SB344 Alabama 2012 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Cam Ward

Republican

Co-Sponsors

Del MarshDick BrewbakerBill Holtzclaw

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Methamphetamines, further regulation of the sale of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine products, licensed pharmacies solely authorized to sell, criminal penalties enhanced, membership of Alabama Drug Abuse Task Force revised, Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center to create an electronic drug offender tracking system, Secs. 13A-12-260, 20-2-190 am'd; Sec. 20-2-190.2 added

Description

Under existing law, the sale of over-the-counter products containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine is regulated and certain records of sales are required to be kept.

This bill would further regulate the sale of over-the-counter products containing certain quantities of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine within certain periods of time.

The bill would prohibit the sale of any product containing pseudoephedrine and ephedrine compounds from anywhere other than a licensed pharmacy.

This bill would specify certain identification necessary to purchase a product containing pseudoephedrine and ephedrine compounds.

This bill would enhance criminal penalties for violations of laws governing the sale of products containing pseudoephedrine and ephedrine compounds.

This bill would revise the membership of the Alabama Drug Abuse Task Force.

This bill would require the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center to implement an electronic drug offender tracking system to catalogue all criminal convictions in this state and other states of persons with certain felony and misdemeanor convictions related to methamphetamine.

This bill would make it a Class B felony to purchase or to attempt, solicit another, or conspire to purchase or sell, transfer, or otherwise furnish a listed precursor chemical or pseudoephedrine and ephedrine compounds for the purpose of providing or sharing any pseudoephedrine and ephedrine compounds to manufacture methamphetamine or a controlled substance.

This bill also would provide specific criminal penalties for certain uses of drug paraphernalia in violation of the controlled substances laws of this state.

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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Subjects

Crimes and Offenses