HB233 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Jul 25, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Chad Fincher
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2012
Title: Forestry Commission, administrative rules, violations pertaining to conduct of persons on land designated as state forest, penalties, Sec. 9-3-9 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, the State Forestry Commission may promulgate administrative rules.
This bill would provide that a violation of certain administrative rules promulgated by the State Forestry Commission and pertaining to the conduct of persons on land designated as a state forest is a Class C misdemeanor.
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: Forestry Commission