HB619 Alabama 2015 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Connie C. Rowe Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Municipal courts, imposition of sentence of imprisonment not to exceed one year, authorized, Sec. 11-45-9 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, except for certain driving under the influence offenses, a municipal court may only impose a sentence of imprisonment not to exceed six months.

This bill would allow a municipal court to sentence persons to imprisonment not to exceed one year if the offense is a Class A misdemeanor.

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

Municipalities