SB406 Alabama 2015 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

Senate Bill

In Second Chamber

Current Status

Regular Session 2015

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Greg J. Reed Senator
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2015
Title: Homicide by vehicle or vessel, crime of created, penalties, Sec. 32-10-6 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, a person convicted of certain violations relating to motor vehicle accidents is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if the accident only caused property damage and a Class C felony if the accident caused death or personal injury.
This bill would revise the penalties to provide that a person convicted of a violation relating to motor vehicle accidents would be guilty of a Class C felony if he or she caused physical injury and would be guilty of a Class B felony if he or she caused death or serious physical injury.
This bill would also create the crime of homicide by vehicle or vessel and would provide criminal penalties.
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.
Subjects: Crimes and Offenses