HB175 Alabama 2016 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Mack N. ButlerRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2016

Title

Controlled substances, additional compounds included in Schedule I, Sec. 20-2-23 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, certain controlled substance analogues are included in Schedule I of the controlled substances list. Possession, distribution, and trafficking of these compounds are unlawful, and violations are subject to the existing criminal penalties for distribution and possession.

This bill would add Mitragynine and Hydroxymitragynine, commonly known as Kratom or Vicazen, to Schedule I of the controlled substances list.

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

Controlled Substances