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SB70 Alabama 2013 Session

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Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Dick Brewbaker
Session
Regular Session 2013
Title
Firearms, certain federal laws regulating semi-automatic firearms or limiting the size of a magazine of a firearm rendered unenforceable, criminal penalty for enforcement by federal officials, Attorney General to defend residents for federal violations
Description

This bill would provide that any federal law attempting to ban semi-automatic firearms or to limit the size of a magazine of a firearm or any other limitation on firearms in this state shall be unenforceable

This bill would provide that any official, agent, or employee of the United States government who enforces or attempts to enforce any act, order, law, or rule or regulation adopted by the federal government upon a personal firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition, that is manufactured commercially or privately in this state and that remains exclusively within the borders of this state is guilty of a Class C felony

This bill also would authorize the Attorney General to defend a citizen of this state who is prosecuted by the federal government for a violation of a federal law relating to the manufacture, sale, transfer, or possession of a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition owned or manufactured and retained exclusively in 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

Relating to firearms, to provide that any federal law banning or attempting to ban semi-automatic firearms or to limit the size of a magazine of a firearm or other limitation on firearms in this state shall be unenforceable in this state; to provide criminal penalties; to authorize the Attorney General to defend state citizens for certain violations of federal law relating to firearms manufactured or retained in this state; 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.

Subjects
Firearms

Bill Actions

Action DateChamberAction
May 7, 2013SPending third reading on day 11 Favorable from Judiciary with 1 substitute
May 7, 2013SIndefinitely Postponed
March 5, 2013SRead for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
February 5, 2013SRead for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary

Bill Text

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Bill Documents

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Bill Text SB70 Alabama 2013 Session - Introduced
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