HB22 Alabama 2015 Session

This bill would provide for a distinctive motor vehicle license plate for paid professional firefighters. The bill would provide penalties for falsely obtaining a professional firefighter tag

This bill would also provide that a member of the Legion of Valor would receive a distinctive permanent license plate for a private passenger motor vehicle registered in the name of the resident without the payment of any fee or tax

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 distinctive license plates for motor vehicles; to provide for distinctive license plates for professional firefighters; to provide penalties for falsely obtaining a professional firefighter tag; to amend Sections 32-6-250 and 32-6-251 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to distinctive license plates, to provide that a member of the Legion of Valor would receive a free distinctive license plate; 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.