HB1 Alabama 2017 Session

This bill would require existing non-volunteer fire departments in the state that have paid firefighters on duty eight hours or more per day to install a diesel exhaust system in the fire station building or on each of the diesel fire apparatus within five years

This bill would require any new construction of a fire station to include in the design the installation of a diesel exhaust system, or if the design process is complete and construction has already commenced, this bill would require a diesel exhaust system be installed within five years

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama 1901 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 general law would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621

If this bill is not enacted by a 2/3 vote, it will not become effective with regard to a local entity unless approved by the local entity or until, and only as long as, the Legislature appropriates funds or provides for a local source of revenue

Relating to non-volunteer fire departments; to require a diesel exhaust system be installed in the fire station building or on each of the diesel fire apparatus within a certain time frame and under certain conditions; to provide exemptions; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds.