HB86 Alabama 2020 Session
In Committee
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2020
Title
Crimes and offenses, theft, to amend threshold amounts for theft of property offenses, Secs. 13A-8-1, 13A-8-3, 13A-8-4, 13A-8-4.1, 13A-8-5 am'd.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, theft of property
offenses have threshold amounts established for
each offense</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would revise the threshold amounts
for theft of property offenses</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would also make nonsubstantive,
technical revisions to update the existing code
language to current style</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</p><p class="bill_description">
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"> Relating to crimes and offenses; to amend Sections
13A-8-1, 13A-8-3, 13A-8-4, 13A-8-4.1, and 13A-8-5, Code of
Alabama 1975, to amend the threshold amounts for theft of
property offenses; to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions
to update the existing code language to current style; 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.
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Subjects
Crimes and Offenses
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| February 4, 2020 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB86 Alabama 2020 Session - Introduced |