SB317 Alabama 2010 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021

Senate Bill

In Second Chamber

Current Status

Regular Session 2010

Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Steve French
Republican
Co-Sponsors: Henry Eugene “Hank” Erwin Jr.Linda Coleman-Madison Priscilla Dunn Arthur Orr Bobby D. Singleton Wendell Mitchell Myron Penn George M. “Marc” Keahey Tom Butler Phil Poole Larry Dixon Vivian Davis Figures Jimmy Holley Harri Anne Smith Kim Benefield Lowell Barron T.D. “Ted” Little J.T. Waggoner Del Marsh Ben H. Brooks Trip Pittman Rodger Smitherman Zeb Little Paul Sanford Larry Means Rusty Glover Hank Sanders Bobby Denton Quinton Ross Roger Bedford, Jr.Hinton Mitchem Jim Preuitt
Session: Regular Session 2010
Title: Children, day care providers, leaving child unattended in a motor vehicle unless supervised by person of certain age prohibited, penalties determined by first, second, or subsequent conviction and whether child is injured or fatally injured, Amiyah White Unattended Children in Motor Vehicle Safety Act
Description: This bill would make it unlawful for a day care provider or a person for hire to leave a child 12 years of age or younger in a motor vehicle unless the child is supervised by a person who is 14 years of age or older; would define motor vehicle; and would provide penalties for a first, second, or subsequent offense; and would make it a Class C felony if the child is injured or a Class B felony if the child is fatally injured.
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.
Subjects: Crimes and Offenses