HB142 Alabama 2021 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Chris Sells Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2021

Title

Internet access, restrictions on sale of wireless telecommunication devices. filter required, deactivation procedure provided, civil and criminal penalties, provided

Description

This bill would require wireless telecommunications providers to install and activate filters on wireless telecommunications devices that block Internet access to material that is harmful to minors.

This bill would authorize the deactivation of a filter under certain conditions.

This bill would provide for injunctive relief and civil and criminal penalties.

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

Internet