HB18 Alabama 2014 Session

Act 2013-283 of the 2013 Regular Session is a comprehensive revision of existing laws regulating the possession and use of firearms

Among other things, the act consolidates certain preemption language regarding the authority of local governments to regulate firearms, establishes a rebuttable presumption that the carrying of a firearm under certain conditions does not constitute the crime of disorderly conduct, revises the pistol permitting process, further provides for business license taxes on persons participating in gun shows, prohibits the carrying of firearms at specified locations and allows employees to transport or store a firearm or ammunition in the employee's motor vehicle under certain conditions, and allows the use of force for protection and self-defense on business property

This bill repeals Act 2013-283 of the 2013 Regular Session in its entirety and restores amended or repealed Sections of the Code of Alabama 1975, to their original form

Relating to firearms; to amend Sections 11-80-11, 13A-3-23, 13A-11-7, 13A-11-52, 13A-11-70, 13A-11-73, 13A-11-75, 13A-11-85, and 40-12-143, Code of Alabama 1975, all as last amended by Act 2013-283 of the 2013 Regular Session, to restore these sections to their original form prior to the passage of Act 2013-283; to restore Section 11-45-1.1, Code of Alabama 1975, as repealed by Act 2013-283 of the 2013 Regular Session; and to repeal Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, and 10 of Act 2013-283 of the 2013 Regular Session.