HB193 Alabama 2016 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

John W. Rogers Representative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2016

Title

Animals, crimes of cruelty and aggravated cruelty, penalties increased, crime of animal abandonment, created, Sec. 13A-11-14.2 added; Secs. 13A-11-14, 13A-11-14.1 am'd.

Description

Existing law provides for the crimes of cruelty to animals and aggravated cruelty to animals.

This bill would increase the penalties for those crimes under certain conditions and would require a person convicted under certain conditions to undergo a psychological evaluation and attend counseling.

This bill would also create the crime of animal abandonment and would provide 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.

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Subjects

Animals