HB76 Alabama 2010 Session

This bill provides for legislative findings; prohibits public funds from being passed through from one entity to another at the direction of a member of the Legislature; defines "pass-through" appropriations; expressly protects the right of a legislator to lobby for or offer support for a legal and valid program of an agency; provides for reporting of grants; and provides penalties for violations

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 provide for legislative findings; to prohibit public funds from being passed through from one entity to another at the direction of a member of the Legislature; to define "pass-through" appropriations; to expressly protect the right of a legislator to lobby for or offer support for a legal and valid program of an agency; to provide for reporting of grants; to provide penalties for violations; 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.