeremy OdenElwyn ThomasTodd GreesonRon Johnson

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Sex crimes, person over age 21 convicted of rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, or sexual torture in the first degree of a child age 6 or younger, sentence of life without possibility of parole required

Description

This bill would provide that any person over the age of 21 who is convicted of rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, or sexual torture in the first degree of a child less than six years of age would automatically receive a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

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