HB489 Alabama 2019 Session

Existing law provides for distinctive license plates for certain organizations, including firefighters

This bill would provide for a distinctive license plate for emergency medical services providers and would provide for criminal penalties for fraudulently obtaining a distinctive license plate

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, this 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

Relating to distinctive license plates; to add Section 32-6-281 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for distinctive license plates for emergency medical services providers; to provide criminal penalties for fraudulently obtaining a distinctive license plate; 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.