HB491 Alabama 2022 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Allen Treadaway Representative

Republican

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

This bill would make it a crime to place an electronic device on the property of another person without the consent of the owner.

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.

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.

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Subjects

Crimes and Offenses