HB41 Alabama 2022 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Wes Allen Secretary

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

Elections, prohibits state and local election officials and their employees from soliciting, accepting, using, or disposing of certain donations from individuals or nongovernmental entities for funding certain election-related expenses

Description

This bill would prohibit a state or local official responsible for the conduct of an election, or his or her employee, from soliciting, accepting, using, or disposing of donations of money, grants, property, or personal services from an individual or nongovernmental entity for the purpose of funding certain election-related expenses, including voter education, voter outreach, or voter registration programs.

This bill provides an exception for the donation and acceptance of space to be used temporarily as a voting site.

This bill also provides 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.

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Subjects

Elections