HB634 Alabama 2021 Session

Under existing law, the department of Conservation and Natural Resources is responsible for regulating hunting in this state

This bill would require the Commissioner of Conservation to provide a report detailing all citations or warnings issued by game wardens and provide that information to the house and the senate

This bill would require that the reports be public record

This bill would provide for certain regulations for the handling of hunting dogs used for the purpose of hunting deer and would also provide for fines and penalties

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 890, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 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 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

Relating to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; to provide for a report prepared by the Commissioner of Conservation; to require that report to be provided to certain individuals; to provide for handling requirements of hunting dogs; to provide for fines and penalties for violations; 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, as amended by Amendment 890, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 as amended.