SB172 Alabama 2014 Session

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

Relating to hunting; to provide for the penalty for a violation of Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Rule 220-2-.146, "Antlered Buck and Turkey Harvest Record"; 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.