SB302 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Jul 25, 2021

Senate Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2012

Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Cam Ward
Republican
Co-Sponsors: Gerald O. Dial Clay Scofield Phillip W. Williams Dick Brewbaker Greg J. Reed Jimmy Holley Del Marsh J.T. Waggoner Gerald H. Allen Tom Whatley
Session: Regular Session 2012
Title: Crime of Looting, established, penalties, violation would be Class C felony
Description: This bill would create the crime of looting during a state of emergency declared by the Governor and would provide that a violation would be a Class C felony.
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