SB91 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Jul 25, 2021

Senate Bill

Enacted

Current Status

Regular Session 2012

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Tammy Irons
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2012
Title: Law enforcement or corrections officers, crime of disarming, established, penalty
Description: Under existing law, there is no specific crime of disarming a law enforcement officer.
This bill would establish the crime of disarming a law enforcement or corrections officer.
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