SB6 Alabama 2012 1st Special Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Arthur Orr Senator

Republican

Co-Sponsors

Bill HoltzclawClay Scofield

Session

First Special Session 2012

Title

County or municipality, authorities, lease of property to United States, powers of authority expanded, expenditure of funds to promote federal facilities authorized, Sec.11-101A-8 am'd

Description

This bill would establish the Abortion-Inducing Drug Safety Act.

This bill would provide legislative findings and purposes.

This bill would make it unlawful to administer any abortion-inducing drug to a woman without her receiving an exam by a physician.

This bill would provide a physician with guidelines to follow in administering an abortion-inducing drug.

This bill provides for criminal and civil penalties.

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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