Under existing law, a person who kills a dog used by a peace officer in the line of duty is guilty of a Class C Felony.
This bill would make it a crime to interfere or attempt to interfere with the duties of a police animal, a search and rescue animal, or the handler of a police animal or search and rescue animal.
This bill would make it a crime to harass, assault, injure, cause the death, or attempt to harass, assault, injure, or cause the death of a police animal or search and rescue animal.
This bill would provide for penalties and restitution of certain expenses relating to the crimes created by this bill.
This bill would provide for exclusions and defenses and would repeal existing law.
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.
Delivered to Governor at 11:59 p.m. on May 20, 2013.
Assigned Act No. 2013-421.
Clerk of the House Certification
Signature Requested
Enrolled
Passed Second House
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1212
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 984
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Agriculture and Forestry
Source: Alabama Legislature