SB67 Alabama 2020 Session

Updated Feb 12, 2020

Senate Bill

In Second Chamber

Current Status

Regular Session 2020

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

Motor vehicles, animals, crime to leave an animal in an unattended motor vehicle, immunity to a public safety official who rescues an animal under certain circumstances, Sec. 13A-11-241 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, there is no prohibition against leaving a domestic animal in a motor vehicle unattended in a manner that creates an unreasonable risk of injury or harm to the animal.

Also under existing law, there is no specific provision that provides criminal immunity to a person who rescues a domestic animal from an unattended motor vehicle.

This bill would prohibit any person from leaving a domestic animal in a motor vehicle unattended in a manner that creates an unreasonable risk of injury or harm to the animal.

This bill would also provide criminal immunity to a person who rescues a domestic animal from an unattended motor vehicle.

This bill would provide civil and criminal immunity to a public safety official who rescues an animal from an unattended motor vehicle.

This bill would also make it a crime to leave a domestic animal in an unattended motor vehicle under certain circumstances.

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama 1901 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 general law would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621.

If this bill is not enacted by a 2/3 vote, it will not become effective with regard to a local entity unless approved by the local entity or until, and only as long as, the Legislature appropriates funds or provides for a local source of revenue.

Subjects

Motor Vehicles