SB197 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Cam Ward
Republican
Co-Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: Filing a false lien against public officer or employee, crime established, penalties
Description: Existing law does not provide for a specific crime relating to the filing of a false lien against an officer or employee of the state or an officer or employee of a political subdivision of the state.
This bill would make it a crime to file a false lien against an officer or employee of the state or an officer or employee of a political subdivision of the state.
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