HB204 Alabama 2013 Session
Signed by Governor
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2013
Title
Navigable waters, obstructing prohibited, civil enforcement, civil penalties, exceptions
Description
<p class="bill_description"> This bill relates to navigable waters and
navigation in Alabama. This bill would provide that
the term navigable waters would include canals. The
bill would also prohibit a person from anchoring,
mooring, or abandoning a vessel in navigable waters
so that it obstructs navigation and would provide
for criminal penalties</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"> Relating to navigable waters and navigation; to
amend Sections 33-7-1 and 33-7-51, Code of Alabama 1975, to
further define navigable waters; to prohibit a person from
leaving a vessel so that it obstructs navigation; to provide
penalties; 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
Boats and Boating
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2013 | H | Delivered to Governor at 9:50 p.m. on May 20, 2013. |
| May 20, 2013 | H | Assigned Act No. 2013-348. |
| May 20, 2013 | H | Clerk of the House Certification |
| May 20, 2013 | S | Signature Requested |
| May 20, 2013 | H | Enrolled |
| May 20, 2013 | H | Passed Second House |
| May 20, 2013 | S | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1137 |
| May 20, 2013 | S | Third Reading Passed |
| April 18, 2013 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| April 11, 2013 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Commerce, Transportation, and Utilities |
| April 9, 2013 | H | Engrossed |
| April 9, 2013 | H | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 334 |
| April 9, 2013 | H | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 333 |
| April 9, 2013 | H | Lee Amendment Offered |
| April 9, 2013 | H | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 332 |
| April 9, 2013 | H | Agriculture and Forestry first Substitute Offered |
| April 9, 2013 | H | Third Reading Passed |
| March 7, 2013 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and |
| February 7, 2013 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Agriculture and Forestry |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB204 Alabama 2013 Session - Introduced |
| Bill Text | HB204 Alabama 2013 Session - Engrossed |
| Bill Text | HB204 Alabama 2013 Session - Enrolled |