HB519 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Steve McMillan

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Vessels, derelict, leaving in waters of this state in counties bordering on Gulf of Mexico, prohibited under certain conditions, penalties, procedures for exercising authority over derelict vessels and selling at public auction

Description

This bill would make it unlawful for a person to leave a derelict vessel in the waters of this state in the counties bordering on the Gulf of Mexico under certain conditions.

This bill would provide penalties and would provide procedures for exercising authority over and selling at public auction derelict vessels under certain conditions.

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

Vessels