HB489 Alabama 2022 Session

Under existing law, if a person is convicted of boating under the influence, the person's boating license is suspended, and if a person is convicted of operating a motor vehicle under the influence, the person's driver's license is suspended

This bill would further provide for the period of suspension of boating operating privileges resulting from a conviction from boating under the influence

This bill would provide that if a person is convicted of boating under the influence, the person's boating license and driver's license will be suspended, and that if a person is convicted of operating a motor vehicle under the influence, the person's driver's license and boating license or boater safety certification will be suspended

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, 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

Relating to boating under the influence; to amend Section 32-5A-191.3, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the suspension of a person's boating license and driver's license upon a conviction for boating under the influence; to provide for the suspension of a person's driver's license and boating license upon a conviction for operating a motor vehicle under the influence; to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style; 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.