Under existing law, it is a Class A misdemeanor to promote gambling, conspire to promote gambling, or possess a gambling device.
This bill would provide enhanced penalties for these crimes.
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.
Referred, per Senate Rule 50, to Committee on Tourism and Marketing
Reported from Committe on Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections
Singleton motion to recommit lost Roll Call 680
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections.
Source: Alabama Legislature