SB183 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

David Sessions Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Pet stores, regulation of, prohibit from providing false information on certifications, civil penalities, Dept. of Agriculture and Industries provided rulemaking authority, Agricultural Fund, created

Description

This bill would provide for the regulation of pet stores.

This bill would provide certain restrictions on the sale, delivery, giving away, or transferring of dogs from a pet store to another person or entity, would prohibit pet stores from recklessly altering or providing false information on certifications required by the act for the sale or transfer of a dog, and would provide civil penalties for violations.

This bill would require pet stores to be licensed by the Department of Agriculture and Industries, would provide for the issuance, denial, and suspension of licenses, and would provide for the deposit of licensure fees into the Agricultural Fund, created by the act.

This bill would also reserve the regulation of pet stores to the state.

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

Pet Stores