HB450 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021

House Bill

Enacted

Current Status

Regular Session 2011

Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Steve Hurst Representative
Republican
Co-Sponsors: Johnny Mack Morrow Jeremy Oden Elwyn Thomas Todd Greeson Mike Hill Blaine Galliher Ron Johnson
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: Firearms, soliciting or encouraging a licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition to transfer a firearm or ammunition if the person knows the transfer violates state and federal law and providing false information to dealer or seller of firearms or ammunition with intent to deceive, crimes established, exceptions, penalties
Description: This bill would make it a crime to solicit, persuade, encourage, or entice a licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition to transfer a firearm or ammunition under circumstances which the person knows violates the laws of this state or the United States.
This bill would make it a crime to provide a licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition with false information with the intent to deceive the dealer or seller about the legality of the transfer of a firearm or ammunition.
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