HB398 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Paul DeMarco

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Service dogs, harassing, injuring, or causing death of, crime of established, penalties, restitution of certain expenses

Description

Under existing law, cruelty to animals and killing a dog used by a peace officer are specific crimes.

This bill would make it a crime to harass, injure, or cause the death of a service dog under certain conditions and would provide penalties.

This bill would provide for restitution of certain expenses.

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