HB709 Alabama 2012 Session
In Committee
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2012
Title
Caller ID fraud, criminal penalties for entering false information into a caller identification system in order to defraud or deceive a recipient, provided
Description
<p class="bill_description"> This bill would create criminal penalties
for a telephone caller to knowingly insert false
information into a caller identification system
with the intent to mislead, defraud, or deceive the
recipient of a telephone call</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 create criminal penalties for knowingly inserting
false information into a caller identification system with the
intent to mislead, defraud, or deceive the recipient of a
telephone call; 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
Crimes and Offenses
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2012 | Indefinitely Postponed | |
| April 26, 2012 | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar | |
| April 19, 2012 | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ethics and Campaign Finance |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB709 Alabama 2012 Session - Introduced |