HB152 Alabama 2013 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

House Bill

Enacted

Current Status

Regular Session 2013

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: April Weaver Senator
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2013
Title: Controlled substances, deceptively obtaining same or similar substance from two or more practitioners prohibited, criminal penalties
Description: Currently, there is not a specific legal prohibition on the practice of deceptively obtaining the same or a similar controlled substance from two or more medical practitioners in a concurrent time period.
This bill would prohibit that practice and provide criminal penalties for violations.
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: Controlled Substances