HB25 Alabama 2019 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Motor vehicles, smoking of tobacco products prohibited in vehicle with child age 14 and under present

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, there is no prohibition against smoking tobacco products in a motor vehicle when a child is also riding in the vehicle</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would prohibit smoking tobacco products in a motor vehicle when a child aged 14 years and under is also riding in the vehicle</p><p class="bill_description"> 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</p><p class="bill_description"> 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</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To prohibit the smoking of tobacco products in motor vehicles when a child aged 14 years and under is present in the vehicle; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of 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. </p>

Subjects

Tobacco