HB491 Alabama 2022 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

Crimes and offenses, electronic device, placing certain devices on the property of another person, prohibited, penalties, Secs. 13A-6-95, 13A-6-96 added; Sec. 13A-6-92 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> This bill would make it a crime to place an electronic device on the property of another person without the consent of the owner</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would further prohibit a person from placing certain devices on the property of another in violation of an established court order and would provide for penalties</p><p class="bill_description"> 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</p><p class="bill_description"> 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</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to crimes and offenses; to amend Section 13A-6-92, Code of Alabama 1975, and add Sections 13A-6-95 and 13A-6-96 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to further provide definitions; to prohibit a person from placing certain devices on the property of another person; to prohibit a person from placing certain devices on the property of another in violation of an established court order; to provide for penalties; 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. </p>

Subjects

Crimes and Offenses