SB187 Alabama 2021 Session

Existing law prohibits the use of disabled access parking placards or license plates by individuals who are not entitled to their use

This bill would prohibit the duplication, forgery, sale, or transfer of a disabled access parking placard or license plate to an individual not entitled to a distinctive license plate or placard

This bill would make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style

This bill would also establish criminal penalties for violations

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 disabled access parking placards and license plates; to prohibit the duplication, forgery, sale, or transfer of a disabled access parking placard or license plate; to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style; to establish criminal 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.