HB322 Alabama 2020 Session

This bill would prohibit a business establishment from selling dextromethorphan to a child under 18 years of age and would provide criminal fines for violations. The bill would also prohibit a political subdivision of this state from adopting or enforcing a law or rule governing the sale, distribution, or possession of dextromethorphan

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

To prohibit a business establishment from selling dextromethorphan to a child under 18 years of age; to provide criminal penalties; to specify certain exceptions; to prohibit a political subdivision of this state from adopting or enforcing a law or rule governing the sale, distribution, or possession of dextromethorphan; 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.