SB172 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Paul Sanford

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Conservation and Natural Resource Department, Rule 220-2-.146, Antlered Buck and Turkey Harvest Record, penalties

Description

Under existing law, a person who violates a rule of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, unless a different penalty is provided. The penalty for a Class C misdemeanor is a fine not to exceed $500 or imprisonment for up to three months, or both fine and imprisonment.

This bill would specify that the penalty for a violation of Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Rule 220-2-.146, "Antlered Buck and Turkey Harvest Record," would be a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $200.

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.

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Subjects

Conservation and Natural Resources Department