HB44 Alabama 2022 Session

This bill would repeal certain restrictions on the carrying or possession of a firearm on certain property or in a motor vehicle by persons with or without a concealed pistol permit

This bill would revise certain restrictions on the carrying or possession of firearms at certain locations

This bill would eliminate the need for a person to obtain a concealed carry permit in order to carry a pistol

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

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 firearms; to amend Sections 13A-11-7, 13A-11-50, 13A-11-55, 13A-11-61.2, 13A-11-62, 13A-11-71, 13A-11-75, as last amended by Act 2021-246, 2021 Regular Session, and Sections 13A-11-85 and 13A-11-90, Code of Alabama 1975, to delete certain language regarding the carrying of a visible pistol; to delete certain language regarding the carrying of a concealed pistol; to revise certain restrictions on the carrying or possession of firearms at certain locations; to eliminate the requirement for a person to obtain a concealed carry permit in order to carry a pistol; to revise language regarding an employee storing a firearm in the employee's vehicle; to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style; to repeal Sections 9-11-304, 13A-11-52, 13A-11-73, and 13A-11-74, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the carrying or possession of a firearm or pistol, to repeal certain restrictions on the carrying or possession of a firearm on certain property or in a motor vehicle; 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.