HB318 Alabama 2012 Session
Signed by Governor
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2012
Title
Timber and forest products, crime of willful removal of timber and other forest products by deception, Class A misdemeanor, Sec. 9-13-60 am'd.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> This bill would specify that the removal of
timber or forest products by deception would be
unlawful punished as a Class A misdemeanor</p><p class="bill_description">
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</p><p class="bill_description">
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</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Section 9-13-60, Code of Alabama 1975,
providing criminal violations relating to timber or other
forest products; to include the removal of timber or forest
products by deception as an unlawful act subject to the
existing criminal penalties; and in connection therewith would
have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or
increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of
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.
</p>
Subjects
Forestry
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2012 | Delivered to Governor at 3:55 p. m. on May 10, 2012. | |
| May 10, 2012 | Assigned Act No. 2012-428. | |
| May 10, 2012 | Signature Requested | |
| May 10, 2012 | Clerk of the House Certification | |
| May 10, 2012 | Enrolled | |
| May 10, 2012 | Passed Second House | |
| May 10, 2012 | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1319 | |
| May 10, 2012 | Pending third reading on day 26 Favorable from Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry | |
| May 3, 2012 | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar | |
| March 15, 2012 | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry | |
| March 8, 2012 | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 272 | |
| March 8, 2012 | Third Reading Passed | |
| February 23, 2012 | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar | |
| February 14, 2012 | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Agriculture and Forestry |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB318 Alabama 2012 Session - Introduced |
| Bill Text | HB318 Alabama 2012 Session - Enrolled |