HB643 Alabama 2010 Session

This bill would make it unlawful to store or leave a derelict vessel docked at any private property without the consent of the owner of the property or upon any public water or at a port or harbor in the state without the consent of the agency having jurisdiction of the water, or port, or harbor

This bill would provide penalties and would provide procedures for seizing and selling at public auction derelict vessels under certain conditions

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

Relating to vessels, to make it unlawful to store or leave a vessel docked at any private property without the consent of the owner of the property or upon any public water or at a port or harbor in the state without the consent of the agency having jurisdiction of the water, port, or harbor; to provide penalties; to provide procedures for seizing and selling at public auction derelict vessels under certain conditions; 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.