HB225 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Patricia Todd

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Convicted animal abusers, registration with county sheriff required, penalties, sheriff to maintain local registry, Public Safety Department to maintain central registry, public Internet access

Description

Under existing law, there is no provision to create and maintain a statewide registry of convicted animal abusers.

This bill would require the annual registration of each animal abuser with the local sheriff's department in the county of the abuser's residence and would provide for fines and penalties for violations.

This bill would require each county sheriff to maintain a local registry of animal abusers; to provide this information to certain residents, businesses, and schools; and to forward the registration information to the Department of Public Safety.

This bill would require the Department of Public Safety to create and maintain a central registry of animal abusers that can be assessed by the public.

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

Crimes and Offenses