HB89 Alabama 2020 Session
In Committee
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2020
Title
Crimes and offenses, receiving stolen property, to amend the threshold amounts for receiving stolen property offenses, Secs. 13A-8-16, 13A-8-17, 13A-8-18, 13A-8-18.1, 13A-8-19 am'd.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, receiving stolen
property offenses have threshold amounts
established for each offense</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would amend the threshold amounts
for receiving stolen 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-8-16, 13A-8-17, 13A-8-18, as last amended by Act 2019-521,
2019 Regular Session, 13A-8-18.1, and 13A-8-19, Code of
Alabama 1975, to amend the threshold amounts for receiving
stolen 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 | HB89 Alabama 2020 Session - Introduced |