SB407 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Lowell Barron

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, over-the-counter products, sales further regulated, on-line electronic verification system operated by Criminal Justice Information Center, penalties, Drug Abuse Task Force, established, members, Sec. 20-2-190 am'd.; Act 2009-283, 2009 Reg. Sess. am'd.

Description

Under existing law, the sale of over-the-counter products containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine is regulated and certain records of sales are required to be kept.

This bill would further regulate the sale of over-the-counter products containing certain quantities of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine within certain periods of time. The bill would require retailers to verify that the purchaser of a product is not in violation of the law through an on-line electronic verification system which system would be operated by the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center without cost to the state or to the retailers. The bill would provide penalties for violations and would revise the membership of the Alabama Methamphetamine Abuse Task Force.

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

Controlled Substances