SB163 Alabama 2010 Session
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Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2010
Title
Timber and forest products, altering a weight measuring device prohibited, penalties, unauthorized cutting, removal, transportation, sale, or purchase of timber and other forest products designated Class A misdemeanor, Sec. 9-13-60 am'd.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, the unauthorized
cutting, removal, transportation, sale, or purchase
of timber and other forest products is a
misdemeanor</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would specify that these offenses
are Class A misdemeanors</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would also make it a crime to
alter a weight measuring device or otherwise cause
a weight measuring device to give a false reading
of forest products</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would define forest products</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 9-13-60, Code of Alabama 1975, to
provide further for penalties related to crimes involving
timber and forest products; to make it a crime to cause a
weight measuring device to give a false reading of timber or
forest products; to define forest products; 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.
</p>
Subjects
Forestry
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| March 11, 2010 | Pending third reading on day 21 Favorable from Agriculture and Forestry with 1 substitute | |
| March 11, 2010 | Agriculture and Forestry first Substitute Offered | |
| March 11, 2010 | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and | |
| February 25, 2010 | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Agriculture and Forestry | |
| February 25, 2010 | Engrossed | |
| February 23, 2010 | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 360 | |
| February 23, 2010 | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 359 | |
| February 23, 2010 | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 358 | |
| February 23, 2010 | Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Amendment Offered | |
| February 23, 2010 | Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Amendment Offered | |
| February 23, 2010 | Third Reading Passed | |
| February 2, 2010 | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 2 amendments | |
| January 12, 2010 | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | SB163 Alabama 2010 Session - Introduced |
| Bill Text | SB163 Alabama 2010 Session - Engrossed |