HB252 Alabama 2016 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Phillip Pettus Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2016

Title

Harassment, by distributing a private image, defined, penalties, Sec. 13A-11-8 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, the communication of a harassing communication by means of telephone, mail, or other written or electronic communication is a crime punishable as a Class C misdemeanor.

This bill would create the crime of harassment by means of distribution of a private image as defined, to apply when one person distributes a sexually explicit private image of another person without permission and with intent to harass and provide that the penalty would be 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

Crimes and Offenses